Associate Scientist

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.

Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:
Biotherapeutics R&D

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

Job Description:

J&J Innovative Medicines s recruiting for an Associate Scientist Process Development, Advanced Therapies located in Leiden.

JnJ Innovative Medicines is committed to developing outstanding medication for some of the world’s most life-threatening diseases.

In Leiden, we have a workforce of 350 scientists and support staff.

We partner with leading experts, academic and clinical institutions and other pharmaceutical companies for the early development of production processes.

In our organization entrepreneurial people are working in a high-performance culture in which innovation and a 'can do' state of mind are the central points.

To strengthen our team, we are continuously looking for enthusiastic people who have the ambition to develop themselves and the way we work.

The API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) Process Development department is responsible for the development of scalable, pharmaceutical-grade production processes.

Our focus is early development of process steps ranging from cell culturing to purification.

We apply our knowledge to a diverse panel of modalities in the Advanced Therapies domain.

Novel technologies are used to ensure that the processes are safe, reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient.

The developed production processes are transferred into GMP production facilities to produce clinical batches and scaled-up for commercial production.

All activities are performed in close collaboration with other departments.

We are looking for a motivated Associate Scientist within the field of process development.

Under limited supervision - and as part of a team - you will plan, prepare and execute scientific studies.

Typical unit operations include cell culture (both bacterial and mammalian), filtration, chromatography and UF/DF.

Experiments may be performed on pilot scale and/or in reduced-scale models.

You work accurately and you are a team player with excellent communicational skills.

You are able to co-write study plans, reports and collect & interpret the data retrieved from the experiments under the guidance of a responsible scientist.

Of course, you have a high standard with respect to Integrity, Quality and Compliance.

This position requires full-time on-site presence.

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