Bioanalytical Development Scientist - Group Leader

• Full-time
• Compensation: USD 38 - USD 46 - hourly

The work we do at Eurofins Professional Scientific Services matters, and so do our employees. At Eurofins PSS, we put a focus on your professional growth. We provide our employees the ability to break into the biopharmaceutical industry and grow from the bottom up. We have the supportive teams and tools available to invest in you while also affording you work-life balance and a competitive benefits package.

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

Our Eurofins PSS team is seeking an Analytical Development Scientist Group Leader to work onsite supporting our client's analytical development activities across product characterization, process development, and analytical method execution for lentiviral vector (LVV)-based gene therapy products. The successful candidate will focus on potency assay development, optimization, and method transfer activities while partnering with internal and external laboratories to establish robust, phase-appropriate analytical methods.

This role is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented scientist to generate analytical data supporting product understanding, process changes, and advancement toward clinical development.

• Develop, optimize, and qualify analytical methods with primary emphasis on potency assays, cell-based assays, and advanced characterization methods.
• Support design and execution of experiments to improve assay performance, establish method readiness, and support analytical control strategy development.
• Support analytical method transfer activities by preparing technical documentation, supporting partner training, reviewing transferred data, and troubleshooting assay performance.
• Generate, analyze, and present scientific data to cross-functional stakeholders to support product characterization, process changes, comparability assessments, and regulatory submissions.
• Contribute to authoring technical reports, protocols, method transfer packages, and analytical development documentation while serving as a technical resource for potency assay and analytical development activities.

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of process development scientists.
• Serve as a proactive and effective point of contact for client and internal teams.
• Participate in new hire interviews and onboarding processes.
• Disseminate administrative communications and promote company vision.
• Ensure adherence to highest quality and efficiency standards in laboratory operations.
• Perform administrative tasks to support team member growth and development.
• Balance technical work with team leadership responsibilities.
• Foster morale, collaboration, and teamwork with the group.

• B.S. in Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology or a related field with 3+years of relevant industry experience. OR M.S. in Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology or a related field with 1+years of relevant industry experience.
• Prior laboratory supervisory or team lead experience.
• Proficient in multi-color flow cytometry (3-4 color panels), ELISA, MSD, Luminex, qPCR, ddPCR, and other characterization platforms.
• Previous experience supporting the development and optimization of cell-based potency assays.
• Ability to troubleshoot and interpret experimental results from complex biology assays, identify sources of analytical variability, and present conclusions
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision after initial training.
• Ability to set priorities and multi-task activities to effectively manage workflows and drive deliverables to…