Principal Chemist

Principal Oligonucleotide Chemist

Company: LGC Biosearch Technologies
Location: 2100 South McDowell Petaluma CA 94952
Type: Fulltime

Company Overview

LGC Biosearch Technologies operates across manufacturing sites in the US UK Germany and Denmark providing missioncritical genomics solutions to customers in molecular diagnostics pharma/biotech and agrigenomics. Our integrated portfolio of products services and expertise supports our mission of Science for a Safer World. We partner closely with customers to enable research and development of lifealtering treatments for diseases worldwide. Join our highgrowth purposedriven organization.

Position Summary

The Principal Oligonucleotide Chemist is a senior scientific leader responsible for driving oligonucleotide product development synthesis process development and innovation across the Innovation Hub operations and customerfacing programs. This role blends handson laboratory execution with strategic experimental design datadriven development project leadership and mentorship of scientists to deliver new products.

You will serve as the technical lead for Oligonucleotide New Product Development (NPD) and Customer cocreation product projects designing new manufacturing methods troubleshooting complex issues supporting tech transfer and presenting technical content to commercial teams and customers. This position plays a critical role in advancing LGCs oligonucleotide chemistry capabilities and new product offerings.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership in Oligonucleotide Chemistry Project Execution and Delivery

• Lead Petaluma Innovation Hub Oligo Chemistry Function by delivering customer cocreation and NPD products/projects from concept through delivery. 
• Partner with peers and global team to deliver to customers and achieve Innovation Hub development and financial objectives.
• Serve as a technical lead for multi-site multi-function development team for oligonucleotide synthesis modification deprotection purification and analytical characterization.
• Participate in evaluation of new technologies and oligonucleotide market strategy
• Oversee and Execute oligo synthesis projects including experimental design/planning prioritization and resource coordination.
• Deliver and control new methods workflows and manufacturing protocols for oligonucleotide synthesis purification and analysis.  Support operations technically.
• Optimize and define manufacturing instructions for lowyielding or impure processes.

Laboratory Execution & Product Manufacturing

• Lead projects and staff hands-on in the lab by performing and training synthesis and purification of oligonucleotides using automated and manual techniques.
• Conduct analytical characterization (LCMS HPLC CE UVVis) to confirm identity purity and impurity profiles.
• Troubleshoot synthetic routes instrument performance and purification workflows and analytics to ensure consistent highquality output.
• Develop and refine synthetic routes synthesis method refinement coupling conditions deprotection strategies and purification methods.

Experimental Design Data Analysis & Development Strategy

• Design rigorous datadriven experiments to optimize yield purity scalability (up and down) and process robustness.
• Use mechanistic understanding and statistical analysis to adjust development plans and guide nextstep decisionmaking.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts by designing investigation maps and structured experimental plans.
• Document experimental results conclusions and recommendations by industry standard technical summary reports and within quality certification requirements.

Customer CoCreation & Technical Communication

• Successfully lead and deliver oligonucleotide customer cocreation and NPD projects.
• Participate in technical customer calls related to custom oligo manufacturing product investigations and development updates.
• Present technical content to commercial teams and customers including data reviews capability overviews and project progress.

Operations Support Tech Transfer & Continuous Improvement

• Provide technical support to Operations for process optimization scaleup and continual improvement.
• Lead the successful transfer of custom product methods and procedures into MSAT and Operations teams.
  • Develop effective tech transfer plans and verify training for newly developed processes.
  • Deliver method validation in alignment with Quality department requirements.
• Support troubleshooting and rootcause investigations for manufacturing challenges.

Mentorship & Team Development

• Mentor and develop scientists in oligonucleotide chemistry; providing guidance in technical skills experimental design and professional development.
• Promote rigorous laboratory order and management controlled documentation and best practices in experimental execution.
• Foster a collaborative trust building and growthoriented environment that supports scientific excellence.

Technical Skills

• Proven expertise in oligonucleotide chemistry.
• Demonstrated knowledge of solidphase oligonucleotide synthesis and modification.
• Skilled in analytical characterization of oligonucleotides including impurity profiling.
• Demonstrated project management skills with experience leading matrixed teams through complex development projects.

Seasoned ability to design optimize and troubleshoot oligonucleotide manufacturing development processes

Qualifications :

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry Chemical Biology or related field inclusive of extensive experience in oligonucleotide chemistry.
• Minimum of 15 years of direct industry experience in oligonucleotide synthesis product and process development and tech transfer into manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects mentor scientists and collaborate crossfunctionally.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to present complex technical content to internal and external audiences.

Additional Information :

The typical pay range for this role is:

Minimum: $ 131155/ Annualy

Maximum: $196733/ Anually 

This range represents the low and high end of the anticipated salary range for the California -based position.  The actual base salary will depend on several factors such as: experience skills and location.

ABOUT LGC:

LGC is a leading global life science tools company providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers products and workflows and are valued for their performance quality and range. 

OUR VALUES

• PASSION
• CURIOSITY 
• INTEGRITY
• BRILLIANCE
• RESPECT

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 

LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age disability race color ethnic or national origin sex sexual orientation gender reassignment marital or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity religion or belief. Short listing interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender sexual orientation marital status color race nationality ethnic or national origins religion or belief age or trade union membership.

For more information about LGC please visit our website

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time