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Job Title: Principal Research Scientist
Location: 450 Elanco Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46221. 25% domestic and international travel required for internal meetings for project planning and external meetings with external business partners for planning project implementations.
Job Description:
Your day-to-day will include:
- Responsible for conducting groundbreaking clinical research, all with the goal of developing novel, effective animal health products.
- Conceptualize, design, construct, and validate cell based in vivo and in vitro bioassays to screen activity and potency of Elanco’s proprietary biotherapeutic and vaccine molecules.
- Conceptualize, design, construct, and validate cell based in vitro anti-drug antibody assays.
- Develop pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic biomarker assay reagents and assays, including providing subject matter expertise on the development of biopharmaceutical pre-clinical and clinical pharmacology flow schemes.
- Keep abreast of scientific developments in the field and integrate these novel developments into our research and development projects.
- Provide expertise and specialized knowledge in the evaluation of new platform technologies; determine which technologies and processes are best suited to meet Elanco’s unique needs.
- Proactively search for novel technologies or product opportunities; use specialized knowledge to establish collaborations and research programs to deliver innovative technical solutions.
- Transfer knowledge and information from research to development, from development to registration, and from registration to launch, including the preparation of internal and external publications; ensure each step follows Elanco’s company-wide standards and best practices.
- Analyze Elanco’s current product offerings and identify areas for further research and development.
- Manage and oversee multiple research projects, ensuring that each project adheres to Elanco’s standards, protocols, and best practices.
- Supervises 8 subordinates: Consultants and Senior Research Scientists.
You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
- Requirement - Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Science, Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science, a related field, or a foreign equivalent plus 5 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience in job offered or any research scientist related job titles.
- Relevant experience - Applicants must possess at least 5 years of experience in the following: (1) clinical product development including experience with regulatory requirements for drug, vaccine, and parasitology; (2) conducting GCP and GLP studies; (3) obtaining approval for parasitology, small molecule drug, as well as vaccine projects; (4) team management; (5) Technical writing experience (writing papers for submission to regulatory agencies / publications); (6) developing clinical regulatory strategy; and (7) parasitology technologies for farm animals.
- 25% domestic and international travel required for internal meetings for project planning and external meetings with external business partners for planning project implementations.
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status