Principal Scientist, Product Characterization – Advanced Therapies

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Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Biotherapeutics R&D

Scientific/Technology

Leiden, Netherlands, Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal.

Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and Med Tech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

Learn more at

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

We are searching for the best talent for a Principal Scientist, Product Characterization – Advanced Therapies to be in Malvern, PA, Spring House, PA, or Leiden, Netherlands.

The Biotherapeutics Development - Analytical Development (BioTD - AD) group is seeking an energetic, highly motivated Principal Scientist to focus on product characterization for advanced therapy modalities. The individual would work with team to develop comprehensive product characterization approaches for In Vivo CAR-T that will be endorsed by the health authorities. A successful candidate will have experience with the design, execution and optimization of a broad range of characterization assays and will have the opportunity to engage in multi-functional teams.

She/He will learn from and contribute to industry-leading drug discovery/development programs that has brought numerous quality therapeutics to patients and has made significant contributions to human health.

• Define and implement product characterization strategy for in vivo CAR-T including LNP, mRNA and targeted LV modalities from early development to late stages of development.
• Lead the identification and justification of CQAs for CGT products using the Quality by Design (QbD) principles.
• Lead the execution of the advanced methodologies associated with comparability and deep characterization of cell and gene therapy.
• Develop and refine the control strategy linking process parameters to CQAs.
• Apply DOE and statistical modeling to establish structure- function and process-product relationships.
• Author or coordinate appropriate IND/IMPD/BLA/MAA sections & interact with regulatory agencies to address product characterization related inquiries.
• Effectively communicate characterization results and scientific data to cross-functional teams, project teams,…