Principal Scientist - Cancer Vaccines
Job in
Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07631, USA
Listed on 2026-09-14
Listing for:
BioSpace
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-14
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Data Scientist, AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Data Analyst, Data Science Manager
Job Description & How to Apply Below
ICR's Cancer Prevention science centers on developing preventive cancer vaccines. We are hiring a Principal Scientist with a deep background in peptide-based vaccine development, cancer immunology and immuno-oncology. As part of our mission to prevent age-related disease, training human immune systems to spot and destroy cancer before it becomes a problem is critical. We truly believe that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
WithUs, You’ll Get To
- Lead ICR's Cancer Prevention Group in researching and developing novel preventive cancer vaccines
- Drive end-to-end design, execution and interpretation of preclinical vaccine studies, directly shaping the path to human translation
- Collaborate closely external KOLs and CRO partners to turn cutting-edge cancer immunology insights into first-in-class preventive vaccine programs
- A PhD, MD or both and at least 10 years of vaccine development experience, preferably cancer vaccines
- In-depth knowledge of and experience researching personalized cancer vaccines, including peptide-based vaccines and neoantigen-based cancer vaccines
- Extensive experience with vaccine epitope identification, selection/prioritization (of neoantigens), vaccine adjuvants and immune response monitoring
- Experience with molecular T cell receptor repertoire analysis and tracking, T cell proliferation assays, cytokine release assays and ELISPOT
- Experience deriving antigen-specific T cell clones and lines
- Expertise in cancer stem cell antigens, tumor-associated antigens, neoantigens, immuno-editing and immuno-monitoring
- Extensive knowledge of and experience with vaccine delivery systems, including peptide-, cell- and viral-based systems
- The ability to work well with CROs and manage external projects
- Even if you don't meet all of these criteria, please apply anyway
- The ability to work in the United States without sponsorship
- To have an easygoing, hard-working personality
Starting base pay range: $165,000/yr - $215,000/yr
Starting additional compensation range: $7,500/yr - $20,000/yr
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