Vaxcyte
Senior Scientist, Immunoassay Development, Critical Reagents & Reference Materials
San Carlos, California, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$165k-$193kDetected 1 day ago
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role
- Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases, which have serious and costly health consequences when left unchecked.
- Working to eradicate or treat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, and Shigella is just the beginning.
- Our path to success is clear and well-defined, and Vaxcyte is set up to go the distance.
Responsibilities
- Everyone leads at Vaxcyte with a kindness-first, inclusive approach to collaboration and vigorous debate that advances our business objectives.
Requirements
- or M.S. in a related discipline with a minimum of 10 years of relevant biopharmaceutical industry experience
- or B.S. in a related discipline with a minimum of 13 years of relevant biopharmaceutical industry experience.
- Hands-on experience with monoclonal antibody generation and characterization is required.
- Significant experience with antibody reagent generation, screening, characterization, qualification, conjugation, labeling, lot bridging, stability assessment, and lifecycle management.
- Experience managing or supporting immunoassay critical reagents, reference standards, assay controls, calibrators, and customized assay materials used in ligand-binding assays or vaccine analytical methods.
- Strong understanding of antibody-antigen interactions, assay reagent quality attributes, specificity, affinity, cross-reactivity, epitope behavior, matrix effects, reagent stability, and lot-to-lot comparability.
- Hands-on experience with immunoassay platforms such as ELISA, MSD, Luminex, electrochemiluminescence-based assays, bead-based assays, multiplex assays, or other ligand-binding assay technologies.
- Experience with customized immunoassay materials such as MSD plates, coated plates, labeled detection reagents, Luminex beads, multiplex panels, assay kits, buffers, and other platform-specific critical components.
- Experience working in or supporting GMP-regulated analytical environments is desired.
Nice to have
- Direct experience supporting critical reagents or reference materials used for GMP release and stability testing.
- Experience with conjugated vaccines, polysaccharide-protein conjugates, multivalent vaccines, or other complex biologics.
- Reports to: Associate Director, Immunoassay Critical Reagents and Reference Materials
- Work Arrangement:
- Contribute to regulatory-supporting documentation related to critical reagents, reference standards, stability programs, reagent qualification, comparability, and immunoassay control strategies.
Compensation
- $165,000 - $193,000 (SF Bay Area).
- The compensation package will be competitive and includes comprehensive benefits and an equity component.
Benefits
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Company info
- Join our Mission to Protect Humankind!
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
- equal opportunity employer.
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