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Location

Abingdon, Oxfordshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

Adaptimmune is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel immunotherapy products for people with cancer. The Company's unique SPEAR (Specific Peptide Enhanced Affinity Receptor) T-cell platform enables the engineering of T-cells to target and destroy cancer across multiple solid tumors.

Our company culture is rooted in trust, inclusion, our capacity to collaborate, and our commitment to being honest and brave in our desire to successfully transform the lives of people with cancer.

The Allogeneic process development team is concerned with the improvement and automation of Adaptimmune’s iT-cell manufacturing process.Process development is assessed and evaluated through analysis of cell products, from various stages within the manufacturing process, by characterization in phenotypical and functional assays.Process changes are then tech transferred to our in-house manufacturing team.

The purpose of this role is to lead and provide technical expertise on cross-functional projects including process improvement, technology transfer and new product introduction. The candidate will be expected to do the following:

• Design, execute and analyze experiments in the laboratory within a team setting
• Coordinate and drive the progression of project work streams to solve complex problems and/or troubleshoot existing processes, within dedicated teams
• Plan, execute and analyze experiments.

The Senior Scientist will work closely with the team leadership to ensure a cohesive workstream strategy and alignment to project delivery. Over time the Senior Scientist will be expected to develop further strategic and people leadership skills to be able to work more independently.

Key Responsibilities

• In partnership with the Director/Associate Director/Principal Scientist, designing and conducting experiments appropriate for the individual function and/or discipline to enable group and/or project objectives.
• Analyze, summarize, record and communicate experimental results.
• Active participation in group and project meetings and discussions.
• Supervision/mentorship of other junior scientists, and project work-stream leadership/management
• Contribute to routine lab maintenance

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Biochemical Engineering or related discipline.
• Relevant post-graduate experience within academic or industry setting.
• Experience in engineering application and process development in cell therapy.
• Experience in aseptic cell culture, ideally with iPSC/ESC and/or T-cells.
• Ability to work independently on routine experiments, after training.
• Ability to learn and develop to work independently on complex experiments within a reasonable time frame.
• An in depth understanding of the relevant scientific area (T cell biology).
• Practical experience in cell biology assays.
• GMP/GLP experience.
• Scientific project and/or people leadership experience.

At Adaptimmune we embrace diversity and equality of opportunity. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or other legally protected category. It is our intent that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

At Adaptimmune we embrace diversity and equality of opportunity. We believe the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, race, religion, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, VISA status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other characteristics protected under law. Providing this information will help us measure effectiveness and progress of our talent attraction, sourcing and recruitment strategies and will only be used for these legitimate purposes. Submission of this information is voluntary and refusal to provide it will not result in any adverse treatment.

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