Merck Senior Scientist Post Vacancy – Biochemistry & Microbiology
Merck Senior Scientist Post. Merck Group Company invites postgraduate and higher degree in microbiology candidates for the post of Senior Scientist – Vaccine Process Development and Commercialization. Scientist job opening at Merck. Senior Scientist – Vaccine Process Development and Commercialization job opening at Merck. Check out all the details on the same below:
Job Title: Senior Scientist – Vaccine Process Development and Commercialization (Downstream)
Location West Point, Pennsylvania, United States Of America
Education Minimum Requirement:
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering Bioengineering, Pharmaceuticals, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or related field with 6 years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience; or PhD with relevant academic experience.
Required Experience and Skills:
- Large molecule or relevant experience with purification process development, scaling (up and down) and/or tech transfer
- Hands-on expertise in the execution of process development with multiple programs and unit operations
- Merck Senior Scientist Post Expertise in lab-scale experimental execution and experience with Design of Experiments (DOE), statistical data analysis and presentation of results/conclusions.
- Experience authoring technical documentation to support regulatory submissions.
- Outstanding communication and people skills.
- Ability to foster a collaborative work environment focused on mentorship, coaching, and Subject Matter Expert development.
- Experience with project strategic planning.
- cGMP experience
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Merck Senior Scientist Post
- Experience with large molecule assay development and execution (HPLC, UPLC, MS, SDS-PAGE).
- Experience with Quality by Design (QbD) and Lean Six Sigma principles.
- Strong cross-functional background, enabling teams to reach peak performance.
- Ability to provide scientific leadership, mentorship and guidance to technical coworkers and colleagues within and outside of our Company.
- Experience supporting/writing regulatory filings (IND, MAA, BLA) and inspections with multiple agencies (FDA, EMA, JNDA, TGA) .
- Experience with on-the-floor GMP manufacturing support including providing immediate responses on the shop floor to deviations and potential deviations.
- Record of external conference presentation and/or journal publication
Job Description
Merck Senior Scientist Post
The Vaccine Process Development and Commercialization (VPDC) group within our Company Manufacturing Division focuses on late-stage process development, technology transfer, and in-line support of vaccine products. We seek a people-oriented leader with strong scientific and technical skills to lead the downstream process development and commercialization activities supporting multiple vaccine programs.
In this role, you will be responsible for:
Merck Senior Scientist Post
Leading downstream unit operation tech transfer activities including collaboration with commercial manufacturing teams to support facility start-up activities and provide on-the-floor support for drug substance manufacturing, both within our Company network and at contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs).
Merck Senior Scientist Post
- Leading process development activities to execute large molecule downstream purification (e.g., clarification, chromatography, filtration) processing including lab-scale process development, in-process assay support, and process scale-up/scale-down.
- Execution of lab-scale experiments and authoring associated technical reports and documents.
- Leading assignment execution against accelerated, critical-path timelines in a right-first-time manner.
- Authoring and/or reviewing technical documents to support Process Performance Qualification (PPQ) and licensure.
- Provide mentorship and technical direction to other members of the team which may include dotted-line reporting relationships.
