Required Qualifications and Background

• PhD in Molecular/Cellular Biology or Biochemistry, or related field.
• Minimum of 3-6 years of postdoctoral and/or hand-on research experience, preferability in biotech/pharma setting.
• Experience in relevant areas of cancer and molecular biology.
• Outstanding communication, writing, and presentation skills is a must.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cell engineering such as knock-in and knockdown cell lines with CRISPR and/or other technologies.
• Experience with flow cytometry and general molecular biological techniques including q-PCR, signaling experiments, assays for protein-protein interactions and Western Blot etc.
• Experience in designing and handling in vivo animal studies.
• Experience in building models (cell line, organoid or PDX) from patient samples and using them to test drug activities.
• Experience working with external CROs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to communicate and interact well with colleagues, vendors, contractors, scientific advisors, and staff at all levels and problem solving skills.
• Ability to summarize complex experiment and results for non-specialists.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated and keen to improve processes and overcome inefficiencies.

Physical Demands / Travel

The physical demands of this job are consistent with working in a laboratory/ bench environment. Some light lifting, and maneuvering may be required.

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Work Environment

This position’s work environment is in a lab/bench environment.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those encountered by an employee while performing the essential functions of this job.