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The successful applicant will assist in developing process steps for the isolation, purification, and concentration of vaccines and therapeutic proteins, including monoclonal antibodies, as well as running process characterization studies to support transfer into a manufacturing setting. The candidate will be required to maintain appropriate GLP documentation in support of global regulatory submissions for product licensure. He or She will be involved in identification and development of new technologies and will provide support to discovery, analytical, and diagnostic laboratories in the processing of small-scale preparations. He or She will be responsible for chromatography and filtration development, including evaluating different chromatographic modalities and evaluating dead-end and crossflow filtration processes, and for the optimization of therapeutic protein production processes. He or She will assist with new product transfers to Biological Manufacturing sites within Zoetis.\n\nAdditional duties and responsibilities include:\nLearn to serve as a company resource in protein isolation and purification as it relates to manufacturing processes. \nEstablish a network within Zoetis and with key suppliers and institutions to serve business needs, and provide cost effective, innovative solutions for Zoetis.\nServe as a technical liaison between Biologics Process Development - DSP group and other partner groups such as Discovery, Pilot, GMS and Regulatory. \nServe as department project team representative on cross functional development project teams, including cell line development, cell culture, bacteriology, formulation development, and bioanalytical sciences. \nProvide finished oral and written communication reports to project teams and management. \nWork under GLP/cGMP to provide high quality, regulatory compliant technical documentation in support of process transfers to manufacturing.\nThe position is based in Kalamazoo (Michigan, USA) with interactions with colleagues and external partners located around the globe.\nQualifications: \nEducational Background:\nMinimum: B.S. Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemical/Biochemical Engineering, or a related field\nRequirement for Scientist: BS with 7+ years of experience or MS with 6+ years of experience.\nWork Experience/Skills:\nMinimum:\nFamiliarity/Experience in multiple types of low pressure chromatography development.\nFamiliarity/Experience in crossflow and dead-end filtration development.\nFamiliarity/Experience in the purification of monoclonal antibodies.\nFamiliarity/Experience with basic analytical methods which may include HPLC, gel electrophoresis, and total protein analysis. \nStrong communication skills, both oral and written. Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively with all types of personalities.\nDesirable:\nExperience with mid-scale and/or large scale protein/vaccine preparations.\nExperience with Design of Experiments (DOE) planning, execution, and analyzing data.\nExperience with automated chromatography systems such as AKTA.\nKnowledge of regulatory issues associated with USDA and EU biologics submissions.\nKnowledge of GXPs, including Process validation.\nOther Attributes Desirable:\nHighly computer literate. Capable of quickly learning and adapting to new computer programs.\nExperience with technical transfers.\nAbility to multi-task; working on multiple projects simultaneously.\nTeam player, positive attitude, good organizational skills, and highly motivated. \nFull timeRegularColleague\nAny unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.\nZoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.\nNotice: Zoetis Recruiters will contact candidates via email from an address ending in @zoetis.com and may also initially connect with candidates through LinkedIn, including LinkedIn InMail. Zoetis does not use Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or other web-based/generic email domains to communicate about job opportunities, interviews, or offers of employment. If you receive a recruitment-related email message claiming to be from Zoetis that does not come from @zoetis.com, please treat it as suspicious. For your security, do not reply, click links, open attachments, share personal or financial information, or send money in response to unexpected or questionable recruitment communications.\nZoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at  to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of “@zoetis.com”. In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be disregarded. 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