Scientist II

July 24, 2025
$66 - $71 / hour
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Job Description

Job Summary:

  • Client is a leading company in Global Healthcare that discovers, develops, produces, and markets innovative therapies to help protect health and enhance people’s lives.
  • We are seeking a highly motivated in-vivo pharmacologist to join the Type 2 Immunology Cluster within the Immunology and Inflammation Therapeutic Area located in Cambridge, MA.
  • The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in in-vivo pharmacology, contributing technical skills and functional knowledge.
  • The candidate will also be involved in the design, overall conduct, and the reporting of in-vivo pharmacology study results to project teams.
  • The position is a hands-on, laboratory-based role that requires strong communication skills, attention to detail, a results-driven way of working, and ability to work both individually and in a team environment, and to work across functions.
  • A successful candidate is expected to analyze, record and report data, be able to develop and learn new techniques, and be able to multi-task between multiple projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for designing and performing in-vivo pharmacology experiments in support of project team goals.
  • This includes study design, data collection and recording, communication of results, and report writing.
  • Summarize and present study data to project teams within established timelines.
  • Generate specific pharmacology reports based on studies performed to support IND submission.
  • Capacity to use established procedures and methodologies with the ability to transform novel approaches into routine practice.
  • Must be a technical contributor.
  • Ability to troubleshoot experiments.
  • Support the development of disease relevant in-vivo models.
  • Must be well organized and detail oriented.
  • Must have meticulous record keeping skills according to client quality guidelines.
  • Maintain a thorough and compliant laboratory notebook.
  • Must adhere to all federal, local, and Client animal welfare guidelines.
  • Must be capable of working alone and in a team environment.

Education and Experience:

  • Master’s Degree plus a minimum of 0 to 3 years of relevant research experience in a biopharmaceutical setting OR a Bachelor’s Degree plus a minimum of 2 to 5 years of relevant research experience in a biopharmaceutical setting.
  • PhD candidate will be accepted, min 2+ years of experience.
  • ELN and scientific record-keeping.
  • Animal handling and dosing techniques.
  • Experience with in-vivo immunology models.
  • Previous experience with models of respiratory disease, dermatitis models, and smoke induced COPD models is a plus.
  • Experience in various dosing methods, blood collection techniques, and tissue harvest are required.
  • Experience with compound or reagent preparation.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Ability to apply technical skills to complete assigned work as a competent technical contributor.
  • Ability to design and perform in-vivo pharmacology experiments.
  • Ability to work under moderate supervision with regular review of results and methods utilized.
  • Ability to present study related results to project teams.
  • Proven ability to work in a dynamic, customer-focused and results-oriented environment.

Key Focus Areas:

COPD and Respiratory Disease Models:

  • Primary responsibility will be COPD studies in mice (~50% of workload), along with other respiratory disease models.

Pharmacology Focus:

  • Role involves working with pharmacological compounds in preclinical studies.

Animal Work:

  • Direct work with mice, including – Dosing (various methods), blood collection, tissue harvest.
  • Compound/reagent preparation.