Senior Scientist — Translational Flow Cytometry Lab Leader

IQVIA LLC; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA Laboratories in Valencia, CA is seeking a Senior Scientist in Translational Science Lab, Flow Cytometry. The role develops and optimizes moderately complex assays to support timely laboratory delivery and oversees troubleshooting and cross-functional collaboration.

You will mentor junior staff, lead technical projects, transfer methods to validation, maintain equipment standards, and contribute to scientific reports and documentation while ensuring quality and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant scientific discipline.
• 4 years of method or assay development experience.
• 2 years' experience with flow cytometry.
• Familiarity with immunology.
• Experience with method validation and transfer to routine labs.

Responsibilities

• Plan assay and method development activities and draft clear, robust laboratory methods.
• Execute method development experiments and support validation and analytical testing.
• Troubleshoot assays and apply root cause analysis to optimize performance.
• Transfer methods into validation processes and ensure scalability.
• Lead technical projects and guide junior staff to deliver results.
• Mentor and train junior staff and contribute to reports and documentation.

Skills

Flow cytometry

Troubleshooting

Immunology knowledge

Scientific communication

Mentoring/train others

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related scientific discipline

Job description

IQVIA Laboratories in Valencia, CA is seeking a Senior Scientist in Translational Science Lab, Flow Cytometry. The role develops and optimizes moderately complex assays to support timely laboratory delivery and oversees troubleshooting and cross-functional collaboration.

You will mentor junior staff, lead technical projects, transfer methods to validation, maintain equipment standards, and contribute to scientific reports and documentation while ensuring quality and regulatory compliance.