Site Name: USA - Maryland - Rockville

Posted Date: Apr 23 2024

Are you energized by the challenge of understanding how vaccines components work in humans and shaping the next generation of vaccines?

If so, this Scientist opportunity could be an exciting one to consider.

Please note that this role is scheduled to transfer to Cambridge, MA in June/July 2025 time frame currently. Candidates should be available to relocate in the future as needed.

Job Purpose

As a Scientist in the High Parametric Flow Cytometry & Immunomonitoring Team, you will be responsible for performing immune monitoring activities on human clinical trial samples, ensuring business needs and technology platforms are supported.

Key Responsibilities:

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities and to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Support all or part of clinical trial exploratory endpoints, including material transfer, reagent ordering, complex high parametric flow cytometry experiment planning and execution, and data analysis
• Support pre-clinical studies that require flow cytometry-based analysis of samples
• Support the development of novel flow cytometry assays by ensuring state-of-the-art cytometry equipment and reagents are being used and evaluated in a continuous manner
• Independently follow established protocols and develop new ones
• Manage requests and usage of human biological samples across teams abiding to GSK and local regulations
• Interact effectively with colleagues from other Departments for technical and scientific matters to deliver on the Immunomonitoring Team overall goals that will support the selection of novel vaccine candidates & platform technology development
• Independently write specific technical sections of internal and external reports and scientific papers. Prepare detailed oral or written summaries of results with interpretation for projects/programs. Present and discuss results at internal and external meetings

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• PhD. degree in life sciences with at least 6 months of experience in a related biotechnology field OR a master's degree with at least 5 years of experience in hands-on experience of complex flow cytometry assays development field OR Bachelor's with at least 8 years of hands-on experience of complex flow cytometry assays development
• One or more years of experience with the application of Flow data analysis
• One or more years of experience with human cells/tissues preparation and culture in aseptic conditions.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Two or more years of experience in immunology, e.g. characterization of T-cell and B-cells subsets, intracellular cytokine staining, innate immune cells
• Prior experience in working in a GLP/GCLP environment
• Advanced Data science skills for large integrated data analysis
• Problem solving, proactive and solution oriented
• Uncertainty, changes in priority and timeline pressure management
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Flow cytometry applied to clinical samples project management experience
• Demonstrated capability to maintain and troubleshoot flow cytometry instruments
• Leadership/People management experience

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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