Senior Associate Scientist

Job Title: Senior Associate Scientist

Location: Waltham, MA

About the Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

The Senior Associate Scientist will join the ocular team at Sanofis Genomic Medicine Unit to provide bench-facing expertise in support of gene therapy programs for ophthalmology indications.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve peoples lives. Were also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will

• Perform in vitro experiments testing various gene therapy modalities and payloads

• Execute and analyze histological experiments to assess biodistribution in the eye (small and large animals)

• Design and execute common molecular assays including RNA/DNA/protein assays from cells and tissues

• Independently execute, optimize experiments and analyze raw data

• Collaborate extensively with internal teams and present results at team meetings and other forums as required

About You

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree with 4+ years relevant lab experience or Masters degree with 2+ years relevant lab experience

• Significant expertise with in vitro cell culture assays

• Significant expertise in histology assays (RNAscope, basescope, miRscope, immunohistochemistry, multiplexing)

• Significant expertise with DNA and RNA isolation from cells and mammalian tissues, luminescence-based assays, PCR, ELISA/Protein Simple Jess Western blot

• Experience with viral and nonviral modalities

• Experience with automation

• Excellent communication skills, enthusiastic and fast learner who pays close attention to detail

• Ability to be flexible and pivot with changing priority of pace and projects.

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Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether its through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesnt happen without people people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, lets be those people.

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

North America Applicants Only

The salary range for this position is:

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience. Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK .