Bioanalytical Senior Scientist

About the role

The Bioanalytical Senior Scientist conducts technical activities independently in the direction of management with a minimum of supervision and applies principles, theories and concepts in an area of LCMS. This individual will work with a team to provide Bioanalytical support for non-GLP drug analysis to support drug discovery and development studies. Techniques utilized will primarily be LC-MS/MS. This individual will support internal Bioanalysis activity, present project progress or result as appropriate. May train and/or provide directions to other junior technical staff.

Principal Responsibilities

• Conduct and/or participate in assigned technical tasks and activities within time and budget constraints
• Manage with little supervision and as assigned, assigned projects that may involve multiple organizational units within department/company
• Maintain both formal and informal communications and relationships with collaborator/partner including responsibility for reports
• Achieve high technical quality in assigned projects
• Carry out project development assignments
• Data processing, documentation of procedures and results, and report writing
• Conduct literature searches and apply current methodology to experimental design
• Carries out responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies, procedures, and local, state, and federal laws
• Documentation of procedures, data processing, results generation, and report writing
• Plan and carry out appropriate self-development activities
• Train less experienced staff in various aspects of research, as assigned
• Typically reports to a Director or function head and may be provided work direction by more senior staff or project management

Qualifications

• Degree in Analytical Chemistry, Biology or relevant area
• Experience working closely with other staff to provide quality work for assigned projects
• Capable of performing work with minimum supervision
• Excellent knowledge of wet lab sample preparation, clean-up and LC-MS/MS
• Capable of devising and implementing project specific method development ensuring all experiments are conducted in accordance with plan, and all results are checked against established criteria
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Able to execute independent time management and task prioritization
• Strong commitment to the improvement of the exchange of ideas
• Ability to work collaboratively with a team of investigators
• Experience with cross-disciplinary work and data interpretation

Pay

Pay ranges between $60-70/hr based on experience