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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 or more years of academic or industry experience; or a master’s degree and 5 or more years of academic or industry experience; or a Ph.D. or equivalent advanced degree in the Life Sciences and 2 or more years of academic or industry experience.
• Strong background in molecular biology, lentivirology, and immunology.
• Conceptual and practical understanding of CAR-T cell biology and knowledge of challenges related to lentiviral vector transgene delivery in vitro and in vivo.

Nice To Haves

• Previous cellular therapy experience in industry or academia.
• Expertise with lentiviral vectors and their use in engineering T cells.
• Technical expertise with lentiviral vector functional assays, including titration methods, multiparameter flow cytometry, and protein expression assessment.
• Familiarity with in vitro T-cell functionality technologies, including MSD, IncuCyte-based cytolytic function assays, T-cell activation assays, T-cell proliferation analysis, and imaging.
• Self-motivation and project-management-oriented thinking, including planning key deliverables and dependencies.
• Strong organizational skills for thorough, timely experiment documentation and clear data presentation to program stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Attention to detail in data interpretation and presentation, and assay troubleshooting.
• Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to collaborate across cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.
• Ability to multitask, independently organize time, and plan work.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills in a team environment.
• Willingness to improvise and work pragmatically in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Strategic supervisory experience and a desire to guide direct reports’ career development.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement critical studies for platform building and hypothesis-driven research to develop next-generation lentiviral vectors.
• Use expertise in lentiviral vector biology to create strategies that improve yield and throughput and streamline robust assessment of novel lentiviral vector platforms.
• Collaborate with immunologists to interpret and enable science-driven decisions concerning T-cell activation pathways, antigen-specific differentiation, and CAR-T cell phenotype, and assess lentiviral vector cargo and delivery strategies.
• Interpret and synthesize complex published and internal BMS datasets.
• Provide scientific and technical insights on cross-functional assignments evaluating lentiviral vectors.
• Make recommendations on department-level strategic decisions.
• Act as a functional advisor to team members, particularly junior colleagues.
• Design experiments, organize and analyze results, and communicate progress to support efficient Go/No Go decisions.
• Work with team members and leaders to enable adoption of novel methods and designs in ongoing programs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit plans, including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance offerings.
• Flexible Time Off without a set accrual limit for eligible U.S.-based exempt employees, subject to manager approval.
• Paid company holidays: 11 annually.
• For eligible non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico: 160 hours of annual paid vacation for new hires, subject to manager approval, 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.
• Depending on eligibility, paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer-hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs.
• Eligible employees may receive an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
• Potential eligibility for discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities.