Research Associate II - Assay development

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Job description

Job Title: Research Associate II
Location: San Rafael, CA (applicants should currently be within a reasonable commuting distance from client site)
Job Category: Research
Department: BioAnalytical R&D
Reason: Staff Augmentation (hired to support increase workload, open FTE role, replace previous temp, etc.)
Hours Per Week: 40.00
Type: Initial 12-24 month Contract (on Ascent's W2)
Remote or Onsite: Onsite at a client who is known to "try before they buy" - this client converts over 60% of their contractor workforce each year

IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT COVID VACCINE : Absent of Medical or Religious reason that prohibits vaccinations, all our incoming employees must be fully vaccinated prior to the start date!

Ideal candidate holds a Bachelors degree in a scientific discipline with 2-4 years experience with assay development and validation

OVERVIEW:
This Client is the world leader in delivering therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. They target diseases that lack effective therapies and affect relatively small numbers of patients, many of whom are children. These conditions are often inherited, difficult to diagnose, progressively debilitating and have few, if any, treatment options. Client will continue to focus on advancing therapies that are the first or best of their kind.
Critical to the success of each new therapeutic, the Bioanalysis group characterizes, validates, and performs Client assays to measure pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, and biomarkers.

This position offers a unique career opportunity to work on the entire spectrum of a product lifecycle, from early non-clinical programs through all stages of clinical development.

Responsibilities:

• Highly motivated bench Research Associate to validate, implement, perform, and maintain assays that will impact non-clinical and clinical studies.
• Interact with other members of BioAnalytical Sciences as well as key collaborator and stakeholder groups such as Translational Sciences, Clinical Operations, and GLP-Compliance to advance our most promising pipeline candidates.
• Learn and apply new platforms that further accelerate drug development, while maintaining a critical eye on assay quality and maintaining regulatory standards

Skills:

• Broad technical proficiency.
• Ability to solve moderately complex issues independently.
• Familiar with GLP requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to use computer effectively for data analysis.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in a scientific discipline or equivalent with 2-4 years experience with assay development and validation, or Masters degree with 1-2 years experience.

Keywords:
DOCUMENTATION
ASSAY DEVELOPMENT
ELISA
PCR
GLP

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Company Description:

About Ascent:

Ascent is a leading national technology consulting and professional services firm that focuses on tactical and strategic consulting. Ascent's fundamental business is providing staffing services to Large Enterprise clients in our core market verticals: Financial Services, Healthcare, and Life Sciences. We focus the majority of our efforts in Staff Augmentation support of Large Enterprise Clients who utilize a Vendor Management System. Ascent works as both a reliable supplier in support of programs, as well as a Strategic Advisor in support of enterprise efforts to establish best in class preferred vendor programs. Ascent was ranked in the 2007 and 2008 Inc. 500 and recognized specifically for its innovative work in staff augmentation support of Large Enterprise preferred vendor accounts.

If you are ready to propel your career to new heights… read on. We are looking for talented and dedicated colleagues to join our phenomenal team. At Ascent, we have created an environment where culture, commitment and opportunity converge to yield a truly unique place to work. We know that every employee has something important to say and that every employee is integral to our success. Where else can you walk over to a founder and talk about your ideas to help build our business and have that idea implemented in 48 hours? More importantly, we do everything we can to make sure our employees not only have great jobs, but great lives.