Senior Scientist, Chemical Process Development

About This Role We are looking for a talented and highly motivated Senior Scientist to join our growing Chemical Process Development (CPD) group. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated hands-on experience in an industrial laboratory, project management experience including vendor management and person in plant experience. You will be a key member of a multidisciplinary team. The team supports the mission in the development of green, safe, and cost-effective batch and continuous chemical processes to produce active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for clinical and commercial purposes.

What You’ll DoPerform equipment setup, conduct experiments, perform data analysis, write reports and procedures.

Participate in team discussions on setting experimental objectives and prepare experimental designs and plans.

Design well thought out chemical experiments, perform them in the laboratory, analyze and interpret data generated to develop a scalable process.

Mentor junior scientists and build external collaborations to design experiments and interpret data to develop scalable processes

Learn, evaluate and identify new technologies relevant to CPD activities

Support the transfer of process technology to external development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs)
Manage key equipment, instrumentation, and their regular maintenance and repairs
10% domestic and international travel may be required.

Who You Are You are a passionate and experienced scientist with drug development experience. You enjoy working in a laboratory setting. You love learning new technological skills and working in a collaborative environment. Bring your unique talents and interests to Biogen and together we will foster scientific and process innovation.

Required Skills Ph.D. in Chemistry and 4+ years of industry experience. Preferred Skills and Experience in Chemistry; orMS degree (that includes completion of a research thesis) in Chemistry and 5+ years of industry experience; or Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and 7+ years of industry experience.

Hands on experience in laboratory chemical synthesis and isolation/separation processes, familiar with analytical instrumentation for tracking reaction and process performance, familiarity with mechanistic modeling, on-line or in-situ Process Analytical Technology.

Experience collecting and analyzing data rich experiments acquired from use of laboratory reactors equipped with data acquisition and control features.

Strong background in chemical synthesis, and preferably, familiarity with plant unit operations and novel manufacturing technologies.

Experience reviewing technical and cGMP-related documents including batch records, and process development reports

Experience working with contract manufacturing facilities and managing technical transfers

Proven scientific track record through publications and presentations at scientific conferences

Experience as a technical development team member on cross-functional teams to progress assets from research and development phases into manufacturing phase

Experience with peptide and/or oligo synthesis and/or purification is a plus

Job Level: Management Additional Information The base compensation range for this role is: $-$Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.

Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company  addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of…