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Principal Scientist, Antibody Platforms, Biologics Discovery Boston Job

Employer
Merck
Location
Boston MA
Closing date
Dec 19, 2016

Job Details

Principal Scientist, Antibody Platforms, Biologics Discovery Boston-MOL000358

Description

Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. known as Merck in the United States and Canada, 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.


Merck strives to become a leader in the discovery and development of Biologic Therapeutics. To this end, Biologics Discovery Boston is a newly formed group within the Biologics and Vaccines Discovery organization with the mission of creating Protein Therapeutics in multiple Disease areas to address significant unmet medical need. Based in the Longwood Medical area location, the group will use state of the art technologies to enable therapeutics discovery and development for project teams across the Merck network. The Principal Scientist, Antibody Platforms will lead our efforts to build recombinant antibody-based platforms for generation of reagent and therapeutic monoclonal antibodies to support programs in multiple disease areas. The successful applicant will lead a small team to implement new technologies to further our goal of becoming a leader in Biologics Discovery. They will have:

- Hands-on experience of mAb generation and Protein Engineering using display technologies including phage display
- Experience with the de novo generation of recombinant antibody libraries
- Experience in managing and mentoring non-PhD scientists
- Preferred experience includes success in the design and generation of alternate protein modalities including bi-specifics, alternate protein scaffolds and/or ADCs

You will also collaborate with B&V Discovery colleagues in our Palo Alto site to help execute B&V’s therapeutics strategy. As such, it is crucial to have strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the need to form close interactions both within the Biologics Discovery Boston group as well as across the B&V and greater Merck Network.

Qualifications

Education:

- PhD in Biological Sciences/Biochemistry

Required:

- Minimum of 8 years of experience post-PhD including significant industry experience in the Discovery of Biologics Therapeutics and a strong record of peer reviewed publications/patents.
- Hands-on experience of mAb generation and Protein Engineering using display technologies including phage display
- Experience with the de novo generation of recombinant antibody libraries
- Experience in managing and mentoring non-PhD scientists

Preferred

- Experience and Skills: Preferred experience includes success in the design and generation of alternate protein modalities including bi-specifics, alternate protein scaffolds and/or ADCs

Our employees are the key to our company’s success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Our Company’s benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives. If you need an accommodation for the application process please email us at staffingaadar@merck.com.

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Job: Molecular Discovery - Biologics

Job Title:Prin. Scientist, Molecular Discovery

Primary Location: NA-US-MA-Boston

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Number of Openings: 1

Shift (if applicable): N/A

Company Trade Name:Merck

Company

Our vision is to make a difference in the lives of people globally through our innovative medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, consumer health and animal products. We aspire to be the best healthcare company in the world and are dedicated to providing leading innovations and solutions for tomorrow.

We have made it our mission to provide innovative, distinctive products and services that save and improve lives, satisfy customer needs and to be recognized as a great place to work

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