Director/Assoc. Director, Process Development/mRNA Manufacturing
Director/Assoc. Director, Process Development/mRNA Manufacturing 1284735
Location: Cambridge, MA (Hybrid)
Science: mRNA focused
Therapeutic Areas: Oncology
Job Overview: This candidate will lead the process development efforts for mRNA therapeutics including analytically characterizing them and testing them in vitro and in vivo for preclinical studies. The candidate should be proficient in mRNA chemistry and mRNA biology workflows and wet lab techniques.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the manufacturing team and guide the company’s mRNA manufacturing strategy
- Establish and optimize our mRNA IVT manufacturing scale-up capability
- Develop scalable strategies for downstream product purification
- Synthesize and purify routine mRNA products for preclinical studies
Qualifications:
- PhD/MS with 5+ years of academic or industry experience in nucleic acid manufacturing
- Familiarity with nucleic acid purification and chemistry, enzyme kinetics, and analytical characterization of biomolecules
- Experienced with a variety of analytical techniques would be preferred including: HPLC/UPLC, FPLC, MALDI-TOF MS, LC-MS/MS, NMR
- The ideal candidate should be adaptable, enthusiastic about new challenges, has an innate curiosity, and a passion for learning
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