Lead Scientist - Upstream Process Development

DHR Holding India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytiva, located in Bangalore, is seeking a Fast Trak Lead Scientist within the Clinical Programs Organization. This on-site role focuses on leading upstream biomanufacturing projects and mentoring teams across multiple concurrent programs.

You will deliver end-to-end projects, guide strategy, and contribute to training and course development for customers in the bioprocess field. Excellent English communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Earned a PhD/MTech/MSc degree in Life Sciences, Chemical Engineering or related Life Sciences field; with 7+ years or more of hands-on cell culture and upstream process development experience.
• Able to influence others using scientific & logical reasoning; mentor colleagues in their scientific career.
• Excellent communicator with English language proficiency, with demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative, matrixed, and customer focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead upstream process development projects for various application areas (MAbs, vaccines, recombinant proteins, pDNA, mRNA) to meet quality and timelines.
• Lead large/complex customer projects end to end with proposal writing, planning, strategy and execution, coordinating team members.
• Deliver full content in training courses for customers in upstream biomanufacturing and participate in course updates and new development projects.
• Serve as main point of contact to customers in complex project activities and discussions.

Skills

Project leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

PhD/MTech/MSc in Life Sciences or related

Job description

Job Summary

Be part of something altogether life-changing!

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life‑saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. With associates across 40+ countries, Cytiva is a place where every day is a learning opportunity so you can grow your career and expand your skills in the long term.

Forming part of the Biotechnology segment at Danaher, we bring together dedicated technical expertise and talent to develop the next generation of life‑changing therapeutics.

The Fast Trak Lead Scientist for Cytiva is responsible for.

This position is part of the Clinical Programs Organization/Fast Trak Process Development Services located in Bangalore and will be an On‑site role. At Cytiva, our vision is, to advance future therapeutics from discovery to delivery.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and independently deliver upstream process development projects for various application areas (e.g. Monoclonal Antibodies (MAbs), vaccines, recombinant proteins, pDNA, mRNA) to meet required quality and timelines.
• Lead large/complex customer projects independently from end to end with full accountability, incl. proposal writing, project planning, definition of experimental strategy and execution, coordination of other team members participating in project when relevant.
• Deliver full content in various training courses for customers, theoretical as well as practical, in the field of upstream biomanufacturing, lead course update and participate in new course development projects
• Main point of contact to customers in complex projects activities and discussions.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Earned a PhD/MTech/MSc degree in Life Sciences, Chemical Engineering or related Life Sciences field; with 7+ years or more of hands‑on cell culture and upstream process development experience.
• Understanding of principles and theory behind bioreactor cultivation for processing biologicals with knowledge in principles of process development, scale‑up, validation, single‑use, hybrid, and traditional set ups
• Able to deliver results while working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Able to influence others using scientific & logical reasoning. Ability and willingness to mentor colleagues in their scientific career.
• Excellent communicator with English language proficiency, with demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative, matrixed, and customer focused environment.

Join our winning team today. Together, we ll accelerate the real‑life impact of tomorrow s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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