At Procella Therapeutics, we are developing first-in-class allogeneic regenerative medicines with clinical indications ranging from advanced heart failure to Parkinson’s disease as well as in-house cGMP manufacturing capabilities to advance our portfolio of novel therapies to the clinic. We are now looking for a Bioprocessing Scientist to join our team.

As a Bioprocessing Scientist you will work in the process development group, proposing the scientific direction of ongoing work and supporting/executing associated wet lab activities to deliver on project objectives. In this role, you will be working closely with other colleagues in an agile, multidisciplinary environment, to deliver innovative cell therapies and/or novel technology solutions to accelerate the translation of cell therapies to clinic. The Scientist may be tasked with performing process development, QC testing, product manufacturing, or analytical method development depending on the prevailing project goals of the company.

Key responsibilities

Your contributions and responsibilities will be:

• Drive the scientific direction of various projects by proposing development strategies, designing experiments, coordinating teams and planning of ongoing labwork.

• Delivery of project objectives on time, on budget, and to a suitable level of quality to meet project milestones, including participating in daily labwork.

• Preparation of data reports and present data to internal or external stakeholders.

• Routine laboratory and equipment maintenance operations, including cleaning of lab areas and equipment, correct use and maintenance of lab equipment, ensuring availability of raw materials and consumables and support for overall inventory and budget management.

• Drafting of SOPs and performing training of staff.

• Keeping abreast of latest scientific and industry developments and using this knowledge to inform development capabilities and direction within the team, to support the growth of SmartCella’s portfolio.

Required qualifications and competence

We believe you need to have:

• PhD in a relevant subject area, or BSc and/or MSc in a relevant subject area with 2+ years’ relevant work experience.
• Several years of prior practical experience working in cell and gene therapy.
• Knowledge and understanding of bioreactors, bioprocessing equipment, media exchange/advanced filtration, cell sorting, Fill&Finish.
• Experience with Quality by Design methodology, and Design of Experiments (DoE).
• Proficient in use of MS Office tools.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience working under biosafety conditions and using aseptic technique.

It will be a merit if you also have:

• Prior experience with relevant analytical methods such as flow cytometry, spectroscopy, qPCR, or ddPCR.
• Cell and gene therapy product development in an industry setting.
• Experience working with pluripotent stem cells and familiarity with developmental biology.
• Innovative and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Working under a quality management system.
• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
• Knowledge and understanding of using risk-based approaches for process assessments.
• Established understanding of using statistical and data analysis techniques.
• Skills in software programming languages.

Interested? Submit your application today! We will review applications on an ongoing basis and hope to fill the position as soon as possible.

SmartCella is a world-leading biotech company pioneering the future of targeted therapies by combining first-in-class delivery platforms with cutting-edge cell and gene therapies. The SmartCella group consist of SmartCella Holding AB, ProCella Therapeutics AB, SmartWise AB and SmartCella Solutions AB with a total of 82 employees from more than 20 nationalities.