Job Description

Yacht Life Sciences has a vacancy for a Scientist Molecular and Bioassay Development for the Molecular and Bioassay department at Janssen Vaccines & Prevention / Johnson&Johnson in Leiden.

Department Introduction:

The Molecular and Bioassay (MBA) team is a diverse and dynamic group (around 45 team members), which is part of Analytical Development (AD), responsible for developing methods to characterize our vaccines. Together, we use biological- and chemical technologies to assess quantity, potency, purity, and identity characteristics of our products. We have a pivotal role between the regulatory authorities, quality unit and process development.

We are looking for a scientist who:

·      Enjoys working in a multidisciplinary team and contributing to method development knowledge of the team as a whole.

·      Actively shares expertise in virology and technologies such as ELISA, (q)PCR, cell culture-based assays and/or automation.

·      Aims to shape the life cycle management up to and including validation of methods for release and characterization of our vaccine

·      Acts as a technical lead to strengthen our product development strategy.

·      Has strong capabilities to collaborate with scientists across multiple disciplines.

·      Takes ownership as author in the preparation of presentations, documents for regulatory filing and patents.