Senior Associate Scientist, BMD Biotherapeutic Production

Why Patients Need You

Pfizer's purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Research and Development is at the heart of fulfilling Pfizer's purpose as we work to translate advanced science and technologies into the therapies and vaccines that matter most. Whether you are in the discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy or supporting clinical trials, you will apply cutting edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate and bring the best in class medicines to patients around the world.

What You Will Achieve

Pfizer's BioMedicine Design (BMD) is seeking a highly motivated Biochemist/Molecular Biologist to join Biotherapeutic Expression and Purification group (BEP) in Cambridge, MA. Qualified candidate will play an essential role in a high-energy DNA and RNA production and protein expression research laboratory. The group supports non-GMP transient protein and RNA lead production across Pfizer's diverse biotherapeutic discovery portfolio to enable Pfizer's research units and their pre-clinical therapeutic in-vitro and in-vivo needs. The candidate is expected to have a strong background in molecular biology techniques including vector design and cloning as well as experience with nucleic acid production and analysis. The candidate will be responsible for leading vector DNA production and process development to support large-scale production of RNA modalities using state-of-the-art technologies and equipment. The candidate will contribute to the group wide deliverables and be required to work on several projects simultaneously presenting results and updates at group meetings.

How You Will Achieve It

• Production and manipulation of plasmid DNA to support scale-up production of RNA therapeutic candidates
• Develop processes for therapeutic RNA analysis using molecular biology and cell-based assays
• Drive technology innovation; design and conduct testing of new process methods, technologies, and products for nucleic acid production
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams including therapeutic discovery teams, research units, bioanalytical teams, and R&D project leads
• Prepare, evaluate, and present data internally to cross functional teams

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Sciences or a related discipline with 3-5 years of relevant experience or Master's Degree in Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Sciences with 0-2 years of relevant experience along with an understanding of biotherapeutic production
• Experience with bacterial and mammalian cell lines and cell culture, transfection, and cell-based assays
• Proficiency in nucleic acid purification and quantitative analysis techniques
• Experience and strong background in molecular biology techniques such as vector design, PCR, nucleic acid purification, cloning, and sequence analysis among other more advanced molecular biology techniques
• Familiarity with Geneious or other vector mapping software
• Strong organizational and communication skills, written and oral

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with flow cytometry, ELISA, immunoblotting, and luciferase assay
• Familiarity with digital and lab automation

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