Upstream Process Scientist - Biologics

Your new company You'll be joining a leading biopharmaceutical company developing innovative biologic therapies. You'll be part of a growing pilot-scale process development team supporting the scale-up and manufacture of monoclonal antibodies from early development through to GMP production. The company has a highly collaborative and innovative culture and this is a growth role due to an increased number of projects coming through their portfolio. Your new role As an Upstream Process Development Scientist, you will support pilot-scale mammalian cell culture activities and process optimisation programmes for biologics manufacturing across the company's portfolio of antibody and other large molecule therapeutics. This is initially a 12 month contract, fully based on-site. The role can be at either Scientist or junior Scientist grade depending on experience. Key responsibilities include: Designing and executing upstream process development (USP) studies using mammalian cell culture systems and pilot-scale bioreactors (50L and 200L) Supporting antibody production, scale-up, harvest development, and process optimisation activities Analysing experimental data, identifying trends, and communicating scientific recommendations to project teams Collaborating with upstream, downstream, and GMP manufacturing groups to support process transfer and development objectives