Intern, Assay Development Job at werfen (San Diego)

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Peptide Drug Design Scientist

We are an early-stage biotech company in Copenhagen developing next-generation p...

Location

Denmark , Copenhagen

Salary:

Not provided

Life Science Talent

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

PhD in peptide chemistry, medicinal chemistry, or related discipline
Strong track record in peptide therapeutic discovery, ideally including GPCR agonist programs
Deep expertise in peptide engineering, long-acting peptide modalities and receptor pharmacology
Highly self-driven scientist with strong ownership mentality and high scientific standards
Motivated by science-first innovation and hands-on problem solving rather than organizational complexity or corporate strategy
Creative, rigorous, and structured in experimental thinking and execution
Comfortable operating independently in a small, fast-moving, and highly collaborative biotech environment
Excellent project management skills

Job Responsibility

Drive the design and optimization of second-generation peptide agonists targeting a Class B GPCR
Lead SAR and molecular engineering efforts to improve potency, efficacy, selectivity, stability, absorption, PK/PD, and half-life
Design differentiated analogs guided by strong scientific rationale and experimental insight
Work closely with internal biology, pharmacology, and formulation teams that have established a broad set of translational and mechanistic assays to support rapid design-test-learn cycles
Integrate pharmacology, formulation, and DMPK insights to guide iterative optimization
Collaborate with CROs and multidisciplinary external partners across discovery and development activities
Generate and evaluate novel scientific hypotheses with a rigorous and data-driven mindset
Work closely with our CSO and VP of IP and contribute to IP generation

What we offer

Opportunity to shape the next generation of peptide therapeutics around a promising cardiovascular target
High degree of scientific ownership and influence on future clinical candidates
Small, highly capable, and execution-focused team with rapid learning cycles and decision-making
Access to established biology, pharmacology, and formulation capabilities enabling rapid scientific iteration
Ability to work at the forefront of peptide science with direct translational impact
Opportunity to help build a differentiated peptide franchise beyond the first clinical asset

Quality Control Director

The Quality Control Director is responsible for leading Quality Control laborato...

Location

United States , Marietta

Salary:

Not provided

GSK

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a scientific or technical discipline (e.g., Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, or related field)
Minimum of 10 years experience working in a regulated GMP environment
Demonstrated experience in Quality Control laboratory operations
Experience supporting regulatory inspections and audits
Working knowledge of quality systems and regulatory expectations
Demonstrated ability to lead teams and work cross-functionally to manage priorities and deliver results

Job Responsibility

Lead and oversee Quality Control laboratory operations supporting GMP testing, release, and stability programs
Ensure laboratories are inspection-ready and operate in compliance with regulatory and quality system requirements
Provide leadership for QC readiness activities related to new product introductions, technology transfers, and lifecycle changes
Oversee method transfer and assay qualification activities in alignment with technical and regulatory requirements
Ensure effective QC organizational readiness, including staffing, training, onboarding, and capability development
Support QC involvement in commissioning, qualification, and validation activities for laboratory facilities, equipment, and systems
Ensure laboratory data integrity, documentation accuracy, and adherence to ALCOA principles
Partner with Manufacturing, QA, Engineering, Validation, and Development to support site priorities
Support internal and external audits and regulatory inspections
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and operational excellence within the QC organization

What we offer

Competitive base salary
Annual bonus based on company performance
Flexible working options available for most roles
Learning and career development
Access to healthcare & wellbeing programmes
Employee recognition programmes

Fulltime

Student Assistant for Biochemical Laboratory Work

As a student assistant, you will work closely with our team of three scientists ...

Location

Denmark , København

Salary:

Not provided

Life Science Talent

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Have a flair for laboratory work and wet-lab experience
Possess a basic understanding of enzyme kinetics
Work in a structured, analytical, and reliable manner
Are comfortable following detailed protocols
Are motivated to learn and contribute to a small, dynamic team
Are about to finish their bachelor’s degree and/or have at least two years left of their graduate studies

Job Responsibility

Production of assay products and substrates
Packaging and shipment of finished kits
Routine laboratory tasks and maintenance like buffer preparation etc.
Enzymatic analyses for quality control (QC)
Supporting assay development projects
Participation in stability studies and robustness testing
Thorough documentation of all work in accordance with our internal standards and our commitment to Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

Parttime

Group Product Manager

The Group Product Manager leads the marketing organization for Werfen's Point-of...

Location

United States , San Diego

Salary:

160000.00 - 195000.00 USD / Year

werfen

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in science, business, medical technology, or equivalent experience required
MBA a plus
Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive experience in product management, product marketing, marketing, or sales management within the healthcare or medical device industry, including demonstrated experience leading global product launches
Minimum of one (1) year of people-leadership experience required
Strong familiarity with hospital clinical workflows required — particularly the operating room, cath lab, emergency department, and intensive care unit
Ability to engage credibly with clinical stakeholders
Clinical, medical device, or in-vitro diagnostics background strongly preferred
knowledge of hemostasis, viscoelastic testing, or critical-care diagnostics highly preferred
Demonstrated experience leading or supporting products across the full lifecycle, including upstream concept development, launch, and commercialization
Proven leadership capability

Job Responsibility

Hire, develop, and retain marketing and product management talent
set clear performance expectations, deliver feedback, and build career paths that attract and motivates top performers
Provide day-to-day leadership of a small POC Hemostasis Product Management team across the assigned portfolio
Set team objectives and key results (OKRs) and allocate resources across product lines to balance launch readiness, lifecycle support, and long-range innovation
Own the integrated marketing strategy for the POC Hemostasis portfolio, ensuring product-line plans roll up to a coherent franchise narrative and growth agenda
Lead competitive analysis, market research, and opportunity sizing across the portfolio
translate findings into positioning, pricing, and investment recommendations
Develop and steward annual and long-range marketing plans, including market analysis, growth initiatives, and portfolio trade-offs
Direct structured Voice of Customer (VOC) programs across hospital clinical workflows — OR, cath lab, emergency department, and ICU — and translate insights into product requirements, evidence needs, and roadmap input
Stay informed on developments across hemostasis, viscoelastic testing, in-vitro diagnostics, and adjacent critical-care domains, and apply that perspective to future-state plans

What we offer

bonus-eligible position

Fulltime

Principal Scientist: PKDM-BA (Small molecule in vitro ADME group lead)

Location

India , Hyderabad

Salary:

Not provided

Amgen

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Doctorate degree PhD OR PharmD OR MD [and relevant post-doc where applicable] and directly related experience
Master's degree and directly related experience
Bachelor's degree and directly related experience

Job Responsibility

Involve and mentor a team of scientists in the design, execution, and interpretation of in vitro ADME studies
Develop, optimize, validate, and implement mechanistic in vitro assays to characterize drug metabolism, transporter interactions, and drug–drug interaction (DDI) risk
Design, establish, and validate robust high-throughput screening workflows to support compound profiling and lead optimization efforts
Oversee the execution and interpretation of a comprehensive suite of in vitro ADME assays, including: Metabolic stability assessments using liver microsomes, S9 fractions, and hepatocytes
Binding assays
CYP450 inhibition and induction studies
Transporter uptake and efflux assays
In vitro drug–drug interaction (DDI) evaluations
Manage and maintain cell culture platforms supporting ADME studies, including primary hepatocytes, immortalized cell lines, and transporter-transfected cell systems, ensuring model suitability and reproducibility
Supervise permeability and absorption studies using established in vitro models to assess compound absorption potential

Director of Discovery Pharmacology

As Director of Discovery Pharmacology, the main responsibility will be leading i...

Location

Sweden , Stockholm

Salary:

Not provided

Life Science Talent

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

PhD in pharmacology, biochemistry, cell biology or related discipline
Strong hands-on background (≥ 15 years) in a biotech or pharmaceutical setting
Experience in fibrotic disease biology with preference for background in the context of lung and/or kidney disease
Experience developing and interpreting cell-based and biochemical assays supporting small-molecule programs
Solid understanding of GPCR signalling, functional pharmacology and assay technologies
Experience working with CROs and managing outsourced biological work including in vivo study monitoring
Ability to translate complex biological data into clear project recommendations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Comfortable working in a small, agile, clinical-stage organization with a virtual R&D setting

Job Responsibility

Non-clinical team member for discovery-stage programs serving as biology and pharmacology expert in cross-functional discovery projects
Define biological hypotheses, assay cascades and decision criteria aligned with project goals and medicinal chemistry strategy
Design and implement robust in vitro and in vivo biological assays to assess disease-related mechanisms, ensuring scientific rigor and suitability for compound screening and characterization
Develop, validate, and optimize cell-based and biochemical GPCR assays (e.g. signalling, functional, pathway-specific readouts)
Oversee assay and study execution at CROs, including protocol development, troubleshooting, data quality review and timeline management
Support compound profiling, selectivity assessment, and mechanism-of-action studies, including pathway bias and functional pharmacology where relevant
Contribute to the development and execution of tissue-based disease models and in vivo disease models, working together with internal team members and external partners
Analyse and synthesize complex biological datasets to support compound prioritization and progression decisions
Contribute biological expertise to interactions with internal non-clinical, clinical, regulatory and IP functions as needed
Lead translational biomarker strategy and support identification, validation and implementation of pharmacodynamic and disease-relevant biomarkers to enable target engagement assessment and clinical translation

What we offer

Competitive compensation, benefits, and the opportunity to grow professionally in a collaborative environment where your expertise will be highly valued

Fulltime

Scientist

Provide training, troubleshooting, and oversight of high performance liquid chro...

Location

United States , Cambridge

Salary:

151674.00 USD / Year

Amgen

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Master’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, or related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or in a chemistry-related occupation
Developing, executing, and troubleshooting analytical test methods utilizing high performance liquid chromatography
Qualifying and transferring analytical test methods following pharmaceutical industry guidelines
Operation and data analysis with chromatography data software such as Waters Empower, Agilent Chemstation, or OpenLab
Investigating out of trend and out of specification analytical test results
Training analysts on the operation of high-performance liquid chromatography equipment and the interpretation of chromatography data for biological and small molecule drug candidates
Executing analytical tests in accordance with the United States or international pharmacopoeia.

Job Responsibility

Provide training, troubleshooting, and oversight of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyses
Analyses include size-exclusion, cation and anion exchange, affinity, and reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography and/or ultra high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC)
Perform hands-on testing support of the HPLC/UHPLC methods
Implement new HPLC/UHPLC methods including, drafting test method standard operating procedures, performing familiarization runs, and documenting method establishment in method transfer reports
Perform and trend assay control charts to monitor the performance of all HPLC/UHPLC testing
Interface with analytical method developers and team leads on method performance
Perform technology development to improve the speed and compliance
Qualify HPLC/UHPLC methods to enable transfer of methods to a quality control laboratory
Collaborate with partner organizations during commercial process development, process characterization, and process validation studies to support marketing applications
Supervise direct reports

What we offer

stock
retirement
medical
life and disability insurance
annual bonus
flexible work models including remote and hybrid work arrangements

Fulltime

Principal Scientist, Immunology

We are seeking a highly accomplished and motivated Principal Scientist with a Ph...

Location

China , Beijing

Salary:

400000.00 - 600000.00 CNY / Year

Randstad

Expiration Date

August 24, 2026

Requirements

PhD degree in Immunology, Molecular Immunology, Cellular Immunology, or a closely related biomedical science discipline, with formal specialized training in immunology
A minimum of 6 years of full-time professional working experience in biotech, pharmaceutical, or related life sciences industry, with proven track record in immunology research and assay development
Advanced proficiency in flow cytometry: multi-color panel design, instrument operation for both conventional and spectral flow cytometer, data acquisition, high-dimensional immune cell phenotyping, and functional immune cell analysis for diverse primary immune cell populations
Immune cell profiling using a range of other techniques including ELISpot, ELISA, MSD, Western Blot and PCR
Extensive experience in all stages of pharmacodynamic (PD) assay development, optimization, validation, and data analysis for preclinical and clinical research
Hands-on experience in primary lymphoid and myeloid immune cell subset isolation/purification using positive and negative selection strategies, culture, stimulation, and functional characterization from human and animal samples
Design, develop, validate and implement complicated co-culture suppression and killing assays in 2D or 3D in vitro cellular model systems using primary immune cells and immortal cell lines under sterile conditions
Development, evaluation and implementation of new technologies as required by the projects
Proven aseptic technique, attention to detail and acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments
Deep and up-to-date scientific knowledge of cellular and molecular immunology, immune system regulation, immune cell function, and therapeutic modulation of immune responses

Job Responsibility

Design, execute, and troubleshoot complex immunological experiments, analyze large-scale flow cytometry and PD assay data using specialized software and interpret results to generate data-driven scientific conclusions and actionable recommendations
Apply advanced flow cytometry techniques to perform comprehensive profiling, phenotyping, and functional analysis of various primary immune cell subsets (including T cells, B cells, NK cells, monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, granulocytes, and other innate/adaptive immune cell populations) from preclinical animal models, human peripheral blood, and tissues samples
Provide technical mentorship and scientific training to junior scientists, research associates, and lab technicians on flow cytometry operations, immune cell isolation/handling, and PD assay methodologies
establish and standardize SOPs for immunology assays to ensure data accuracy, reproducibility, and lab efficiency
Collaborate cross-functionally with drug discovery, preclinical development, clinical research, analytical development, and regulatory teams to align immunology strategies with overall program milestones, and support study design for preclinical and clinical trials
Prepare detailed scientific reports, study protocols, and regulatory documentation
present research findings to internal leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners
contribute to scientific publications, conference presentations, and patent applications

Fulltime

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