Assoc. Expert - Technical Development Cell Therapy PD

Novartis • East Hanover, NJ

146d • $73,500 - $136,500

About The Position

This position will be located at East Hanover, NJ site and will not have the ability to be located remotely. As a member of the Technical Development group, this individual will manage and own current and future Cell and Gene development projects and contribute to interdisciplinary technical development work in the larger CGT organization. The candidate will act as a subject matter expert for cell therapies projects, interpret and communicate results, evaluate data, draw relevant conclusions and write protocols, reports, and other source documents for regulatory submissions. Contribute to risk analyses and/or peer review and process challenge meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree Biology, Microbiology, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemical/Chemical Engineering, or Relevant Field with 1-2 years of industry experience OR Master's degree with 0-2 years of industry experience preferred
• Scientific background and understanding of CAR-T manufacturing and development process scale up and scale down
• Demonstrated efficiency in lab management and organization
• Experience with primary cell culture techniques
• Demonstrated history of working on team oriented projects, managing team members
• Strong communication/presentation skills and scientific/technical writing skills

Responsibilities

• Execute lab management tasks, such as inventory management, consumable ordering and lab organization, to ensure high quality and efficient experiment execution
• Effectively coordinate with key stakeholders and consolidate information on ordering of key materials on a quarterly basis
• Responsible for ensuring lab organization, equipment usage and material management
• Support in experimental design, protocol development and execution, data analysis, technical report writing and presentation
• Execution of Cell Therapy (CT) Process Development (PD) studies by utilizing aseptic technique within a Biological Safety Cabinet, operation of Miltenyi Prodigy and Sepax Instruments
• Adherence to Novartis standards, in particular, quality, ethical, health, safety, and environment (HSE), and information security (ISEC) standards
• Support CT PD in scientific/technical functions in teams, projects, networks, platforms and/or department activities

Benefits

• 401(k) eligibility
• various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• sign-on bonus
• restricted stock units
• discretionary awards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree