Principal Research Associate, Mammalian Bioanalytics

Job title: Principal Research Associate, Mammalian Bioanalytics

About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

Sanofi is seeking a highly motivated Principal Research Associate to join the Analytical Development team within Mammalian Bioanalytics, which develops, validates, and transfers analytical methods used for characterization and release of protein biologics.  The successful candidate will participate in the development and validation of HPLC/UHPLC, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), capillary electrophoresis (CE), ciEF and other physiochemical analytical methods.  This individual will participate in testing of pre-clinical and clinical lot release and stability testing of biotherapeutics, including antibody, antibody-like, enzyme, and other therapeutics using these and other methods.  Additionally, this job is within a cGMP setting, requires excellent verbal and written communication, and involves working with and communicating with different departments.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

• Participate and lead the development, qualification, validation, and transfer of HPLC/UPLC, SEC, CE, ciEF and potentially other analytical methods in a regulated GMP environment.

• Perform cGMP sample testing according to standard operating procedures (SOPs), compile and review data packets.

• Assist and lead the drafting of SOPs and technical reports and be able to effectively communicate progress and experimental results to supervisor and team members.

• Ensure timely completion and delivery of all analytical results and documentation (technical reports, SOPs, ELN, LIMS, etc.) to support product development during clinical phases.

• Independently plan and carry out complex experiments across multiple development projects simultaneously.

• Assist junior staff in their experimental planning and coordination.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• M.S. degree in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related discipline with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry or B.S. degree in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related discipline with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry.

• An understanding of physicochemical methods e.g. SDS-PAGE, CE, HPLC, GC, CE, mass spectrometry.

• Must be organized, efficient, and able to work according to timelines.

• Must be able to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

• Must have permanent US work authorization

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with UPLC/HPLC, SEC, cIEF or other protein separation techniques in a pharmaceutical or biotechnology setting.

• Experience with chromatographic software applications such as Empower or OpenLab.

• Experience with method development and/or validation in a GLP/GxP environment.

• Working experience in a GMP environment and ability to adhere to all appropriate GMP standards (e.g. invalid result investigations, deviations, and CAPAs).

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and ELN.

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

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Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.