MSAT Process Specialist USP - all genders - fixed-term contract until 31.07.2028

About the job

Our Team:

The MSAT Recombinant DS Microbial Platform manages technology transfer, process development and troubleshooting while implementing new technologies to enhance efficiency and quality. Your job, as Process Specialist Upstream Processing, will be to develop, optimize, scale-up, transfer and validate USP processes for manufacture of life-saving medicines in the SFB&O DS launch facilities.

We are an innovative global healthcare company, committed to transforming the lives of people with immune challenges, rare diseases and blood disorders, cancers, and neurological disorders. From R&D to sales, our talented teams work together, revolutionizing treatment, continually improving products, understanding unmet needs, and connecting communities. We chase the miracles of science every single day, pursuing progress to make a real impact on millions of patients around the world.

Main responsibilities:

• Manage and contribute to the technology transfer and validation activities of mammalian projects, including preparation of technology transfer, process validation and regulatory submission documents.

• Closely collaborate with experts from SFB&O CAPI operations and new product implementation to enable fast timelines for tech transfer and process validation including PPQ activities.

• Design and execute experimental plans to troubleshoot and enhance existing cultivation processes.

• Collaborate closely with upstream and downstream process development teams to ensure seamless integration of cultivation processes into the overall production workflow.

• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in fermentation technology and implement new methodologies as appropriate.

About you

• Experience:

• Ph.D. or M.Sc. in Biochemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, or a related field.

• Extensive hands-on experience with mammalian cultivation processes.

• Strong knowledge of recombinant protein production and purification techniques.

• Proven track record in process development and optimization for biopharmaceutical products.

• Experience with scale-up, tech transfer, and at-scale manufacturing processes for recombinant proteins.

• Soft and technical skills:

• Excellent project management and leadership skills.

• Preferably qualification as GMO responsible person according to §28 GenTSV.

• Languages:

• Oral and written proficiency in both German and English.

Why choose us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Benefit from a well-thought-out benefits package that rewards your contribution and commitment.

• We take care of you and your family with a wide range of health and social such as high-quality healthcare, numerous prevention programs and coverage for long-term illness. Our 14-week paid family leave for both parents is outstanding as well as a wide range of childcare benefits.

• Start your career at an attractive location in the center of Germany and experience our modern working environment and benefit from hybrid, flexible working time models.

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

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