Job Description

Position Overview: 

Catalent hires people with a passion to make a difference to the health of millions of people globally. Your expertise, coupled with Catalent’s advanced technologies and collaboration with thousands of innovative pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare companies, will help bring life-enhancing products to the people you know and love.  Your talents, ideas and passion are essential to our mission; to develop, manufacture and supply products that help people live better, healthier lives. Interested in learning more about life at Catalent? Start here

The Associate Scientist II – Upstream Development will work independently as well as collaboratively within a high-functioning project team. The individual should bring technical knowledge, initiative, strong scientific integrity, and an enthusiasm for learning in order to make significant contributions within the Process Development and Process Characterization Group. 

This position will report to the Associate Director, Principal Scientist at the BioPark site.

Paragon Gene Therapy, now a part of Catalent, hires people with a passion to make a difference. Your expertise, coupled with our advanced technologies and collaboration with innovative pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare companies, will help bring life-enhancing products to the people you know and love. Your talents, ideas and passion are essential to our mission; to develop, manufacture and supply products that help people live better, healthier lives.

The Role/Job Duties:

• Passages mammalian cell lines for maintenance and scale up (suspension and adherent).
• Understands and executes protocols related to media and buffer preparation, cell banking, cell passaging, bioreactor operations, filtration, and other activities as needed.
• Aids in execution of experiments to develop and improve scalable processes utilizing different expression systems.
• Completes batch records and experimental records according to Good Documentation Practices.
• Enters and analyzes data, supports project leads in generation of reports and presentations.
• Manages samples and inventory related to each experiment.
• Assists with lab maintenance, stocking, cleaning, and troubleshoots equipment.
• Participates in decision-making processes within the project team by actively engaging in scientific and technical discussions.
• Maintains training and operates within established systems, helps improve systems.

The Candidate

Experience & Education:

• 3-5 years (with BS) or 1-3 years (with MS) of cell cultivation or fermentation process development.
• Strong understanding of and ability to apply of aseptic techniques.
• Production of material at different scales using adherent and/ or suspension platforms from flasks to stirred-tanks and packed bed bioreactors (PALL iCELLis technology experience a plus).
• Preparation of various buffers and reagents, medium formulation.
• Instrument care, maintenance, troubleshooting and data interpretation.
• Document writing, participating in data analysis and preparation of reports and presentations.
• Experience with statistical software (JUMP) or analytical techniques (ELISA, ddPCR) a bonus.
• An ability to juggle multiple, sometimes competing, priorities; Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Resourcefulness and problem-solving abilities to prevent operational delays and meet objectives.
• The ability to work in team-oriented environment and participate on multidisciplinary project teams.
• The ability to accommodate occasional weekend and evening work.

We will identify candidates based on the following:

• Leads with Integrity and Respect
• Delivers Results
• Demonstrates Business Acumen
• Fosters Collaboration and Teamwork
• Champions Change
• Engages and Inspires
• Coaches and Develops

Position Benefits:

• Join a high growth and fast paced organization with a people focused culture
• Global exposure, defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process
• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision and 401K

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.
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Catalent is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting.  Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent.  No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral.  Thank you.