Cellular Mediated Immunity Analyst

Description

Rangam is seeking candidates for a Contract role as a Cellular Mediated Immunity Analyst with our client Pfizer, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Seeking candidates in Pearl River, NY or willing to relocate. 

Role Summary

• The Cellular Mediated Immunity (CMI) Analyst is a specialized role within Viral Vaccines responsible for performing laboratory assays to evaluate T and B cell responses to vaccine candidates.
• Key responsibilities include animal tissue processing, conducting cell culture experiments in a BSL-2 environment, preparation of samples for flow cytometry, staining, acquisition in spectral flow cytometers, data analysis with specialized software such as FlowJo, OMIQ and GraphPad Prism and presentation of data in internal group meetings.

Role Responsibilities

• Conduct various assays to monitor immune responses elicited by vaccine candidates and document laboratory work in electronic notebooks thoroughly.
• Maintain cell lines, process tissues such as spleens, lymph nodes and PBMCs, and prepare samples for testing, assisting with molecular and virology work.
• Ensure compliance with SOP guidelines, cGLP, and/or cGMP guidelines, and execute qualifications and validations of new instruments and custom methods.
• Contribute to work group goals, collaborate with team members, and participate as a team member.
• Prioritize work to meet project deadlines, apply technical skills to assignments, and organize work according to departmental priorities.
• Choose between alternatives to solve moderately complex problems, follow procedures with general instructions, and work under moderate supervision with regular review.
• Identify and report experimental problems, troubleshoot causative factors, implement necessary corrections after discussing with the supervisor, and train other analysts on established technologies.

Qualifications

• BA/BS with at least 3 years of experience or MBA/MS with any years of experience.
• Hands-on experience in cell culture and cell-based assays.
• Experience in Flow Cytometry including analysis with specialized software such as FlowJo, OMIQ, etc.
• Fundamental laboratory skills, including molecular biology, mammalian cell culture and tissue processing.
• Strong background in experimental design and result interpretation.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Proficiency in using personal computers for word processing, Excel, PowerPoint, and scientific software.

Sunshine Act

Pfizer reports payments and other transfers of value to health care providers as required by federal and state transparency laws and implementing regulations.  These laws and regulations require Pfizer to provide government agencies with information such as a health care provider’s name, address and the type of payments or other value received, generally for public disclosure.  Subject to further legal review and statutory or regulatory clarification, which Pfizer intends to pursue, reimbursement of recruiting expenses for licensed physicians may constitute a reportable transfer of value under the federal transparency law commonly known as the Sunshine Act.  Therefore, if you are a licensed physician who incurs recruiting expenses as a result of interviewing with Pfizer that we pay or reimburse, your name, address and the amount of payments made currently will be reported to the government.  If you have questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact your Talent Acquisition representative.

EEO & Employment Eligibility

It is the policy of Rangam Consultants, Inc. to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to any legally protected status such as race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or veteran status. 

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