# Scientist - Downstream Process Development

Job Description Summary Location: Durham, North Carolina #onsiteRelocation Support: This role is based in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible. The Scientist - Downstream Process Development will serve as a downstream functional lead on a gene therapy program, representing downstream process development on the Drug Substance Sub-Team. This role is responsible for defining and advancing program-specific downstream development plans; independently designing, executing, and interpreting studies; and performing hands-on process operations at both small scale and large scale. The Scientist will collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver program objectives, evaluate new technologies, and contribute to technical best practices within the downstream group. Job Description Major Accountabilities: Serve as the downstream functional lead for early- and mid-phase programs, representing the function on the Drug Substance Sub-Team and driving downstream development plans, technical recommendations, and deliverables in alignment with program strategy. Independently design, execute, and interpret downstrea

- **Id**: 3803129
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/novartis-scientist-downstream-process-development>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Durham, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T12:26:06Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T15:24:04Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5914
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Oncology Therapeutics, Neurology & CNS Therapeutics, Immunology & Inflammation Therapeutics, Cardiometabolic Therapeutics

## Company

- **Id**: 5824
- **Name**: Novartis
- **Domain**: novartis.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/novartis>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 84
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.595
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 93800
- **Max**: 174200
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 174200

## Technologies

- **Chromatography** — Optional: no
- **Design of Experiments** — Optional: no
- **GMP** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T12:26:06Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 8 · green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 8; Filings prev 12m: 18; Green card filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 174200
- **Is top pay**: yes

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