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Job type full-time
Full job description
Scientist iv
Washington, dc
Employment type: full time
Clearance requirements: public trust
Flsa status: exempt (salary)
Eligible for remote work: yes
Goldbelt frontier fosters a collaborative environment where our employees are encouraged to utilize and employ their operational and leadership skills – many of our senior project managers and business analysts are recognized as subject matter experts in their fieldsWe understand how to work with and support multiple stakeholders to aid in the development and implementation of national policies, strategies, and doctrine.
Essential job functions:
Possess knowledge of the regulatory process.
Possess knowledge of the medical countermeasure licensure process.
Possess experience leading early-stage research and development projects and teams.
Possess knowledge and experience in one or more of the following subject areas: virology/immunology, small molecules, diagnostics, microbiology, infectious disease, drug manufacturing, vaccines, medical countermeasure and/or pharmaceutical research and development.
Be a well-rounded, flexible, and energetic scientist/technologist.
Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills including experience with unstructured verbal interactions, briefings, and meeting moderation.
Be intellectually curious, creative thinker who can conceptualize research directions, analyze trends, and help develop justifications for new research and development investments.
Possess demonstrated experience providing scientific advice to senior government leaders.
Possess demonstrated experience in assisting with coordinating potential research collaborations with other federal government agencies, industry, and international organizations.
Be able to analyze, summarize, and communicate the intellectual content of scientific and technological information to both scientific and lay audiences quickly and effectively.
Necessary skills and knowledge:
Provide technical expertise, program and contract management, and acquisition support to barda staff for current and planned advanced development research and development programs for vaccines, therapeutics against covid-19 and against other threat agents.
Assist in managing programs and provide technical support on product development projects to ensure all requirements are addressed.
Evaluate science and technology products to determine their effectiveness and provide recommendations to usg.
Communicate scientific information effectively both orally and written (e.g., briefing presentations, technical documents, etc.).
Analyze and evaluate projects, proposals and plans, and metrics for technical and programmatic merit, as well as to identify risks, mitigation strategies and potential areas of improvements.
Evaluate raw data generated from testing and data analyses and provide recommendations to usg.
Assist with the vision, design, acquisition, and execution of projects in support of the government program director(s).
Coordinate and integrate amongst barda senior staff and potential stakeholders, interagency partners, and user communities regarding areas of collaboration, needs, emerging industrial and academic capabilities, and technologies.
Identify and review emerging requirements and opportunities for transition and application of selected technologies.
Assist in leading technical discussions with government and industry regarding program concepts, funded projects, strategies, and transition concepts.
Engage in open and collaborative communication as a sme, at conferences (e.g., briefings, presentations, etc.) regarding science and technology innovations
Identify, technically evaluate, and accelerate innovative projects to advance barda covid-19 mcm initiatives.
Organize, coordinate, and host technical meetings, workshops, etc.
Collaborate with project teams and participate in the evaluation of technical results in multiple developmental areas, developing strategies to move the program forward.
Provide periodic update reports to pms.
Draft briefings for senior-level reviews to discuss technical alternatives between competing technologies.
Develop drafts and/or review and provide edits/comments to technical documentation (i.e., development/technology transfer reports, batch records, standard operating procedures, and regulatory submissions).
Assist in the review of program and project policies, plans, and procedures.
Maintain current knowledge on new technologies and methodologies that may benefit the program, assessing technical proposals critically and effectively, providing written technical opinion on the feasibility of new technologies, and organizing brown bag seminars to review the technologies.
Make sound and timely recommendations to facilitate decision-making.
Review and search scientific literature and databases to identify technical information and to provide references to support product development efforts.
Prepare cost estimates and invoices for cor to review/ process and approve.
Maintain and manage a sharepoint site for identified program
Minimum qualifications:
Possess a doctoral degree in biological sciences, chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, engineering, or a related discipline.
Possess prior experience working with government institutions or biopharmaceutical industry experience.
Preferred qualifications:
Possess a master’s degree in biological sciences, chemistry, engineering, or a related discipline, as well as commensurate, relevant experience.
Possess a master’s degree in pharmacy, or a related discipline, as well as five (5) years of pharmacy experience.
Possess a project management professional (pmp) certification or equivalent certification.
