Principal Scientist Clinical Cytometry - Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Moderna Therapeutics

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Principal Scientist Clinical Cytometry

Apply locations Oxford - England Clinical Development time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id R15274

The Role:

Joining Moderna offers the unique opportunity to be part of a pioneering team that's revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases. As an employee, you'll be part of a continually growing organization working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide, contributing to global health initiatives. Moderna's commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience with the potential to make a significant impact on patients' lives worldwide.

Moderna's strategic partnership with the UK Government is exemplified by our innovative presence at Harwell. Our mission is to establish a leading-edge research development and manufacturing facility part of a long-term commitment to onshore mRNA vaccine production for respiratory diseases. This initiative will create a multitude of highly skilled jobs and foster collaboration with academic and NHS partners across the UK. We're looking for global experts eager to join us in this endeavor, contributing to a future where access to life-saving vaccines is a reality for all.

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Scientist to lead our efforts in flow cytometry assay development, validation, and clinical testing at the UK Clinical Biomarker Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire. This position is pivotal in supporting Moderna's therapeutic programs by ensuring high-quality data from clinical samples. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in clinical biomarker assessments, particularly in flow cytometry within a regulated environment, and demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of best practices in clinical flow cytometry.

Here's What You'll Do:

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the science for early and late-phase programs, partnering with laboratory scientists and clinical biomarker leads.
• Provide scientific expertise in developing and validating complex and high-parameter spectral flow cytometry assays.
• Deep experience in flow cytometry assay development, validation, and execution, particularly with PBMCs.
• Oversee assay development, troubleshooting, validation activities, and clinical testing within established timelines.
• Deliver robust, high-quality data packages and technical reports, and ensure quality review/control of experimental data.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Establish new SOPs, streamline documentation, identify and resolve quality issues, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Utilize wet laboratory workflows and innovative delivery methods, working with SMEs to implement assay automation.
• Research and apply innovative solutions to enhance laboratory operations.
• Make significant scientific contributions, build relationships with KOLs, and present data at international conferences.

The key Moderna Mindsets you'll need to succeed in the role:

• Pursue options in parallel: Efficiently managing multiple projects and experiments to advance clinical testing objectives.
• Accept risk: Innovating within regulatory frameworks to enhance assay development and execution.

Here's What You will Bring to the Table:

• Ph.D. (immunology or related field) and >6 years or MS (immunology or related field) and >10 years of experience focused on translational medicine preferably infectious disease or oncology.
• Experience in the design of complex multiparameter flow cytometry assays with all necessary controls.
• Proven expert experience with flow cytometry assay validation applicable for intended use of data in a regulated environment (GCLP, GLP, ISO)
• Ability to maintain a disciplined approach, ensuring a relentless focus on quality, compliance, scientific rigor, and operational excellence.
• The ability to work in a cross-functional work environment with strong leadership skills and a good balance of creative and analytical skills.
• Excellent written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills with a proven ability to influence and collaborate in a team environment and externally.
• Experience in spectral cytometry, algorithm-based and/or supervised automated gating is desired.
• Experience developing receptor occupancy assays for application to clinical studies.
• Ability to handle multiple projects concurrently.
• Possess strong computational skills: advanced level use of Excel, Power Point, GraphPad Prism, Word.
• Experience in high parameter data analysis using software such as FCS Express and OMIQ
• Candidate will be curious in exploring innovative technology, bold in proposing creative experimental designs and ideas. Will work collaboratively with multifunctional teams and will be relentless in pursuing successful outcomes.

Moderna offers personalized benefit programs and well-being resources as unique as our global workforce so employees can do their best work.

We recognize and appreciate your diverse needs and interests and do our best to support you at work and at home with:

• Quality healthcare and insurance benefits
• Lifestyle Spending Accounts to create your own pathway to well-being
• Free premium access to fitness, nutrition, and mindfulness classes
• Family planning and adoption benefits
• Generous paid time off, including vacation, bank holidays, volunteer days, sabbatical, and a discretionary year-end shutdown
• Educational resources
• Savings and investments
• Location-specific perks and extras

The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.

About Moderna

Since our founding in 2010, we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform, the infrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered, and a world-class team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world.

By living our mission, values, and mindsets every day, our people are the driving force behind our scientific progress and our culture. Together, we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients, our employees, the environment, and our communities.

We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in the U.S. If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine, we invite you to visit to learn more about our current opportunities.

Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free and drug-free work environment.

Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day, please apply

Moderna is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry or citizenship, ethnicity, disability, military or protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. Moderna is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Belonging, Inclusion, and Diversity are critical to the success of our company and our impact on society. We're focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing our employees and believe that by cultivating diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we can provide an environment where every employee is able to contribute their best.

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the Talent Acquisition Partner or contact the Accommodations team at . (EEO/AAP Employer)

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At Moderna we are pioneering the development of a new class of drugs made of messenger RNA (mRNA). This novel drug platform builds on the discovery that modified mRNA can direct the body's cellular machinery to produce nearly any protein of interest, from native proteins to antibodies and other entirely novel protein constructs that can have therapeutic activity inside and outside of cells.

We have a clear mission to propel the field of mRNA science forward and deliver new medicines to patients and a unique vision for how to achieve this mission.

Our Mission : To deliver on the promise of transformative messenger RNA (mRNA) science to bring new medicines to patients.

Our Vision : To unlock the potential of mRNA by establishing an ecosystem of teams and partners that will work together to develop the broadest possible array of drugs, across diverse therapeutic areas and routes of administration, for serious diseases that are not treatable today.

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