Scientist III, Protein Biology Full-time

Antibody Development Team Member

The antibody team is involved in engineering and development of antibodies, with a deep focus on reagent quality and specificity. The core activities of the team include design, development, purification, conjugation and testing of antibodies in a variety of immunoassay applications using pioneering tools and technologies. The goal of the program is advanced product development and creation of product specific information to promote research use.

To be an integral part of an antibody development team with a focus on performance and specificity using innovative molecular, protein, and cell biology methods. The successful candidate will be joining the Bangalore R&D leadership team for developing antibodies for the Thermo Fisher Scientific Antibody portfolio. This position involves people management, internal, external and cross function collaboration to drive technical strategies for execution in R&D projects involving state-of-art methods.

Responsibilities:

• Perform in a fast-paced environment towards antigen and antibody development
• Lead team of scientists in matrix style operation, provide technical and operational supervision.
• Drive conceptualization within teams to enable development of successful protocols for antigen design and development
• Mentoring and training junior scientists in research, designing and experimental execution, interpreting data and data presentation to the stakeholders
• Partner with supporting functions such as product management, program management, operations, and business development to meet program goals.
• Good scientific writing skills, establishing technical protocols for effective transfer to operations teams.
• Good documentation practice is a must to maintain data integrity and accuracy.
• Delivering high quality results according to project schedule in support of product commercialization from concept to launch including early feasibility, development and validation phases.
• Support the manufacturing team for technical support and quality by providing technical guidance.

Education & Experience levels:

Applicants should have Master's with greater than 15 years confirmed R&D experience or PhD with greater than 7 years' experience in a life sciences field with a strong focus on protein biology. Minimum 3-4 years of Industrial experience is required. Prior people management experience is preferred.