Senior Scientist, Bioconjugates

6084-Janssen Research & Development Legal Entity

Job Location:

Spring House, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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Job Function:

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:

Biotherapeutics R&D

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Spring House Pennsylvania United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

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Purpose:

The Bioconjugates group within Global Discovery Chemistry is a part of Therapeutics Discovery at J&J IM and is engaged in developing novel therapeutics across bioconjugate modalities including Antibody-drug Conjugates (ADCs) Radioligand Therapies (RLTs) and siRNA conjugates.

We are looking for a talented highly motivated and technically proficient Antibody Conjugate scientist to become part of our team. The successful candidate will have a background in bioconjugate chemistry antibody discovery protein chemistry or a related field with a record of developing new technologies and achieving research goals on aggressive timelines through effective cross-functional collaboration. They should have experience in discovery or development of targeted therapeutics such as ADCs peptide/small molecule conjugates or nucleic acid conjugates (siRNA antisense etc.) as well as analytical characterization of these products.

You will be responsible for:

designing and executing new project ideas (design and execution of studies analysis of data presentation of results) to support multiple research programs and provide critical data to inform decisions in a cross-functional team.
collaborating with the therapeutic areas and other groups to define strategies and deliver stage-appropriate molecules for preclinical studies.
keeping abreast of new technologies/capabilities relevant to this role and strive to implement them to advance research projects.
authoring data summaries technical reports publications and presentations.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Education:

a minimum of a Bachelors degree in Chemistry Biochemistry Chemical/Biomedical Engineering or other related field is required
a PhD is preferred

Required:

a minimum of 4 years relevant research experience performing progressively advanced duties is required
experience with biomolecule purification using automated chromatography systems is required.
being organized self-motivated and capable of working independently in a collaborative multi-disciplinary environment is required
A solid research record demonstrated by patents publications or presentations.
Excellent oral and written communication skills is required
Interest and ability to work in a dynamic fast-paced environment and be capable of handling multiple tasks while meeting timelines is required
Ability to lead projects and work productively in an interdisciplinary team environment is required
Flexibility to adjust priorities over time to meet deadlines is required

Preferred:

experience with bioconjugation methods protein biochemistry and/or peptide chemistry is preferred.
experience with LC/MS characterization of large molecules is preferred.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning Biochemistry Chemistry Manufacturing and Control (CMC) Coaching Consulting Critical Thinking Drug Discovery Development Emerging Technologies Molecular Diagnostics Pharmacogenetics Pharmacovigilance Process Improvements Quality Assurance (QA) Relationship Building Research Documents Scientific Research Technologically Savvy

Required Experience:

Senior IC