Research Scientist, Biomarker Sciences I
Job Location:
Santa Monica, CA - USA
Hourly Salary:
USD 40 - 48
Posted:
1 October 2026 (4 days ago)
Application Deadline:
29 December 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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Job Title: Research Scientist Multiple Myeloma - Translational Medicine
Location: Santa Monica CA 90404 - Hybrid
Duration: 12 months Contract
Payrate: $35/hr - $47/hr on W2
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
Education Level
Preferred Qualifications:
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Job Title: Research Scientist Multiple Myeloma - Translational Medicine
Location: Santa Monica CA 90404 - Hybrid
Duration: 12 months Contract
Payrate: $35/hr - $47/hr on W2
Job Description:
- The Research Scientist will support biomarker and translational strategy for the clinical development of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) programs in Multiple Myeloma.
- As a member of the Translational Medicine team you will be at the intersection of Research and Clinical Development providing valuable insight into the function of CAR-T cells in patients and the development of potential prognostic tools.
- Regulatory filing experience and a demonstrated ability to facilitate clinical trial execution synthesize scientific data communicate key findings cross-functionally is required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Directs and establishes pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) analysis to support clinical pharmacology for CAR T clinical trials in Multiple Myeloma
- Serves as Biomarker lead on clinical study teams to oversee delivery of pharmacology data and documentation required for pivotal and registrational study filings
- Reviews and contributes to clinical protocol design and study activities
- Identify and establish agreements with contract research organizations (CRO) and support the transfer of novel methods
- Collaborates with Clinical development teams including Clinical Operations Regulatory Clinical Data Management and Biometrics/Stats to advance data acquisition and analyses of clinical trial data
- Leads the resolution of clinical pharmacology/translational queries from regulatory agencies supports writing and reviewing responses to regulatory queries.
- Support the preparation of data packages for publication with medical writers presentation and/or submission to regulatory agencies
- Collaborates with Translational Medicine Bioinformatics and Statistical teams for exploratory biomarker correlative studies and deeper analysis of tumor biology and CAR T functionality
- Contribute to external scientific discussions/research collaborations and publications and engagement with key opinion leaders in the field
Education Level
- Advanced scientific degree (i.e. MD PharmD PhD) and 3 years in industry
- Masters Degree and 5 years of scientific experience
- Bachelors Degree and 7 years of scientific experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong background in cancer immunotherapy immunology and/or oncology with experience focusing on Multiple Myeloma
- Prior experience in Regulatory filings
- In-depth understanding of multiple myeloma knowledge of clinical landscape evolving therapy competitive scenarios
- Strong understanding of clinical translational and mechanistic data
- Familiarity and experience with clinical and biomarker operations
- Understanding of early or late-stage drug and translational development process; including clinical trial experience in industry or academia
- Familiarity with bioanalytical assay development and validation in a GxP environment
- Experience working with engineered T cells immunophenotyping and NGS-based approaches to profile the function of tumor and immune cells
- Comfortable in a matrixed and fast-paced company environment and able to adapt to changing priorities
- Strong collaboration excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Proficient with data presentations to communicate to a diverse cross-functional audience
- Maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ph.D. degree in biology-related field (immunology cancer biology bioinformatics or a closely related field)
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Required Experience:
IC