At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

The Bioproduct Research and Development (BR&D) organization strives to deliver creative medicines to patients through the development and commercialization of insulins, oligonucleotides, monoclonal antibodies, novel therapeutic proteins, peptides and gene therapy systems. This organization is a multidisciplinary group that works collaboratively with our discovery and manufacturing colleagues. Located in Indianapolis, IN scientists have full access to our scientific excellence and engineering capabilities.

Do you enjoy developing strategies to prevent and eliminate viral contaminants from the production of bioproducts including monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, viral vectors, or peptides? Do you have experience or interest in designing and overseeing viral infectivity assays? Are you interested in designing and executing viral clearance studies for purification steps to support clinical trial and marketing applications? If so, then a role as a Viral Safety research scientist is waiting for you.

Responsibilities

As a scientist in the Viral Safety development group, you will develop biosafety strategies for Lilly’s bioproducts produced in mammalian cell processes. You will work with process scientists and develop and evaluate unit operations to eliminate potential viral contaminants for new biologic candidates and making improvements to existing processes. This role will require you to employ strategic thinking to overcome technical hurdles and support process technical transfer to GMP manufacturing facilities, as biologic candidates make their way from discovery to the clinic. Work responsibilities will vary and you should be flexible and adaptable in accepting new projects and challenges. The ability to troubleshoot issues as they occur, and to identify trends and opportunities to improve processes, are also key. 

In addition, the ability to exhibit a high level of attention to detail, a quality-minded approach to experimental design, and record keeping is essential.  Maintaining accurate records and interpreting data to provide detailed information and analysis on the execution of experiments will be a daily activity.  Writing technical reports, sections of regulatory documents and giving presentations to summarize development activities are important deliverables.

This role requires effective interaction and communication of technical information with, but not limited to; Safety, Environmental and Quality Team members, Purification Development, CMC Team members, Discovery team members, Analytical Services, Tech Service/Manufacturing Science representatives, Operations, Engineering, Regulatory and Maintenance personnel.

Basic Requirements

BS Degree in Virology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biology or related field.3+ of industry-related experience in Virology, Viral clearance experience, Bioprocess research and development experience OR Bioprocess manufacturing experience

Additional Preferences

Knowledge of Virology and Molecular Biology principles including cell-based/qPCR based titration methods for human and/or animal viruses.Capable of designing experiments (experience with use of statistical DOE is desirable), generating data, interpreting results and documenting work in laboratory notebooks and technical reports, independently.Must be able to work efficiently in an interdisciplinary team environment.Good oral and written communication skills.Understanding of the processes in involved in the purification of biological products.Prior experience developing Viral Safety strategies for proteins or gene therapy products.Knowledge of the regulatory expectations for the production of bioproducts in the pharmaceutical industry particularly as it relates to Viral Safety.Additional InformationLocation: Indianapolis, IN (LTC-N)

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

$63,000 - $162,800

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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