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At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

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The Process Chemist/Engineer, Lipids for Cytiva is responsible for the technical and scale-up aspects of developing Cytiva’s lipid and formulation portfolio

This position reports to the Sr Manager, Delivery and is part of the R&D team located in Vancouver, BC and will be an on-site role.

What you'll do:

Optimize small-scale synthetic routes to ensure robust results, raw material availability, and safety & environmental compliance at increased scale.

Define scale-up strategies to increase yields, improve quality, and reduce costs as compared to small-scale processes.

Design and execute experiments to determine target and acceptable operating ranges for reaction and purification conditions and establish required quality attributes of raw materials and intermediates.

Prepare technical transfer documentation and provide technical support to manufacturing partners, ensuring efficient transfer of the developed chemistry.

Perform root cause analysis and execute supporting experiments to determine the cause of failures during late-stage development, scale-up, or full-scale batches.

Who you are:

Minimum bachelor’s degree in chemistry / chemical engineering with relevant process chemistry experience or 10+ years industry experience in the synthesis of complex organic molecules.

Demonstrated GMP and CMC experience in taking a molecule from pre-clinical stage to clinical programs.

Demonstrated broad knowledge of organic chemistry and the ability to independently design and optimize scalable and economical processes.

Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and solve complex technical issues, resulting in successful technology transfer from development to commercialization.

Understanding of cGMP, safety and other relevant regulations.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

Process development for lipids or active pharmaceutical ingredients in the biotechnology industry.

Process scale-up, selecting and sourcing raw materials, and setting specifications for intermediates and final product.

The salary range for this role is $85K-$120K CAD. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and RPP to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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