Senior Scientist, Product Development – Life Science & Biotech Reagents

Legend Biotech USA; Piscataway Township (NJ); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

FSA/HSA

Life and AD&D insurance

Disability coverage

Commuter benefits

Job summary

GenScript USA Inc/ProBio Inc. is seeking a Senior Scientist for Product Planning and Development to shape the 3–5 year portfolio of life science reagents.

You will define target specifications while aligning with R&D, Marketing, and executive leadership to drive long-term innovation. You will partner with multiple functions to uncover unmet customer needs, evaluate emerging technologies, and build high-barrier product portfolios within a fast-paced biotech environment.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent with life science focus; Master’s with strong experience considered.
• Experience translating scientific insights into commercial opportunities.
• Ability to design and communicate strategic product roadmaps and portfolios.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with R&D, Marketing, BD and operations.

Responsibilities

• Design future product portfolio and roadmaps across antibodies, recombinant proteins, enzymes, and bioassays.
• Transform customer workflows and VOC into market opportunities and portfolio strategy.
• Evaluate opportunities with Build vs Buy vs Partner assessments for strategic planning.
• Collaborate with STAKEHOLDERS to guide executive investment decisions and long-term portfolio

Skills

Portfolio strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

VOC/JTBD analysis

Strategic roadmapping

Customer insights

Education

PhD preferred

Master's degree with exceptional industry experience

Biology / Cell Biology

Immunology

Protein Engineering / Antibody Engineering

Biochemistry / Bioengineering or related life science disciplines

Job description

About GenScript

Founded in 2002 in New Jersey, GenScript Biotech Corporation accelerates innovation in biotech and healthcare by providing researchers and companies with the building blocks needed to develop groundbreaking treatments and products. Guided by its mission to Make People and Nature Healthier Through Biotechnology, and its role as a well-recognized biotechnology company, GenScript has a team of approximately 6,165 employees and has served more than 200,000 customers across over 100 countries and regions.

Senior Scientist, Product Planning and Development, Scientific Product Strategy - Life Science & Biotech Reagents

Position Type

Full-time, Strategic/Front-end Portfolio Management

Compensation

The estimated salary range is $125,000 - $155,000 based upon experience level.

Location:

Piscataway, New Jersey

Job Scope

This is a front-end product strategy and planning role where you'll define what GenScript should build over the next 3-5 years by identifying unmet customer needs, evaluating emerging technologies, and shaping the future portfolio of life science research reagents.

At GenScript, we believe great products begin long before the first experiment. As a Senior Strategic Product Planning Scientist - Life Science Reagents, under GenScript's Catalog Products Business Unit, you won't simply manage existing products-you will design the future of our life science research portfolio.

This role sits at the intersection of science, technology, customer insight, and business strategy, helping define WHAT products GenScript should build over the next 3-5 years. Focused purely on front-end strategic planning, you will define the target specifications (What) while liberating R&D to explore the best execution (How).

You will work closely with R&D, Marketing, Business Development, Commercial, and executive leadership to discover unmet customer needs, identify emerging technology opportunities, design high-barrier product portfolios, and shape long‑term innovation strategy.

Key Responsibilities (What You'll Do)

1) Design Future Product Portfolio & Roadmaps

• Portfolio Strategy: Build long-term product portfolio strategies across antibodies, recombinant proteins, enzymes, bioassays, protein purification products, Cell & Gene Therapy (GCT) reagents, and emerging technology platforms.
• White Space Identification: Pinpoint technology white spaces and unarticulated customer needs to establish a sustainable, high-margin product menu.
• Strategic Roadmapping: Formulate and maintain future product roadmaps aligned with global business unit growth objectives.

2) Customer Insights & Actionable VOC

• Deep Workflow Understanding: Transform scientific insights into commercial opportunities by deep-diving into customer workflows, Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD), and Voice of the Customer (VOC).
• Market Intuition: Keep a pulse on emerging research trends, technology evolution, and the global competitive landscape. Your goal is to discover latent opportunities that customers have not yet articulated.

3) Shape Innovation & Platform Strategy

• Multidimensional Evaluation: Evaluate future portfolio opportunities by integrating scientific feasibility, customer value, market potential, competitive differentiation, intellectual property (IP), and business economics.
• Make vs. Buy Assessment: Conduct thorough "Build vs. Buy vs. Partner" assessments to support annual strategic planning and executive innovation reviews.

4) Connect Science with Business

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner seamlessly with R&D, Marketing, Business Development, Commercial, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and QA/RA to transform raw ideas into high-impact product development programs.
• Executive Communication: Develop data-driven strategic recommendations and business cases to guide executive investment decisions.

Education:

• PhD preferred (Master's degree with exceptional industry experience will also be highly considered) in:
• Biology / Cell Biology
• Immunology
• Protein Engineering / Antibody Engineering
• Biochemistry / Bioengineering or related life science disciplines.

Experience:

We are looking for an individual who seamlessly combines scientific depth with corporate strategic thinking. Preferred experience includes one or more of the following:

• Protein engineering, Antibody discovery & optimization
• Cell & Gene Therapy (GCT) reagent development
• Functional proteins and Bioassays
• Advanced protein purification technologies

Highly Desirable: Experience and service in Early Discovery, Platform Development, or CMC within biopharma or top-tier CROs.

A Strong Plus:

Direct experience interacting with biopharma customers, supporting business development, technical marketing, or corporate strategic planning.

Core Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking & Systems Thinking
• Scientific Curiosity & Innovation Management
• Customer-Centric Mindset (VOC/JTBD)
• Portfolio Design & Market Insight
• Cross-functional Leadership & Executive Communication
• Data-driven Decision Making

What Makes You Successful:

You are someone who naturally enjoys asking questions such as:

• Why do customers need this? What problem are we really solving?
• Is this the best, highest-barrier product we could build?
• What technology will define the next five years of drug discovery?

You possess the rare ability to synthesize Scientific Innovation, Customer Insight, Business Opportunity, and Technology Strategy into clear, decisive product definitions.

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Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that vests fully on day one.
• Paid parental leave after just three (3) months of employment.
• Paid time off policy that includes vacation time, personal time, sick time, floating holidays, and company holidays.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Legal assistance.
• Supplemental plans such as pet, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Commuter benefits.
• Well-being initiatives.
• Peer-to-peer recognition programs; demonstrating our ongoing commitment to building a culture where our people feel empowered, supported, and inspired to do their best work.

GenScript USA Inc/ProBio Inc. is a proud equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting, retaining, and maximizing the performance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the Company's policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

GenScript USA Inc./ProBio Inc. maintains a drug-free workplace.

Please note: Genscript USA Inc./ProBio Inc. will only contact candidates through verified application sources. GenScript/Probio does not request personal information from candidates through individual email or any other platform.