Make your mark for patients

We are seeking a Media Development Scientist who is passionate about innovation, organized, and possesses good communication skills to join our Starting and Raw materials Sciences team, based in Braine-l’alleud, Belgium.


About the Role
As a Media Development Scientist, you will be involved in media development activities relating to the early stage process development and late stage process optimization, transfer and clinical/commercial manufacturing support for upstream processes to produce protein therapeutics and/or gene therapy products.


You will spend up to 60% of your time in the laboratory performing cell culture and/or analytical experiments.


Who you will work with
You will collaborate with a dynamic and multidisciplinary team of scientists and technical experts. Regular interaction with team members, managers, manufacturing, quality and regulatory partners will be essential to ensure projects success.


What You Will Do

• Be responsible for optimizing UCB’s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policies and standards
• Apply Quality by Design (Ob D) principles and use Design of Experiment (Do E) methodology to design and execute experiments, mainly using small scale (Shake flasks, Ambr15, Ambr250, 2L glass bioreactor)
• Design new cell culture media and feed formulations for CHO and HEK cells and manage related projects
• Support CMC development and participate in the transfer of technologies to clinical and commercial manufacturing.
• Analyze complex data dataset using statistical approaches and present results to the team
• Support and improve commercial manufacturing processes and participate actively in risk assessments related to starting and raw materials
• Generate experimental reports to support technology transfer and regulatory filings

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills

• Ph D or Master’s degree biological sciences, biochemistry, chemical engineering, or a related field
• Experience in process optimization and characterization in a laboratory setting
• Proficiency in applying Qb D principles and Do E methodology
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent communication and transversal team management skills
• Flexibility to work occasionally on weekends if needed
• Very good command in English

If you are ready to embark on an exciting journey of scientific discovery and contribute to the advancement of biotherapeutics manufacturing processes, we encourage you to apply. Join us in our mission to make a meaningful impact on patients' lives through innovative science and collaborative teamwork.


Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!
About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.
Why work with us?
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent, and adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.