Process Development Scientist St. Louis

<p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Work Location:  St. Louis, Missouri<br>Shift:  No<br>Department:  LS-PS-ATA PDS Region 1<br>Hiring Manager: Ben Roman</span></span></p><p><br><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><strong>This information is for internals only. Please do not share outside of the organization.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><br><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Your role: </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">MilliporeSigma is looking for a Process Development Scientist to join the technical branch of the commercial organization in the Midwest, working remotely from Indianapolis, Chicago, St. Louis or Minneapolis, and supporting process development and manufacturing sciences activities.  The development scientist is part of a worldwide team of engineers and scientists reporting into the technical support group for MilliporeSigma’s Process Solutions business. </span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 0.0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Lead development studies for purification of therapeutic proteins using MilliporeSigma technologies (sterile filtration, depth filtration, tangential flow filtration, viral reduction filtration, chromatography)</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Involve in selection/sizing, process optimization, and tech transfer for purification of new pharmaceuticals, focused on Phase I–III development</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Provide customer consultations via email, telephone, or video</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Collaborate with customer process development groups in the Central United States</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Partner with local MilliporeSigma account managers to deliver technical expertise to customers</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Support clinical and commercial scale implementations using sound engineering principles, including identifying CQAs and maintaining critical control parameters</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Document customer interfacing activities in electronic systems; propose new technical ideas for the broader group and contribute to cross-functional strategy execution</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">This position will include travel of up to 30% within North America region</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Physical attributes:</span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 0.0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Lifting of up to 50 pounds</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Who you are:  </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Minimum Qualifications:</strong></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 0.0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or other Life Science discipline</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">3+ years of experience within pharmaceutical development, technology implementation, or protein or viral particle purification</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">-OR-</span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 0.0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or other Life Science discipline</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience within pharmaceutical development, technology implementation, or protein or viral particle purification</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">-OR-</span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 0.0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">PhD in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or other Life Sciences discipline</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">1+ years of experience within pharmaceutical development, technology implementation, or protein or viral particle purification</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 0.0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">An in-depth knowledge and understanding of bioprocess unit operations</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Ability to derive relevant conclusions, based on the experimental results, and effectively communicate this to our customers</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Excellent hands on laboratory skills, working knowledge of Microsoft Excel or other data analysis software</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Sound understanding of downstream and/or upstream biomanufacturing process requirements, best practices, and industry standards</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Comfort with making recommendations for future course of action based on experimental results</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Ability to relay relevant results to sales, field marketing, etc.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Ability to identify scientific leadership opportunities and execute through lunch & learns, publications, presentations, etc. with a focus on customer collaboration</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Ability to cope with change, adjust test plans quickly, and comfortably handle risk and uncertainty</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Ability to build effective relationships; both internally and externally</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Ability to produce quality written experimental reports and other appropriate documentation</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Highly motivated, self-directed, and able to work independently in a field-based position</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.0in; margin-right: 0.0in; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, concisely and effectively to diverse audiences through both written and oral communications </span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Pay Range for this position: $89,800-$134,700.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites. For more information click <a href="https://careers.emdgroup.com/us/en/benefits" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>here</strong></a>.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">RSREMD </span></p><br><p style="text-align:justify"> </p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.  This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and programs relating to recruitment and hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Any applicant or employee who believes they have been discriminated against by the Company or anyone acting on behalf of the Company must report any concerns to their Human Resources Business Partner, Legal, or Compliance immediately. The Company will not retaliate against any individual because they made a good faith report of discrimination.</span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"> </p>

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