Manager, Analytical Development

Manager, Analytical Development – Hopkinton, MA

Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives.

The Manager, Analytical Development will assist with the analytical development efforts of multiple projects and will be responsible for guiding a productive analytical research and development for a biological program. The incumbent may lead a team of professional scientists and efficiently manage scientific efforts and resources to ensure the attainment of objectives in a timely manner. The Manager must be able to effectively communicate results and issues within the projects to management and customers with the highest of professional standards.

Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life‑saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities
• Education reimbursement
• 401K program with matching contributions
• Learning platform
• And more!

• Oversee stability program, including authoring protocols, pulling samples, scheduling of assays, data review and summary reports
• Well‑versed in performing USP compendial testing of biologics (appearance, pH, conductivity, osmolality, UV, subvisible particles, endotoxin)
• Familiar with assays to characterize proteins such as ELISA, cIEF, CE‑SDS reduced/nonreduced, SEC‑HPLC
• Familiar with assays to characterize RNA such as sequence, intactness, capping efficiency, poly(A) tail length, dsRNA impurity, aggregates, % fragments, residual DNA, free nucleosides
• Familiar with cell‑based assays
• Provide leadership and management within the department and other groups as assigned through a structural process of objective setting, performance appraisal, mentoring and individual development as appropriate
• Lead a group of scientists through multiple pharmaceutical development projects
• Responsible for improving the overall department productivity, efficiency and profitability, as well as individual performance and group collaboration
• Carry out an active laboratory analytical program, managing samples, validating procedures and/or equipment as necessary, and be able to solve the more complex analytical problems that arise within the group
• Well‑versed in ICH guidelines for method validation
• Design, develop, validate and implement IND‑enabling analytical solutions, including testing procedures, specifications, protocols and reports
• Ensure that the lab functions are completed in accordance with the Company and governmental standards of safety and quality, and that all experimental documentation is complete and timely
• Act as the technical leader and analytical expert, and interact with external customers and internal colleagues. Will be responsible for providing liaison communication with key members of client organizations
• Supervise a team of scientists including, but not limited to, the motivation, education, efficiency, performance management and productivity of these individuals
• Allocate the section’s resources in accord with project priorities within guidelines set by corporate management
• Communicate effectively in both verbal and written form on results, issues and plans. This may involve and include close interactions with customers
• Ensure that laboratory operations are conducted in a safe manner. Remain familiar with the contents of the Chemical Hygiene Plan. Follow safety rules fully
• Recommend and implement methods and techniques to increase the quality of products and/or service
• Exhibit safety awareness and safe work practices

• High School diploma or GED and a minimum of 9 years of relevant related work experience, plus 2 years in a team leadership role of professional level individual contributors, OR
• AS Degree in Analytical Chemistry or related field and a minimum of 7 years of relevant related work experience, plus 2…