Job Title: Bioanalytical Team Lead
Role Details
BioAnalytical Team Lead (Bioassay Development)
Role: Full-time, permanent
Location: North Harrow, West London
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
The Role
The Bioassay Development Team Lead will provide scientific and technical knowledge within the Bioassay Development team while remaining actively involved in laboratory-based assay development, qualification, and testing activities. The role combines hands-on execution of bioanalytical assays with responsibility for coordinating team activities, ensuring high-quality data generation, and supporting project delivery for biosimilar and biologics development programs.
- Perform and oversee laboratory-based bioassay activities for monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutic proteins.
- Develop, optimize, troubleshoot, and execute bioanalytical methods including:
- Cell-based potency assays
- Cell proliferation assays
- ADCC and CDC assays
- ELISA
- functional assays
- Spectroscopy techniques (plate reader)
- In Process sample support HCP,LPA, HcDNA
- Generate, analyse, interpret, and review analytical data in compliance with GLP and company procedures.
- Support product characterization, comparability assessments, and biosimilar development projects.
- Prepare technical reports, protocols, and supporting documentation.
The Person
- Degree / Masters / PhD level qualification in life science, biochemistry, pharmacy, chemistry, biomedical science or other technical scientific discipline.
- Strong hands-on experience with cell-based assays, ELISA, ADCC, CDC, cell proliferation assays, technologies.
- Good understanding of therapeutic protein and monoclonal antibody structure-function relationships and critical quality attributes.
- Experience in biosimilar or biologics development, including assay development, optimization, characterization, and analytical testing.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.
- Previous experience leading projects, mentoring scientists, or coordinating laboratory activities is desirable.
The Rewards
In return, we offer a competitive salary and rewards package (including holiday, bonus and pension scheme). Not to mention the opportunity to genuinely make a difference in a new and dynamic role within a progressive and expanding business, at an exciting time of growing international reach.
How to Apply
If you possess the experience, passion and ability to make this role a success then we would like to hear from you. Please complete your Candidate Profile on our careers site to apply for this role. For more information, you can contact us on: careers@accord-healthcare.com
A Bit About Us
Accord Healthcare Europe is one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in Europe. Accord has one of the largest market footprints of any European generic and biosimilars companies selling generic medicines in over 80 countries around the world. This global footprint enables us to deliver vital, affordable medicines to national health systems supporting healthcare professionals to transform patient lives worldwide. The approach of Accord is agile and inventive, always seeking to improve products and patients' access to them. Accord are driven to think differently and deliver more for the benefit of patients worldwide.
To continue our growth, we’re looking for the best and brightest technical minds and forward-thinking business professionals. Keeping our people at the heart of all we do, we offer rewarding opportunities for those looking for continued personal and professional growth, investing in training and development tailored to each individual’s focus. So, if you’re looking for an inclusive company to take your career to the next level, you’re certainly in the right place; come and join us to make it better.
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