- Professional
- Office in Foster City
At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Maintain a state-of-the-art purification lab that enables rapid new biologics entities manufacturability assessment, purification process development and scaleup.
Contribute to material generation planning. Execute pilot scale purification operations. Support process scaleup and implementation in the Pilot Lab.
Collect and analyze data from Pilot Lab runs in compliance with data integrity policy. Author and review batch records, protocols and reports.
Transfer process to the Pilot Lab timely and with high success rate. Provide technical support for Pilot run atypical event investigations.
Collect and analyze data from Pilot Lab runs in compliance with data integrity policy. Author and review batch records, protocols and reports.
Mentor junior team members on Pilot Lab operation, batch record authoring, operation planning and execution as well as process transfer.
Contribute to biologics manufacturing platform development and new technology/innovation evaluation and implementation to enable fast first-in-human clinical trial timeline.
Participate in cross functional initiatives as needed.
Adhere to department budget and all training, compliance and safety requirements.
Basic Qualifications:
B.S. with 5+ years of industrial experience in biologics purification development and/or scaleup operations OR M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biochemistry or related field with 3+ years experience.
Hands-on experience on pilot scale purification, operation planning and execution.
Experience in tech transfer and process scale-up.
Preferred Knowledge, Experience and Skills.
Working knowledge in single-use manufacturing technology.
Proficient with Unicorn and working experience with Akta system (eg. Pure, Avant, Pilot and Ready).
Experience in data analysis (e.g. JMP, Spotfire), creating and maintaining batch records, authoring operation procedures and reports.
Working knowledge of lab automation, data management, data science, knowledge management and data protection is a plus.
Excellent communication, technical writing, and presentation skills and aptitude for creative problem solving.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence cross-functionally.
Passion for inclusion: knowing the business value of diverse teams, modelling inclusion, and embedding the value of diversity in the way he/she works.
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https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
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