Job Description

Job Title: Senior Associate, biophysical characterization proteins - (JP10036)
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA. 91320
Employment Type: Contract
Business Unit: Biological Relevance and Characterization
Duration: 1+ years (with likely extensions)
Notes: 100% onsite. Local candidate only.

Posting Date: 04/04/2022

3 Key Consulting is hiring a Senior Associate, biophysical characterization proteins for a consulting engagement with our direct client, a leading global biopharmaceutical company.

Why is the Position Open?
Backfill.

Top Must-Have Skill Sets:

2+ years of experience directly related to biophysical characterization for protein drug products.
Hand-on experience with HPLC systems and analytical ultracentrifugation for the separation and characterization of size variants.
Strong laboratory analytical skills, including routine testing as well as the design and execution of scientific experiments and interpretation of results.

Experience in notebooks, reporting, data verify

Day to Day Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will perform sample preparation, testing, methods development, and characterization particularly for the assessment of the molecular weight of size variants by either SEC-MALS (HPLC coupled with light scattering detection) or AUC (analytical ultracentrifugation) for biopharmaceutical products. Activities could also include the characterizing of higher order structure by spectroscopic techniques such as FTIR, Circular dichroism or DSC.

Basic Qualifications:
The successful candidate will perform sample preparation, testing, methods development, and characterization particularly for the assessment of the molecular weight of size variants by either SEC-MALS (HPLC coupled with light scattering detection) or AUC (analytical ultracentrifugation) for biopharmaceutical products. Activities could also include the characterizing of higher order structure by spectroscopic techniques such as FTIR, Circular dichroism or DSC. The overall objective will be to support comparability and similarity studies, technology development efforts, and non-routine investigations. Other duties include sample preparation, complex data analyses, generation of technical documents and technical presentations, and setting of acceptance criteria in support of process development, process/method transfers, and comparability/similarity studies. The position requires demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other scientists, and to have the capacity to be flexible and adaptive to changing priorities.

Basic Qualifications:

- M.S degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Physics or related discipline, OR
- B.S. degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Physics or related discipline with 3+ years work experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Two or more years of experience directly related to biophysical characterization in protein drug products, including the use of spectroscopic techniques such as FTIR, CD, and NMR spectroscopy for protein structure analysis.
- Hand-on experience with HPLC systems and analytical ultracentrifugation for the separation and characterization of size variants.
- Application of calorimetric methods such as DSC for thermal stability analysis.
- Strong laboratory analytical skills, including routine testing as well as the design and execution of scientific experiments and interpretation of results.
- Experience developing, qualifying, and/or validating analytical methods, analyzing data, and setting acceptance criteria to support product comparability/similarity studies.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other scientists on multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams.

Red Flags:

Lack of experience in HPLC, protein based lab work.
No lab experience.

Interview process:

Phone screening followed by in-person interview.

We invite qualified candidates to send your resume to resumes@3keyconsulting.com If you decide that you’re not interested in pursuing this particular position, please feel free to take a look at the other positions on our website www.3keyconsulting.com/careers. You are also welcome to share this opportunity with anyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.

About 3 Key Consulting, Inc.

3Key Consulting specializes in the rapid recruitment and placement of business and IT professional within the life sciences and healthcare industries. With 12 years of experience, 3Key has established a vast network of industry professionals and forged strong partnerships/alliances with key academic institutions across the country to continually develop our business professional and niche skill pipeline.

3KC offers a full suite of staffing solutions including PEO and compliance services. 3KC has several technology and industry domain practices including competencies in business intelligence, healthcare and life sciences.

People, process, and technology are 3 key areas of focus that we carefully examine individually and jointly, in order to deliver on our client's 3 key areas of focus - better, faster and cost effective BI and staffing solutions.

MISSION:

To create a better work experience for our customers, partners and employees through exceptional dedication and performance.

• We make hiring easier

• We build strong teams

• We bring about positive outcomes

VISION:

3 Key Consulting’s responsibility is to continually improve the manner and efficiency in which human resources and businesses are brought together to create value. Our vision is to put programs into action that improve market efficiencies while helping businesses and people be more productive.

Industry

Unknown

Company Size

1-10 employees

Headquarters

Simi Valley, CA

Year Founded

2009

Website

3keyconsulting.com

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