Principal Scientist, Analytical Development

About the role

Sana Biotechnology is growing, and we are hiring new team members who believe in the potential of engineered cells as medicines, who are passionate about delivering the possible to patients, and who lead with the desire to work on novel ideas. As a Principal Scientist, Potency, you will report to the Sr. Director, Head of Molecular and Potency Method Development. You will either lead or support the development and implementation of potency, immunoassay, and other cell-based methods for Sana’s cell therapy products, and support method transfer and qualification to enable GMP testing. This role is onsite in South San Francisco, CA.

What you’ll do 

• Act as a key contributor in developing and qualifying pivotal stage potency, immunoassay, and other cell-based methods to support the characterization, process development, release testing, and stability testing of cell therapy products
• Follow ICH and internal Method Development Guidance Document to develop robust analytical methods for characterizing intermediates, drug substances/products and measuring residual impurities
• Develop product characterization strategies and methodologies to advance Sana’s pipeline
• Develop and execute methods to implement control strategies for gene and cell