PR&D Team Lead - 1 Year Fixed Term

Placed: 13/12/17
Region: Oxfordshire
Location: Oxford
Category: Jobs


Content of the advertisement:

**About the role**

We have an exciting opportunity to strengthen our Process Research & Development Team and we are looking to fill the full time 1 year fixed term position of Team Lead at Windrush Court, Oxford.

**Job purpose** :

To be accountable for the effective high performance of a team of scientists, with a tactical focus on day to day management.

**Key responsibilities and accountabilities:**

* Provide line management to a team of scientists to contribute to the overall group objectives in line with company objectives.
* Be responsible for day to day operations within the team.
* Ensure all direct reports or persons involved in projects are fully trained and maintain a high standard of record keeping and documentation of experiments so that information is clearly captured, disseminated and reported.
* With Group Lead, ensure processes are developed with a view to application within GMP Manufacturing.
* Maintain awareness of upcoming technologies, and keep up to date with current literature and thinking.
* Provide upstream/downstream expertise and contribute to process design and scale-up, to deliver new and improved bio-manufacturing processes based on Quality by Design (QbD) using DoE, which can be operated within a GMP environment profile.
* Progress the process development projects, optimisation and scale-up activities for the manufacture of gene-based medicines (both internal and external programs).
* Support the development and implementation of manufacturing processes/continuous improvement programmes.
* Contribute to the training and development of others.
* Promote appropriate, effective communication within team, with members of other departments, and with external collaborators.
* Contribute to cross departmental activities and providing expert advice and technical input where needed.
* Understand the health and safety aspects of the work carried out in their team.

**Key skills and requirements:**

* Postgraduate degree (or equivalent level qualification) in a relevant science
* Relevant, practical industry experience in executing cell culture/upstream/downstream projects/activities
* Proven line management experience
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Excellent organisational and time management skills
* Ability to prioritise workloads and work under pressure
* Good attention to detail
* Highly self-motivated

**Person Specification:**

* Broad practical expertise and knowledge in upstream cell culture and/or downstream purification process development /virology /analytical techniques
* Experience in process design, optimisation and scale-up of bioprocesses to support clinical development.
* Practical knowledge of process characterisation / validation.

**How to Apply**

Please use the questionnaire to highlight how you meet the competencies for the role and to state your salary requirements and current salary. Your questionnaire responses will be used along with your CV to assess your application.

Closing Date: 5th January 2018

**Please note that speculative CVs will not be considered.**

**Please note that we may when necessary be required to close a job prior to the closing date, due to a large number of applications or change in circumstance.

* The post will close on the closing date stated at midnight *

It is company policy that travel expenses will not be reimbursed. **

Price / Salary: Competitive