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Job Description

About the role:

As a Senior Associate Scientist, you will provide analytical support for upstream and downstream commercial manufacturing support labs within the manufacturing support laboratory group. You will report to the Associate Director of Analytical Manufacturing Sciences.

How you will contribute:

• Provide analytical support for upstream and downstream commercial Manufacturing Support Labs.
• Design and complete routine / non-routine analytical assays
• Provide process samples testing with HPLC/UPLC, CE-SDS, iCIEF, plate-based assays such as enzyme activity assay, ELISA, PCR, and promptly
• Maintain lab notebooks, report data promptly
• Write documents/reports, present findings in meetings
• Ensure quality analytical data is provided following project timelines
• Get data peer reviewed before reporting the results to the submitters
• Troubleshot any issues and escalate them
• Collaborate with inter-site teams for assay transfers, troubleshooting and establishing assays

What you bring to Takeda:

• BS in Biochemistry, Biotechnology or related disciplines with 3 years of relevant experience or MS with 2 years of relevant experience
• Hands-on experience in multiple analytical techniques related to protein/antibody characterization
• Knowledge of cGMP environment as applied to analytical sample testing
• Analytical experience with HPLC/UPLC, plate based assays (HCP, ProA, DNA) using ELISA, PCR is required
• Experience working with enzyme activity assays
• Team player, participating on teams
• Experience working with CE-SDS and iCIEF.
• Understand common mammalian cell culture and protein purification processes including commonly used commonly used columns and buffers
• Provide data promptly

Important Considerations:

At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. You may:

• Work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wear protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.
• Need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.
• Work in a cold, wet environment.
• Work multiple shifts, including weekends, or be asked to work supplemental hours.
• Work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.
• Travel may be required for this position, occasionally, both domestic and international.

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

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