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Senior Scientist Pharmacokinetics

Merck · West Point, PA · 1 mo ago
Analyst$117k–$184k/yrFull-time
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for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove things like "Current Employees apply HERE", "Current Contingent Workers apply HERE", "US And Puerto Rico Residents Only", accommodation link, EEO statements, etc. Also remove "Search Firm Representatives", "Employee Status", relocation, VISA sponsorship, travel, flexible work arrangements, shift, driving license, hazardous material, job posting end date, requisition ID. Also remove salary range? Actually salary is Pay section, we should include Pay if posting states it. It does: "The salary range for this role is $117,000.00 - $184,200.00". So we include Pay section with that info. Benefits: "We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days." So Benefits section with that. Schedule: Not mentioned. So omit Schedule. About the role: The first paragraph after job title: "We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Scientist to join the Exploratory Vaccines and Regulated Robotics team within the Department of Regulated Bioanalytics at our company. Our team is dedicated to developing, validating, and implementing assays used to evaluate vaccine and biologic candidates in clinical studies. This is an exciting opportunity to lead hands-on development, optimization, qualification, and clinical-study implementation of immunology-based assays, with an emphasis on cellular assays that assess functional T-cell and B-cell responses, and innate immune activation. Join us in applying laboratory science, automation, and data-driven decision-making to strengthen bioanalytical support for vaccine and biologics programs." That's About the role. Responsibilities: list bullet points under "Responsibilities". We'll extract each sentence starting with a verb. We'll put each as
  • . Qualifications: includes Required and Preferred sections. We'll combine? The instruction: Use headings for Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, etc. We have Qualifications (Required) and Preferred Experience. Could separate into Qualifications and Preferred Skills? But we have Skills section separate. The posting lists "Required Skills" and "Preferred Skills". Also "Qualifications" includes education and experience. So we can have Qualifications (education/experience) and Skills (required and preferred). We'll follow headings: Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay. Also maybe "About the role" and "Responsibilities". We'll not include "Requirements" heading because we already have Qualifications and Skills; but the instruction says use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. If we have content for Requirements, we could put but we already have Qualifications and Skills. The posting has a "Requirements" heading later with EEO stuff, but that's boilerplate to remove. So we should not include Requirements heading because after removing boilerplate there is no real content. So we omit Requirements. Thus sections: About the role (h3), Responsibilities (h3), Qualifications (h3), Skills (h3), Benefits (h3), Pay (h3). Ensure we only include substantive content. Now extract content. About the role: as above. Responsibilities: list: - Lead assay lifecycle activities for cell-based immunoassays, including design, execution, optimization, qualification, implementation, troubleshooting, documentation, and transfer readiness for preclinical and clinical samples. - Develop and apply cellular immunology methods, including intracellular cytokine staining, ELISpot/FluoroSpot, cytokine profiling, and related functional assays to characterize immune responses. - Support flow cytometry instrument readiness by performing calibrations, routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and coordination with vendors or operations teams for service and repair. - Author and review SOPs, test methods, qualification documents, technical reports, and scientific presentations; communicate assay strategy, data interpretation, technical risks, limitations, and recommendations to internal stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and external scientific audiences. - Apply laboratory experimentation, data analytics, automation, robotic liquid handling, and risk-based troubleshooting to improve assay performance, workflow efficiency, data quality, and overall bioanalytical capability. - Serve as an internal subject matter expert by providing scientific rationale, technical guidance, training, and mentoring to colleagues, junior scientists, and contractors. - Work effectively in a regulated GxP environment by maintaining accurate, contemporaneous, and complete documentation; supporting data integrity; and ensuring assay activities are conducted in accordance with applicable SOPs, test methods, and regulatory expectations. Qualifications (Required): list: - Ph.D. in immunology, cell biology, biology, bioengineering, or a related scientific discipline; or M.S. with 2+ years of relevant industry experience; or B.S. with 5+ years of relevant industry experience. - Ability to work safely with viruses, bacteria, and potentially infectious human and animal samples under BSL-2 laboratory practices. - Experience working in, or strong understanding of, regulated bioanalytical workflows, GxP documentation practices, assay development, qualification/validation expectations, and data integrity principles. - Strong scientific judgment, experimental design, and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to independently identify root causes, assess technical risk, and recommend scientifically sound next steps. - Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly communicate assay strategy, technical risks, data interpretation, and recommendations to scientific and cross-functional stakeholders. - Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple studies, assay development activities, and documentation deliverables simultaneously. - Relevant experience in immunology, cell-based assay development, or regulated bioanalytical assay development. 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    "Preferred experience includes:" then list. That's adding text not in original? It's summarizing. Safer: we can include them as list items under Qualifications but we need to keep the exact wording. The original Preferred Experience bullets: - Experience with human PBMC isolation, cryopreservation, thawing, culture, and maintenance of primary immune cells and/or relevant cell lines. - Broad experience assessing immune cell function using multiparameter flow cytometry, intracellular cytokine staining, T-cell and B-cell ELISpot/FluoroSpot, multiplex cytokine platforms, and related cellular immunology methods. - Hands-on experience developing, optimizing, and analyzing multicolor flow cytometry panels, including gating strategy development, compensation, controls, and interpretation of complex datasets. - Experience with liquid handlers, automated sample preparation workflows, data analytics, and other automation or digital tools used to improve assay consistency, throughput, data quality, and process robustness. - Working knowledge of standard data analysis and visualization tools such as FlowJo, GraphPad Prism, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and related scientific software. We'll include these as list items under Qualifications, maybe after a note? But we risk mixing required and preferred. However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can include them all under Qualifications, it's still true they are qualifications (some required, some preferred). It's not inventing. It's okay. Now Skills: Required Skills list: - Cytometry, GraphPad Prism, Immunoassays, Immunology Research, Ligand Binding Assay, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Sample Preparations, Scientific Presentations, Scientific Research, Scientific Writing, Technical Reviews, Vaccine Development Preferred Skills list: - Current Employees apply HERE (boilerplate to remove) - Current Contingent Workers apply HERE (remove) - US And Puerto Rico Residents Only (remove) ... Actually those are not skills. The Preferred Skills section after that is empty? Actually after "Preferred Skills" there is "Current Employees apply HERE" etc which are not skills. So we ignore those. The Preferred Skills list may be none. So we only have Required Skills. We'll output them as list items. But we need to preserve the exact wording: "Cytometry, GraphPad Prism, Immunoassays, Immunology Research, Ligand Binding Assay, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Sample Preparations, Scientific Presentations, Scientific Research, Scientific Writing, Technical Reviews, Vaccine Development". That's a comma-separated list. We could split into

  • each item. That's preserving information. Good. Benefits: as described. Pay: salary range. Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, etc. Now produce HTML fragment:

    About the role

    We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Scientist to join the Exploratory Vaccines and Regulated Robotics team within the Department of Regulated Bioanalytics at our company. Our team is dedicated to developing, validating, and implementing assays used to evaluate vaccine and biologic candidates in clinical studies. This is an exciting opportunity to lead hands-on development, optimization, qualification, and clinical-study implementation of immunology-based assays, with an emphasis on cellular assays that assess functional T-cell and B-cell responses, and innate immune activation. Join us in applying laboratory science, automation, and data-driven decision-making to strengthen bioanalytical support for vaccine and biologics programs.

    Responsibilities

    • Lead assay lifecycle activities for cell-based immunoassays, including design, execution, optimization, qualification, implementation, troubleshooting, documentation, and transfer readiness for preclinical and clinical samples.
    • Develop and apply cellular immunology methods, including intracellular cytokine staining, ELISpot/FluoroSpot, cytokine profiling, and related functional assays to characterize immune responses.
    • Support flow cytometry instrument readiness by performing calibrations, routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and coordination with vendors or operations teams for service and repair.
    • Author and review SOPs, test methods, qualification documents, technical reports, and scientific presentations; communicate assay strategy, data interpretation, technical risks, limitations, and recommendations to internal stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and external scientific audiences.
    • Apply laboratory experimentation, data analytics, automation, robotic liquid handling, and risk-based troubleshooting to improve assay performance, workflow efficiency, data quality, and overall bioanalytical capability.
    • Serve as an internal subject matter expert by providing scientific rationale, technical guidance, training, and mentoring to colleagues, junior scientists, and contractors.
    • Work effectively in a regulated GxP environment by maintaining accurate, contemporaneous, and complete documentation; supporting data integrity; and ensuring assay activities are conducted in accordance with applicable SOPs, test methods, and regulatory expectations.

    Qualifications

    • Ph.D. in immunology, cell biology, biology, bioengineering, or a related scientific discipline; or M.S. with 2+ years of relevant industry experience; or B.S. with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
    • Ability to work safely with viruses, bacteria, and potentially infectious human and animal samples under BSL-2 laboratory practices.
    • Experience working in, or strong understanding of,
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