USP Development Scientist (Level II)

A speciality biopharmaceutical company is currently recruiting a USP Development Team Lead to join their office in Reykjavik. This organisation is renowned for its work on high-quality biosimilar products, ranging across the value chain from cell line development to commercial manufacturing. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a dynamic and upcoming company and bolster a career in the biosimilar space.

The Upstream Process Development team are responsible for the end-to-end development of processes from the early use process development right through to technical transfers to manufacturing. This department works in teams of scientists and develop from 2L scale up to 10L scale carrying out screening experiments to characterize the process from shake flask to production bioreactor and then to harvest.

As a level 2 scientist in upstream process development, you will be part of a team that is responsible for the development of bioreactor processes and subsequent scale-up and transfer to a manufacturing environment.

Your activities will consist of lab support tasks, including, but not limited to, solution/media preparation, bioreactor assembly and performing bioreactor experiments. You will be teaching level 1 scientists on the basics of upstream process development.

Furthermore, you will be responsible for execution of experiments in all USP unit operations (SF, Ambr, rocker, bioreactors and harvest), including data collection, analysis and reporting.

Job Responsibilities:

• Preparing medium/solutions.
• Executing experiments in an accurate way, ensure data capture is accurate and complete
• Ensuring accurate and complete documentation of lab activities, write appropriate technical development plans and reports.
• Providing expert technical and scientific guidance to other scientists.
• Evaluating cell culture performance, process in- and outputs and product quality attributes in lab scale bioreactors.
• Optimising bioreactor conditions regarding cell culture performance, process controls, and product quality attributes.
• Authoring, amending, and reviewing operating documents, such as SOPs and batch records
• Contributing to ensure the USP development suite and equipment is maintained in an orderly fashion.
• Maintaining leading-edge knowledge and understanding of new technologies in the field of USP process development and proactively share knowledge with the team.

Skills and Requirements:

• Degree in life science, biotechnology or related subject.
• Minimum of 3-year experience in a biotechnology or biopharmaceutical industry environment.
• Prior experience cell culture (in bioreactors)
• Knowledge of upstream development activities (lab scale (=must) and production scale) including hands-on expertise operating upstream equipment.
• Willing to participate in a rotation schedule for weekend work.
• Demonstrable project management skills.
• Demonstrable multitasking, project management, and execution skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, including communication, presentation, persuasion, and influence.
• Good organisational skills, including efficiency, punctuality, and collaboration in a team environment.
• Proficiency with computer skills, such as MS Office.

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