Senior Scientist

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Job description

Position Overview:

Job Title: Senior Scientist, NK cell immunology or Immunology (L2-2)

Kiadis, a Sanofi Company, is seeking a highly motivated individual with solid training in NK cell biology or immunology to join our group located in Orlando, Florida, USA, as a Scientist or Sr Scientist, commensurate with experience. This individual will apply strong scientific expertise in immunology of NK cells using primary human cells to support the development of NK cell therapeutics in oncology. The successful candidate will work in a dynamic and multi-disciplinary environment in early drug discovery with significant career development opportunity.

Key Responsibilities :

• Work as part of a global research team to support the discovery and development to advance NK cell therapeutics for cancer immunotherapy.
• Follow directives and able to complete tasks and experiments expeditiously to meet project timeline and goals.
• Work in alignment with manager and project lead to independently plan, design experiments and establish protocols based on published literature and project needs.
• Performing in vitro and ex vivo experiments, including isolation and characterization human primary immune cells using standard immunological techniques, transcriptomic analysis.
• Perform data analysis, interpret experimental results and generate presentation materials.
• Document all experimental design, protocols, results and interpretations in electronic laboratory notebook in a timely manner.
• Present research findings and progress at project team meetings.

Basic Qualifications :

• Master's Degree plus minimum 5 years of relevant research experience in an academic or biopharmaceutical setting OR PhD plus minimum 3 years of relevant research experience in an academic or biopharmaceutical setting.
• Working experience with mammalian cell cultures, including primary human cells.
• Deep understanding of human immunobiology, especially NK cells and other lymphocyte populations cells.
• Hands-on experience in performing primary immune cell-based assays, including immunophenotyping, cell proliferation, cytotoxicity assays, and cytokine/chemokine profiling, utilizing multi-parameter flow cytometry and multiplex technologies.
• Able to independently perform data analysis using basic software, such as FlowJo and GraphPad Prism.
• Working knowledge of cell culture systems, including cytokine measurements and other relevant techniques.
• Be able to effectively communicate and function independently in a highly collaborative, matrix environment.
• Must be self-motivated and data-driven.
• Must be able and willing to learn and incorporate new concepts and technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in transcriptomics is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience in biopharmaceutical industry is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience with immuno-oncology drug discovery, especially biologics, is strongly preferred.
• Understanding of immune cell signaling is preferred.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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