Scientist - Quality Control Clinical

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!

Your Role: Quality Control Clinical Scientist

The Quality Control Clinical (QCC) Scientist provides technical support to clinical operations, manages and executes QCC projects, and actively works to improve existing assays.

This role also involves routine animal potency and safety testing on avian species, following 9 CFR and USDA guidelines, and conducting general poultry husbandry.

The QCC Scientist executes testing per approved SOPs and communicates any testing or compliance issues to their supervisor, while maintaining the welfare of the birds at the testing facility.

Your Responsibilities:


* Ensures compliance and quality control by developing and maintaining compliant procedures, identifying and mitigating risks, and thoroughly investigating assay issues/atypical results to determine root cause and implement corrective actions, culminating in comprehensive event summary reports.


* Actively builds a culture of continuous improvement within the Quality Control Center (QCC), leading and implementing transformative projects while adhering to site quality systems and collaborating with external resources as needed.

This includes assisting with data analysis, change controls, investigations, and implementation of animal welfare standards.


* Ensures animal facilities are consistently maintained in regulatory inspection condition through environmental monitoring, pen condition evaluation, proactive collaboration with maintenance, and supporting the Site Veterinarian in facility audits.

This includes assisting with the trending and analysis of animal testing data, change controls, lab investigations, and deviation investigations.


* Designs, executes, and oversees experiments encompassing laboratory investigations, analytical method development, validation, and transfer, while collaborating with cross-functional scientific teams (process development, formulation, clinical operations, quality, manufacturing).

This includes avian vaccine testing and creating/revising documentation such as SOPs, protocols, reports, and test documents.
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