Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
Job title:
Manager, R&D Immuno
Company
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
Job description
About Meridian:Meridian Bioscience is a fully integrated life science company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad range of innovative diagnostic products. We are dedicated to developing and delivering better solutions that give answers with speed, accuracy and simplicity that are redefining the possibilities of life from discovery to diagnosis. We are looking for talented and passionate individuals that help drive our vision. Our innovative culture will allow interested candidates to discover and create, through collaboration, cutting edge solutions to tough problems. Key Duties:Research and Development
- Provide project leadership and management for all new Immuno products introductions.
- Plan with team and ensure execution of experimental activities.
- Lead delivery of projects accordingly to planned schedules.
- Assist Finance team in the costing of new products.
- Collaborate with Marketing for the delivery of new products (including but not limited to determination of product specifications, generation of data for technical literature)
- Generate data supporting the Vice President R&D in the measurement of departmental performance.
- Provide reports to Vice President R&D
- Manage technical collaborations.
General laboratory
- Liaise with laboratory management to ensure smooth execution of the lab activities.
- Eliminate waste in Laboratory processes (including but not limited to: documentation management, analytical testing, laboratory investigations etc) by actively seeking areas for continuous improvement
- Participate in safety initiatives in collaboration with Vice President and HSE officer (i.e. raising Safety Near Misses, Conduct Safety / Risk assessments as required)
Staff/Team
- Line management
- Provide coaching and development to the Immuno R&D team to improve capability and competency relating to R&D activities.
- Review performance against KPIs for all areas of activities and take the appropriate actions to rectify shortfalls (yearly reviews, disciplinary actions – when required)
QA
- Work closely with the QA team for maintaining ISO13485 standards.
- Work with the Vice President R&D in the continuous improvement of the Design Control process
- Ensure Standard Operating Procedures remain compliant with current QMS requirements.
Technical/Sales support
- Provide active leadership and technical support for Immuno products.
- Support sales team with technical sales to customers
- Provide detailed product trouble shooting/optimization, general guidance to customers and manage local collaborations.
Qualifications:
- PhD and 10+ years experience in Life Science industry developing new antigen/antibody products or developing immuno-assays
- At least or equivalent to 2 years experience in successful team management and performance evaluation
- Prior experience with ISO13485
- Hands-on experience in diagnostic immuno-assay development and troubleshooting (CLIA, FIA, ELISA…)
- Expertise in a broad range of non-bacterial expression systems such as mammalian (HEK,CHO), insect (S2) or yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Pichia pastoris…).
- Demonstrated experience in protein/antibody purification and characterization
- Good understanding of protein design and engineering and associated methodologies
- Experience with statistical analysis and/or Design of Experiments methodologies
- Leadership ability with demonstrable employee performance management
- Ability to develop team and create team engagement.
- Experience of QMS (eg GMP, GLP, ISO9001 or ISO13485) in a science laboratory environment
- Workplace Health & Safety: Knowledge and experience of obligations under the current legislation and practical application in the workplace.
- Strong Communication Skills both verbal and written with ability to report and communicate clearly and concisely ideas and concepts
Expected salary
Location
London
Job date
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 07:35:49 GMT
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