Lott Oil Company · 1 month ago
Principal Scientist - ADC, Bioconjugation
Syracuse, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$91K/yr - $142K/yr
8+ years expLOTTE BIOLOGICS is a new company dedicated to delivering therapies that enable a healthier world. The Principal Scientist will lead the design and execution of lab scale experiments for the development and optimization of downstream purification processes, particularly focusing on bioconjugation to support client projects and process transfers to manufacturing.
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Responsibilities
Leverage direct experience designing and implementing experiments to evaluate purification and bioconjugation processes for proteins and ADCs in order to lead development, execution, and technology transfer of purification and bioconjugation processes
Serve as the Subject Matter Expert with direct experience designing and implementing experiments and technical transfers to evaluate Biologics and bioconjugation process development including ADCs
Lead efforts to identify and champion new chemistries and process technologies for bioconjugation
Communicate project strategy, milestones, and conclusions to stakeholders
Develop, optimize, plan, and lead characterization of purification processes for antibodies and novel bioconjugation methodologies to improve antibody drug conjugates including High Throughput Screening methods for purification development
Work collaboratively with SMEs and research scientists from other functions such as formulation, process, and analytical to understand relevant conjugation chemistries and to transition bioconjugation processes from research to CMC development, as applicable, to champion manufacturing in support of CMC activities of ADCs
Deliver strong development experience to bring biologics from Phase I through commercial, including experience in late-stage activities such as CMC risk assessments, process characterization, and process validation
Lead documentation of experiments, data analysis, generate high-quality technical reports, lead risk management approaches and assessments, and to drive strong CMC submissions
Establish project priorities and resource allocation for team through planning and scheduling laboratory activities and deliverables to meet established project timelines
Collaborate and work with a diverse group of scientists/engineers across multiple therapeutic areas, chemistry, and process development to ensure timely progress in research projects and drive technological innovations
Lead continuous process improvements and advance technology for implementation in laboratory and manufacturing operations
Provide technical experience for on-floor support for production of GMP antibody and ADC batches
Trains, supervises, and develops key talent with well-established succession plans
Ensures laboratory maintenance to sustain a safe, effective and productive environment and ensures that appropriate GLP/GMP procedures are followed
Qualification
Required
Degree in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemical or Chemical Engineering, or equivalent area of related industry experience in biologics downstream manufacturing or manufacturing technology
B.Sc/B.Eng with >12 years
M.Sc./M.Eng degree with >10 years
Ph.D degree with >8 years of relevant bioconjugation, downstream purification industry experience
Experience with ADC chemistry, conjugation chemistry, reaction processes and purification process development is required
Demonstrated hands-on experience in the generation of antibody and antibody drug conjugates with scale-up knowledge is required
Experience with CMC regulatory activities in relevant areas such as analytical characterization, formulation, and the general CMC scope for biologics and/or ADC molecules is required
Lead the design and execution of lab scale experiments in the development, optimization and scale-up of downstream purification process including bioconjugation to support the client projects and process transfer to manufacturing
Drive the bioconjugation and purification throughout the product life cycle and will require technical expertise in conjugation chemistry and downstream unit operations including tangential flow filtration, dead-end filtration, and protein chromatography
Lead documentation of experiments, data analysis, generate high-quality technical reports, lead risk management approaches and assessments, and to drive strong CMC submissions
Establish project priorities and resource allocation for team through planning and scheduling laboratory activities and deliverables to meet established project timelines
Collaborate and work with a diverse group of scientists/engineers across multiple therapeutic areas, chemistry, and process development to ensure timely progress in research projects and drive technological innovations
Lead continuous process improvements and advance technology for implementation in laboratory and manufacturing operations
Provide technical experience for on-floor support for production of GMP antibody and ADC batches
Trains, supervises, and develops key talent with well-established succession plans
Ensures laboratory maintenance to sustain a safe, effective and productive environment and ensures that appropriate GLP/GMP procedures are followed
Preferred
Hands-on experience and knowledge of protein purification and characterization using centrifugation, chromatography (Unicorn, Mobius Chrome), dead-end and depth filtration, Tangential flow filtration are required
Analytical techniques like Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC), Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS), Ion-Exchange (IEX), Reversed Phase (RP)-HPLC, routine DNA/RNA techniques, protein expression and purification, sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, high-performance liquid chromatography, etc is preferred
Demonstrated experience working with Contract Development Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) is preferred
Benefits
Target Bonus
Company
Lott Oil Company
Lott Oil is a regional leader in fuels, lubricants, and related products and services for industrial, commercial fleet, automotive, and retail customers throughout Louisiana and East Texas.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase