What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Scientist, Quality Control position at AGC Biologics A/S?
Our purpose is to bring hope to life by enabling life-changing therapies for patients around the globe, creating a healthier and happier tomorrow. Our mission is to work side by side with our customers in order to improve patients’ lives by bringing new biopharmaceuticals to market.
Are you looking for an exciting job in an international and challenging environment? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment, in a department with skilled colleagues in an organization where we work as one team? This is a great opportunity to make the most of your expertise and passion for analytical chemistry.
At AGC Biologics A/S (AGC), we work with the development of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes and GMP manufacturing of biopharmaceutical proteins for both clinical testing and marketing. Since we are a contract manufacturing organization, a high level of service to our clients is in focus.
The Department
QC Chemistry is one of five departments in the QC area. QC Chemistry is responsible for supporting the production of new biopharmaceuticals by performing analytical testing and validating various analytical procedures according to ICH guidelines from clinical phase I to phase III and commercial. QC Chemistry have a close collaboration within the QC area and with departments across the organization.
Roles and responsibilities
As scientist in QC Chemistry, it is required that you have expertise and ability to troubleshoot on chromatographic methods, especially (U)HPLC, iCIEF and CGE-SDS. You will be reviewing release and stability analyzes, supporting lab technicians daily, documenting validation activities of analytical methods for clinical phase I/II and III and authoring SOPs. You will represent QC Chemistry in customer project teams, and good communication skills are essential together with projects management skills.
Your Profile
The ideal candidate holds a MSc or PhD degree in Biochemistry, Chemistry or relevant area and has minimum 5 years of work experience in analytical development or quality control. In addition, we expect you to bring some of the following experience and characteristics:
- Working and troubleshooting experience with SE-, IEX- and RP-UHPLC, iCIEF and CGE-SDS analysis.
- Experience with Chromeleon software and LIMS
- Technical experience in protein analytics testing and protein biochemistry
- Experience in validating analytical methods according to ICH guidelines
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Interest in and experience in project management acting as QC representative in customer projects
- You like to share your knowledge and communicate openly and professionally both internally and with external customers
- You are able to prioritize your own tasks in a dynamic environment
- You are a team player, but work independently
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Experience with working in cGMP settings according to European and US regulatory guidelines
It is important to have a self-motivating personality with a pragmatic attitude and approach to the daily work - without compromising quality. Furthermore, you thrive in a challenging and dynamic environment and enjoy a rapid pace of work. You bring a positive, can-do attitude and a good sense of humor.
AGC offers
AGC offers a dynamic working place with good opportunities of working with a varied array of tasks and challenges. You will get insight into and experience with the way the various departments throughout a contract manufacturing organization interact to achieve success. Exciting and challenging assignments will constantly come your way, and you will to a large extend be able to plan your daily work yourself. AGC offers an informal working environment, where humor is part of the daily work life. We respect each other and our individual differences. AGC’s employees have a flexible attitude, and we help each other to reach deadlines together as one team.
Application
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AGC Biologics (AGC) is a global Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with bio-manufacturing facilities in Europe, Japan, Italy, and the USA. The company provides a comprehensive range of commercial and clinical cGMP biologics manufacturing services, from DNA to active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The company’s team and approach are tailored to each of its client’s needs, whether turnkey manufacturing or sophisticated, stand-alone analytical, formulation and stability services.
Visit www.agcbio.com to learn why AGC Biologics is a World Leader in process development and contract manufacturing.
Our culture at AGC Biologics is defined by the six core values: Knowledge, Trust, Quality, Ingenuity, Accountability and Teamwork. Our core values stem from our team members and are embedded into our DNA. They provide a common language and understanding of how we as an organization are connected across three continents. Our core values serve as a compass and reminder of how we achieve our purpose of bringing hope to life for patients around the globe.
AGC Biologics is a leading global biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with a strong commitment to delivering the highest standard of service as we work side-by-side with our clients and partners, every step of the way. We provide world-class development and manufacture of mammalian and microbial-based therapeutic proteins, plasmid DNA (pDNA), messenger RNA (mRNA), viral vectors, and genetically engineered cells. Our global network spans the U.S., Europe, and Asia, with cGMP-compliant facilities in Seattle, Washington; Boulder and Longmont, Colorado; Copenhagen, Denmark; Heidelberg, Germany; Milan, Italy; and Chiba, Japan. We currently employ more than 2,500 employees worldwide. Our commitment to continuous innovation fosters the technical creativity to solve our clients’ most complex challenges, including specialization in fast-track projects and rare diseases. AGC Biologics is the partner of choice. To learn more, visit www.agcbio.com. Want to keep posted about our growth and learn more about our company? Follow us on LinkedIn and give us a quick Like on Facebook!
AGC Biologics offers a highly competitive compensation package and a friendly, collaborative culture that values personal initiative and professional achievement. AGC Biologics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
