Principal Scientist, Biologics

Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Telix Pharmaceuticals is a dynamic radiopharmaceutical company advancing precision medicine to improve lives. The Principal Scientist, Biologics provides technical leadership for early phase biologics process development and clinical manufacturing, coordinating internal and external partners to meet program objectives.

You will mentor scientists, drive GMP, quality systems, and CMC deliverables, and support regulatory submissions (IND/NDA/BLA).

Qualifications

• BS with 11 years of relevant experience in biologics/CMC or related fields.
• MS with 9 years of relevant experience in biologics/CMC or related fields.
• PhD with 8 years of relevant experience in biologics/CMC or related fields.
• Experience implementing GMP and quality management systems.

Responsibilities

• Leads development projects across analytic, purification, formulation, or bioconjugation to support clinical drug substance.
• Supports review and approval of manufacturing documents and development reports for multiple technology areas.
• Ensures GMP and quality system compliance through document reviews, investigations, and change control.
• Authors and reviews CMC content to support IND/NDA/BLA applications, incl. comparability and risk-based approaches.
• Leads collaborations with internal sites and external CMC partners to plan activities and deliverables.
• Mentors senior scientists and other level scientists on technical topics and Telix values.

Skills

Project management

GMP experience

Quality management system

CMC compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical method transfer

Education

BS in relevant field (11 years' experience)

MS in relevant field (9 years' experience)

PhD in relevant field (8 years' experience)

Job description

Telix Pharmaceuticals is a dynamic, fast-growing radiopharmaceutical company with offices in Australia (HQ), Belgium, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States. Our mission is to deliver on the promise of precision medicine through targeted radiation. At our core, we exist to create products that seek to improve the quality of life for people living with cancer and rare diseases. You will be supporting the international roll-out of our approved prostate cancer imaging agent and helping us to advance our portfolio of late clinical-stage products that address significant unmet need in oncology and rare diseases.

This role provides technical and analytical expertise for early phase biologics process development and manufacturing activities for multiple technology areas (e.g. analytical, purification, formulation, and bioconjugation) ensuring manufacturing processes are sufficiently developed to meet program objectives, safety standards, regulatory expectations, and quality compliance. This role is responsible for managing projects in multiple technology areas (e.g. analytical, purification, formulation, or bioconjugation) at internal sites and external CMC partners, as well as contributing to internal cross‑functional collaborations to develop and execute clinical manufacturing.

The Principal Scientist, Biologics acts as the Biologics lead for a specific therapeutic program and should be comfortable communicating with cross‑functional teams in formal settings and third‑party meetings, be knowledgeable in several technical areas as well as their focus technology area (e.g. analytical, purification, formulation, or bioconjugation), and manage their own workload to complete assignments autonomously with some feedback from senior‑level colleagues, matrix team members, and/or their manager for more complicated topics.

See Yourself at Telix

Key Accountabilities

• Leads development projects for multiple technology areas (e.g. analytical, purification, formulation, or bioconjugation) ensuring the appropriate process knowledge, technology transfer, analytical method transfer, design space and/or control strategy definition, optimization, and/or qualification to produces clinical drug substance intermediates.
• Supports review and approval of manufacturing operation documents such as SOPs, batch records, protocols, analytical procedures, etc., and development reports for multiple technology areas (e.g. analytical, purification, formulation, or bioconjugation) to produce clinical drug substance intermediates.
• Ensures appropriate compliance of multiple technology areas (e.g. analytical, purification, formulation, or bioconjugation) through document creation/review/approval, quality investigations, corrective actions, and change control within a Quality system.
• Authors and/or reviews source documents and CMC content related to several technology areas (e.g. analytical, purification, formulation, or bioconjugation) to support IND, NDA, BLA and similar regulatory agency applications, especially in areas requiring more sophisticated acumen such as comparability and risk‑based approach
• Leads collaborations with internal sites and external CMC partners to develop selection criteria, assess capabilities, coordinate activities, plan process technology /analytical method activities, troubleshoot and analyze operational performance, conduct risk assessments, and manage timely deliverables.

Mentors Senior Scientists and other level Scientists on both technical topics as well as Telix values.

Education And Experience

• Science or engineering degree with minimum relevant experience as applicable: BS with 11 years of experience, MS with 9 years of experience, PhD with 8 years of experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in GMP, quality management system, and CMC compliance and
• Demonstrated understanding and application of project management principles and
• Ability to work in cross‑functional, virtual
• Travel expectation: 10 – 25% for key in‑person meetings, partner site visits, and SME/technical person-in-plant

Key Capabilities

• Commitment to excellence: Take pride in your work and consistently strive for excellence in everything you do
• Results‑oriented: Driven to achieve goals and objectives, with a strong focus on delivering measurable results
• Creativity and innovation: Possess a willingness to think outside the box and come up with unique and creative solutions to challenges
• Strong communication skills: Able to communicate effectively with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels, using clear and concise language
• Collaboration: Work effectively as part of a team, actively sharing knowledge and expertise to achieve common goals
• Resilience: Demonstrate the ability to bounce back from setbacks and persevere in the face of challenges
• Inclusive mindset: Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation for diversity, and actively work to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and respected
• Adaptability: Comfortable working in a dynamic environment, able to adjust to changing priorities, and willing to take on new challenges
• Ethical behavior: Act with integrity and demonstrate a commitment to ethical behavior in all interactions with colleagues and stakeholders
• Continuous learning: Show a commitment to ongoing learning and professional development, continually seeking out opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills

At Telix, we believe everyone counts, we strive to be extraordinary, and we pursue our goals with determination and integrity. You will be part of an engaged and supportive group of colleagues who all have a shared purpose: to help people with cancer and rare diseases live longer, better quality lives. Being a Telix employee means being a part of a unique, global, interdisciplinary team working to deliver what's next in precision medicine. We have hybrid and remote employees located all around the world. We offer competitive salaries, annual performance‑based bonuses, an equity‑based incentive program, generous vacation, paid wellness days and support for learning and development.

Telix Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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