Sr. Process Engineer

AskBio Inc. a wholly owned and independently operated subsidiary of Bayer AG is a fully integrated gene therapy company dedicated to developing life-saving medicines and changing lives. The company maintains a portfolio of clinical programs across a range of neuromuscular central nervous system cardiovascular and metabolic disease indications with a clinical-stage pipeline that includes investigational therapeutics for congestive heart failure limb-girdle muscular dystrophy multiple system atrophy Parkinsons disease and Pompe disease. AskBios gene therapy platform includes Pro10 an industry-leading proprietary cell line manufacturing process and an extensive array of capsids and promoters. With global headquarters in Research Triangle Park North Carolina and European headquarters in Edinburgh Scotland the company has generated hundreds of proprietary capsids and promoters several of which have entered pre-clinical and clinical testing.

Our vision: Pioneering science to create transformative molecular medicines.

Our mission: Lead innovative science and drive clinical outcomes to transform peoples lives.

Our principles:

• Advance innovative science by pushing boundaries.

• Bring transformative therapeutics to patients in need.

• Provide an environment for employees to reach their fullest potential.

Our values:

• Be a Pioneer. We are not afraid of the impossible and to innovate to make gene therapies accessible to those in need.

• Cultivate Collaboration. Strive to be the best teammate actively listen openly communicate and embrace diverse points of view.

• Embrace Responsibility. We are humbled by the enormity of our hold a relentless commitment to advance science and clinical outcomes for our patients families and caregivers.

• Raise the Bar. Continuously drive improvements and efficiencies. Seek and provide constructive feedback. Have a bias for learning and action.

• Act with Uncompromising Integrity. Be honest transparent and committed to doing whats right in every situation. Make clear commitments and follow through.

Position Summary

AskBio is seeking a Sr. Process Engineer Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) to join our Process Engineering team and support current and future commercialization efforts. This position supports scale-up technology transfer of AskBios portfolio of gene therapy products into cGMP manufacturing for clinical production process validation and commercial launch. The incumbent will onboard clinical programs into the MSAT laboratory perform scale-up runs and transfer programs to AskBios contract manufacturing facility. Additionally this position will be responsible for performing Phase III clinical enabling activities including scale-down model development process characterization and process control strategy definition to enable process performance qualification (PPQ) readiness for both drug substance and drug product manufacturing campaigns. This position is highly collaborative and will require internal and external team interactions to ensure successful process scale-up technology transfers and cGMP manufacturing operations to ensure continuity of supply while adhering to global regulations and standards.

This role is based on-site at our RTP (Research Triangle Park) Headquarters in NC and reports to an Associate Director MSAT.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transfer small-scale gene therapy processes from Process Development into the MSAT laboratory and subsequently perform scale-up and transfer to the cGMP manufacturing scale
• Design execute analyze and interpret process characterization experiments to generate robustness data and define the process control strategy for PPQ manufacturing campaigns.
• Develop small-scale models that are predictive of the cGMP manufacturing scale

• Author technical protocols and reports to support experimental work and maintain clear organized electronic laboratory notebooks
• Provide effective communication of experimental results in technical presentations with internal and external stakeholders
• Lead cross-functional investigations by contributing technical expertise to the root-cause analysis and using a data-driven approach for driving issue resolution
• Ensure the laboratory is clean organized and maintained in an efficient working order securing supplies and materials for experiments and proper scheduling of laboratory work

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in a scientific discipline with 5 years of relevant work experience in the biopharmaceutical industry OR Masters Degree in a scientific discipline with 3 years of relevant work experience in the biopharmaceutical industry
• Hands-on upstream and/or downstream biomanufacturing laboratory experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience interacting with a range of internal and external stakeholder groups
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint)
• Highly motivated organized and disciplined with a strong desire to contribute as part of a bestinclass collaborative tech transfer team
• Adaptable and eager to learn thriving in a fastpaced highly interactive environment
• Genuinely interested in building proficiency in upstream and downstream biomanufacturing operations including process scaleup technology transfer process characterization and process control strategy development
• Continuous improvementoriented seeking opportunities to optimize process operations and performance through proactive problem solving
• Open to domestic and international travel up to approximately 10% as needed.

Preferred Education Experience and Skills

• Prior upstream experience
• Prior experience supporting cGMP manufacturing operations process characterization and/or PPQ activities
• Knowledge of the Design of experiment (DOE) methodology with an ability to design execute and analyze experiments with minimal oversight. JMP Statistical Software proficiency is highly preferred
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