Senior Scientist, Immunology

Our Company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

We are seeking a Senior Scientist Immunology to join our Autoinflammation Autoimmunity and Atopy disease team with Immunology Discovery therapeutic area at our organization in Cambridge MA and can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.

• Invent - Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs in Immunology.

• Execute - Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers for Immunology (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business).

• Adapt - Develop With Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape.

• Diverse Talent - We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high-performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world.

• Values and Standards - Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success – They are a Competitive Advantage for Us.

• →Lead from bench and demonstrate strong acuity in independently designing and executing complex in vitro experiments to support early development of novel therapeutics for allergic, autoimmune and inflammatory disease indications

• Bachelor's (with 7+ years), Master's (with 5+ years) or Ph.D. in biological sciences and relevant Immunology experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.

• Expertise with multi-parameter flow cytometry, developing in vitro and in vivo assays to investigate immune function and possess a deep knowledge of technologies commonly used to assess immune endpoints.
• Experience in primary immune cell isolation and stimulation, proliferation and apoptosis assays, immunoassay techniques/platforms (e.g. Western, ELISA, Mesoscale), as well as RT-PCR.
• Candidate should be competent in standard scientific software used for data analysis (e.g. Microsoft Excel) as well as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint and Graphpad Prism. 
• Good data handling and recording skills as well as the ability to interpret moderately complex data sets and draw appropriate conclusions from them.
• Excellent organization and ability multi-task and manage multiple projects.
• Ability to adapt to rapid changes in projects priorities, define and meet aggressive timelines.
• Committed to working in a collaborative manner across functional areas within a matrixed organization.
• Curious, self-motivated with excellent verbal and written communications.

• Expertise in key areas of allergic inflammation and autoimmunity to execute complex immunological experiments.
• Experience with preclinical model systems and human blood and disease tissues.
• Background in clinical immunology, translational biomarkers.

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