Principal Scientist

The role

The Principal Scientist will implement a strategic scientific plan to support translational medicine research. This includes designing and developing innovative immunophenotyping and cell-based assays while mentoring junior scientists.

What you will do

• Provide mentoring, coaching and team leadership to Flow Laboratory team members
• Design and implement cell-based assays to meet client requirements
• Write and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Utilize SOPs to perform cell assays such as flow immunophenotyping and ELISpot
• Generate technical reports and communications for clients
• Write posters and papers for submission to conferences and journals
• Train scientific and technical staff in laboratory procedures and data presentation
• Track and trend laboratory efficiency and quality
• Act as an internal expert on technical advances and industry trends
• Promote the company through networking, speaking engagements, and publications

Required qualifications

• Ph.D. in life sciences or relevant field
• At least 8 years of full-time post-doctoral laboratory experience
• Strong bench scientist skills around cell-based assays
• Hands on flow cytometry experience
• Experience with cell sorting, trouble-shooting and client relationships, alliance partnerships and timelines
• Experience in validation/qualification of assays to CAP/CLIA/GLP or ISO guidelines
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong communication skills
• Experienced technical report generation
• The ability to see and differentiate between colors on the full color spectrum
• Ability to lift and carry between 1-15 lbs.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. overhead with assistance

Nice to have

• Immunology, Cellular Biology
• Experience in ELISpot and other cell based assays
• 10-15+ years’ experience as CORE lab member with leadership role as direct manager to flow cytometry team
• Industrial experience and/or management of outside collaborations
• Experience with viral infections; cell culture and cell line derivation; nucleic acid (RNA & DNA) extraction from primary human samples; nucleic acid characterization by spectrophotometer, Agilent, an

About the company

Precision Medicine Group delivers services to diverse, innovative and global biopharmaceutical clients.