Senior Scientist, Chemical Process Development
About The Position
Biogen is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Scientist to join its Chemical Process Development (CPD) group. The role contributes to a multidisciplinary team developing green, safe, and cost-effective batch and continuous chemical processes for producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for clinical and commercial purposes. The position calls for hands-on industrial laboratory experience, project management experience—including vendor management—and person-in-plant experience. It also involves supporting technology transfer to external development and manufacturing organizations, with approximately 10% domestic and international travel potentially required.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Chemistry and at least 4 years of industry experience; or a research-thesis MS degree in Chemistry and at least 5 years of industry experience; or a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and at least 7 years of industry experience.
- Hands-on experience in laboratory chemical synthesis and isolation or separation processes.
- Familiarity with analytical instrumentation for tracking reaction and process performance.
- Familiarity with mechanistic modeling and online or in-situ Process Analytical Technology.
- Experience collecting and analyzing data-rich experiments using laboratory reactors equipped with data acquisition and control features.
- Strong background in chemical synthesis.
- Experience reviewing technical and cGMP-related documents, including batch records and process development reports.
- Experience working with contract manufacturing facilities and managing technical transfers.
- A scientific track record demonstrated through publications and presentations at scientific conferences.
- Experience as a technical development team member on cross-functional teams advancing assets from research and development into manufacturing.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with plant unit operations and novel manufacturing technologies.
- Experience with peptide and/or oligonucleotide synthesis and/or purification.
Responsibilities
- Set up equipment, conduct experiments, analyze data, and write reports and procedures.
- Participate in team discussions to set experimental objectives and prepare experimental designs and plans.
- Design and conduct laboratory chemical experiments, then analyze and interpret results to develop scalable processes.
- Mentor junior scientists and build external collaborations to design experiments and interpret data for scalable process development.
- Learn, evaluate, and identify technologies relevant to Chemical Process Development activities.
- Support process technology transfer to external development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs).
- Manage key equipment and instrumentation, including regular maintenance and repairs.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Fitness and wellness programs, including fitness reimbursement.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- At least 15 days of paid vacation and year-end shutdown time off from December 26 through December 31.
- Up to 12 company-paid holidays and 3 paid days off for Personal Significance.
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year.
- Paid maternity and parental leave.
- 401(k) program with company-matched contributions.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year.
- Employee Resource Groups participation.
- Short-term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, subject to individual, business unit, and company performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
