Associate / Principal Scientist - Analytical Development

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Associate / Principal Scientist - Analytical Development

The Large Molecule Technical Development organization of Elanco is hiring for a Principal Scientist to play an instrumental role in our organization! The Principal Scientist is a senior scientific role whose primary responsibility is to lead program-specific method development activities for therapeutic proteins in our company's biologics portfolio, from the discovery interface through first product registration.

In this role, you will provide hands-on, day-to-day technical and strategic leadership and work closely with cross functional teams in Analytical Development, Process Development, Global Quality and Regulatory Affairs-CMC, and our partners in in the commercial/manufacturing to support commercialization of our company's large molecule products.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge in the development of biologics, including monoclonal antibodies and complex protein modalities.

Research and industry experience should demonstrate successful application and management of state-of-the-art analytical techniques to solve problems, including strong background and experience in separations science and extensive experience with UPLC/HPLC analysis of biologics (e.g.

SEC, RP, IEX).

Experience in microbiological techniques, ELISA, PCR and cell-based analytics is preferred.

We are looking for a team player with strong leadership skills and the passion for mentoring and working along others in a laboratory setting.

Applicants must have effective organizational and multi-tasking skills, have demonstrated excellent scientific leadership, and have superior communications skills, both written and oral.

A track record of delivering impactful solutions to complex problems, and evidence of strong cross-functional collaboration is expected.

Experience leading small groups of technical personnel, leading projects, and defining group or departmental strategy will aid in distinguishing candidates.

Job Responsibilities:


* Extensive experience in analysis of biologics (e.g., Size Exclusion Chromatography ...