Associate Director, Bioreactor Process Design

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Job Title: Associate Director, Bioreactor Process Design

Location: Redmond, WA

Reports To: Director, Process Sciences

At Just-Evotec, we believe that curiosity is the spark that drives innovation and success. As a forward-thinking team, we thrive on challenging the status quo, learning from each other, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. We re on a mission to create a place where curiosity isn’t just encouraged, it’s celebrated.

Are you someone who asks questions, seeks answers, and isn’t afraid to go deeper?#BeCureious with us and see where your curiosity can take you!

We re seeking an enthusiastic and hardworking team member who is passionate about expanding worldwide access to biotherapeutics through the advancement of continuous bioprocessing technology and mammalian cell culture processes.

This person will join a fast-paced, collaborative, and multidisciplinary team to support upstream process development at the bench and pilot scale for the advancement of low-cost biotherapeutics manufacturing. This position will oversee upstream process optimization, technology transfer, and process characterization for hybrid and end-to-end continuous processes.

The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, self-motivated, and efficient in completing hands-on laboratory tasks, and experience with bioreactor equipment operation and maintenance, lab management, and organizing workspace and tasks are required. The ideal candidate will have strong scientific group management and leadership skills as well as a proven track record of a deep understanding of upstream process development for clinical and commercial therapeutic proteins.

Strong written and verbal communication skills are required as well as experience in client and multi-site communication. Finally, the ideal candidate is curious, creative, engaged, and the type who works well independently and in teams while constantly looking for ways to advance scientific processes and improve technology.