Senior Scientist Poultry Biologics

Zoetis • Kalamazoo, MI

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About The Position

The Zoetis Poultry Biologics group is seeking an experienced, innovative and highly motivated professional to significantly contribute to the discovery and development of Poultry vaccines. VMRD Global Biologics designs and develops novel biological products to address economically impactful diseases or conditions in livestock and companion animals. As an integral member of research and development project teams, the candidate will design and implement R D programs to advance vaccine development within Poultry Biologicals. The candidate will collaborate extensively with analytical, formulation, clinical, regulatory, commercial, and manufacturing colleagues as part of our global multidisciplinary teams. The Senior Scientist will work autonomously as a full member of project teams, or leading discipline specific subteams executing experiments and reporting results. To be successful, the candidate will be an effective communicator, motivated and will have knowledge in bacteriology, parasitology, virology and vaccinology as well as being a team player. The position is based in Kalamazoo (Michigan, USA) with frequent interactions with colleagues and external partners located around the globe.

Requirements

• PhD in biology, animal science, immunology, vaccinology, bioengineering, or related biotechnology fields with 1-3 years of experience in a relevant field.
• MS in biology, animal science, immunology, vaccinology, bioengineering, or related biotechnology fields with 5+ years of experience in a relevant field.
• Knowledge of Poultry health arena and animal infectious diseases.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the fields of analytical methods, clinical trials, parasitology, bacteria propagation, virus/vaccine propagation and assessment in eggs, molecular biology, carbohydrate vaccines, recombinant expression systems and Poultry clinical experience.
• Demonstrated ability to design, analyze and interpret bio-analytical, assay development, immunology methods, process development, vaccine manufacturing, and vaccine development experiments.
• Experience in bacterial and viral propagation (in vitro and in vivo), molecular expertise or knowledge in recombinant expression platforms, parasitology, veterinary vaccine development, and associated analytical and immunology methods.
• Experience designing and analyzing statistically robust in vitro and in vivo experiments using the Design of Experiment (DoE) concepts.
• Experience in vaccine clinical trials (preferably poultry) including protocol and report development, in vivo techniques, assessment of clinical model outcomes, and interpretation of results.
• Experience working in a quality regulated environment (e.g. GMP, GLP).

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of biological, analytical, bacterial, virological, molecular biology, and process optimization to design and execute experiments to select robust vaccine candidates and develop new and improve existing vaccines.
• Participation on research project teams and lead subteams and clinical safety/efficacy testing with the goal to license animal health Biologics.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement by conducting laboratory experiments at scales ranging from bench side to commercial quantities.
• Serve as a technical resource to project teams by providing support in vaccinology, immunology, virology, parasitology, and microbiology required for successful project delivery.
• Document experiments in electronic laboratory notebooks and records in accordance with scientific protocol and applicable Standard Operating Procedures.
• Provide summaries and reports for inclusion in dossiers for product registration and technology transfer.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement by assessing novel equipment, methods and procedures to develop new and/or improve upon existing techniques.

Benefits

• Competitive healthcare and retirement savings benefits.
• An array of benefits, policies and programs to support employee well-being in every sense, from health and financial wellness to family and lifestyle resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree