Product Development Scientist: Lab-to-Launch Biotech

Portal Biotech Limited; London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Portal Biotech Limited is seeking a Product Development Scientist to join our DevOps team at Scale Space, White City, London. You will help shape biological components and workflows into packaged products, focusing on formulation, packaging, storage and specification.

This lab role emphasises structured, planned testing on our nanopore platform, including stability studies and lot-to-lot comparisons, supported by electrophysiology and large data analysis.

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology or related discipline.
• Hands-on experience developing, optimising or testing biological or enzymatic products, assays or workflows.
• Experience running structured, repeated studies with careful execution and record-keeping.
• Experience analysing larger datasets using Python, R or similar, with a grounding in statistics.
• Understanding of what a biological product needs to be launched and supported, or interest in building that knowledge.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Plan, run and report stability and shelf-life studies, including real-time, accelerated and in-use studies.
• Shape the product: formulation, component format, kit configuration, specifications and performance metrics.
• Run repeated, well-controlled performance testing on the platform using electrophysiology and robust datasets.
• Analyse and trend large experimental datasets using Python or similar, applying statistics to support product decisions.
• Troubleshoot and improve performance, robustness and reproducibility.
• Identify launch requirements: specifications, test methods, stability data and documentation; assist with eQMS.
• Write protocols, reports and SOPs; support method transfer to Biologics production.
• Collaborate with Biologics, platform, engineering, data science and R&D teams.

Skills

Biochemistry

Molecular biology

Python

R

Statistics

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

BSc/MSc in biochemistry / related field

Tools

eQMS

HPLC/FPLC

Job description

Portal Biotech Limited is seeking a Product Development Scientist to join our DevOps team at Scale Space, White City, London. You will help shape biological components and workflows into packaged products, focusing on formulation, packaging, storage and specification.

This lab role emphasises structured, planned testing on our nanopore platform, including stability studies and lot-to-lot comparisons, supported by electrophysiology and large data analysis.