Principal Scientist, Potency Assay Development

Our mission:

Developing curative genome editing treatments that can positively transform the lives of people living with severe and life-threatening diseases.

At Intellia, we are committed to solving the complex challenges of making CRISPR/Cas9-based medicines a reality for patients suffering from genetic diseases and to create novel engineered cell therapies for immuno-oncological and autoimmune diseases.

Intellia is seeking a motivated Potency Principal Scientist/Group Leader to join our quickly growing Analytical Development team. The primary responsibilities for this position will focus on development, troubleshooting, and qualification/validation of cell-based bioassays and immunoassays, as well as the development of internal analytical capabilities to support in house process development. The successful candidate will have expertise in developing functional cell-based assays for use in evaluating the relative potency of drug substance and drug product.

Responsibilities:

• Independently design, develop, optimize, qualify and/or validate and transfer novel cell-based bioassays and immunoassays for potency
• Draft and review SOPs, technical reports, and regulatory documents
• Supervise and mentor laboratory research associates and scientists
• Represent the Analytical Development function on matrixed CMC and other development teams
• Transfer analytical methods internally or to contract laboratories; manage internal experiments and trend internal method performance and specifications
• Lead bioassay comparability testing to support process changes and transfers
• Data review, approval, analysis, graphing, reporting and presentation to internal and external audiences, including regulatory agencies
• Act as a technical resource in investigations, health authority inquiries and regulatory filings
• Maintain current knowledge of the field and area(s) of scientific expertise and development
• Assess method performance and identify issues and propose and implement appropriate remediation in conjunction with QA and company policies
• Familiarity with statistical concepts and design of experiments (DoE) related to functional cell-based assay development, optimization, and validation

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cell Biology, or a related field with 5 or more years of experience in an industrial setting
• Experience working in a regulated pharmaceutical industry setting
• Gene and/or cell therapy experience preferred
• Extensive hands-on experience with the design, development, optimization, qualification and validation of novel bioassays and immunoassays across multiple platforms and technologies (e.g, ELISA, MSD, flow cytometry and cell based - proliferation, phosphorylation, reporter and cytotoxicity assays)
• Knowledge of GMP as relevant to laboratory practices in sample handling and analysis of GLP and GMP samples
• Knowledge of industry USP/ICH guidances for the development, qualification/ validation of functional cell-based assays and potency methods
• High competence in common software and data analysis packages (e.g., PLA software, SoftMax Pro, GraphPad Prism, JMP, Microsoft Office tools)
• Excellent organizational, documentation, and communication skills; adaptive learning, critical thinking, and the ability to work well in a team

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What Intellia Stands For:

We push boundaries. We are focused on positively disrupting health care treatment of patients with genomic diseases. The values we live by and drivers we look for are:

- One is respect for individuals; our unique qualities and strengths; our own ways to understand, learn and improve. One is our single-minded determination to excel; to succeed together. One is you and us - trusting and counting on every single one of us.

- Explore because we seek new ways to tackle disease. Explore with unbounded minds...free from assumptions, open to ideas. Explore by staying curious, by pushing boundaries, overcoming obstacles. Explore means thinking of new ways.

- Disrupt by thinking courageously...and creating a better future. Disrupt by defying conformity; interrogating the status quo; questioning our momentum. Disrupt with challenging thoughts...with that breed of skepticism that shows you have better solutions.

- Deliver with your focus on the objective and your determination to complete the task. Deliver by advancing relentlessly and by maintaining high standards...even when nobody is watching. Deliver by staying accountable and pulling your weight. Deliver because patients are counting on us to make the promise reality. Get it done.

POSITION: Full-Time, Exempt

EEOC Statement: Intellia believes in a diverse environment, and is committed to equal employment opportunity for all its employees and qualified applicants. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Intellia will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

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