Senior Scientist, Process Development Analytics

Advancing medicine to save lives. Together. 

Thanks to many decades of experience and our passion for what we do, we make an essential contribution to the global availability of biopharmaceuticals, especially for patients with rare and serious diseases.  

Rentschler Biopharma SE is a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused exclusively on client projects. We offer customized full-service solutions for bioprocess development and the production of complex biopharmaceuticals. As a German family-owned company with an international footprint and global reach, we combine experts, expertise and years of experience to develop best-in-class solutions – together with our clients.

Rentschler Biopharma has approximately 1,400 employees and is headquartered in Laupheim, Germany, with a site in Milford, MA, USA. In 2024, we joined the United Nations Global Compact, underlining our commitment to sustainability.  

As an independent family-owned company, we live by the motto: Many hands, many minds - ONE TEAM! Open, respectful cooperation characterizes our working environment, where quality awareness, diligence and responsibility are our top priorities. With all the diversity of our talents in the Rentschler team, we pursue one vision together: advancing medicine to save lives. 

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Design, lead, and execute method development in support of internal and external partners for use within quality control departments for clinical and commercial manufacturing

• Lead, execute, review, and present high-throughput testing of in-process sample for process development work packages

• Provide technical and strategic planning support to business development activities with respect to new client projects and new business initiatives

• Coordinate with management for the day-to-day execution of experiments in lab to ensure proper personnel coverage for timely completion

• Author high-quality documents, including technical reports, SOPs, and experimental protocols

• Identify, evaluate, and implement new and existing technologies to improve testing efficiency, control and understanding

• Provide alignment between development and quality control laboratories for upcoming sample transfer and testing requests 

• Coordinate technical transfer of established methods to quality control and clients

• Provide technical support Quality Control and Manufacturing floor activities

• Serve as PD representative and participate in cross functional meetings

• Oversee ordering and tracking of routine and client-billable consumables

• Lead, train, and mentor junior lab staff  

• Interpret analytical data and understand relation to manufacturing process steps

• Review data packages and compile slides to present at client project presentations

• Contribute to the overall operations of process science lab and infrastructure improvements

• Ability to work in a team environment and drive the success of the projects 

Qualifications 

• Minimum required experience:  

• A university degree and 8 + years of related experience 

• A Mast