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Future opportunities- Join our talent community for Antibody Drug Conjugate Scientists

North Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead process research and development of antibody drug conjugates from pre-clinical through late-stage clinical development, serving as the chemistry representative for drug substance teams.

Role type

Senior IC Process Chemistry Scientist (Drug Conjugates)

Builds

Scalable drug substance processes and CMC deliverables for clinical assets

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals / Antibody Drug Conjugates / Process Chemistry

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Drug-conjugate process development, modern organic chemistry, mechanistic theory, control strategy development, regulatory starting material strategies, downstream unit operations, laboratory process characterization, cross-functional team leadership

Preferred skills

Supervisory experience, mentoring direct reports

Technologies

None explicitly listed

Responsibilities

Participate in and/or lead process development and characterization for new drug conjugates; Develop and characterize drug-conjugate processes in the laboratory and translate them to scalable processes; Author and review key regulatory documents, laboratory data, technical reports, and internal/external presentations; Collaborate with and/or lead cross-functional CMC teams to advance pre-clinical and clinical candidates; Supervise and mentor direct reports

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with potential supervisory responsibilities

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