Senior Associate Scientist, Cancer Immunology

$83,000 - $104,000/Yr

Bristol-Myers Squibb - Redwood City, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Redwood City, CA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Associate Scientist in Cancer Immunology at Bristol Myers Squibb will play a crucial role in oncology drug discovery and development. This position involves driving drug discovery programs from target identification through lead optimization to clinical proof of concept. The successful candidate will design, execute, and analyze in vitro assays and in vivo efficacy studies, contributing to the characterization of therapeutic candidates.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute experiments to support drug discovery programs
• Perform immunoassays from in vitro co-culture and ex vivo tumor samples using multi-color flow cytometry, ELISA, MSD and Incucyte
• Develop and perform assays to characterize activity of candidate therapeutics
• Work in a collaborative team environment
• Present scientific results in multidisciplinary meetings

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years of academic and/or industry experience or a Master's Degree with 2+ years of academic and/or industry experience
• Strong expertise in immunology or related fields
• Extensive experience with multi-color flow cytometry and data analysis software for immune cell profiling
• Experience in isolation, characterization and functional assessment of murine tumor samples and human tissue samples and blood
• Ability to interpret and summarize scientific data in a clear and concise manner
• Detail-oriented, with excellent organizational and record-keeping skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a dynamic and innovative research environment
• Flexibility and interest in learning new techniques and skills in accordance with the research program needs

Nice-to-haves

• Industry experience in flow cytometry-based screening of therapeutic candidates

Benefits

• Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care
• Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP)
• Financial well-being resources and a 401(K)
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance and supplemental health insurance
• Business travel protection and survivor support
• Paid national holidays and optional holidays
• Global Shutdown Days between Christmas and New Year's holiday
• Up to 120 hours of paid vacation
• Up to two (2) paid days to volunteer
• Sick time off and summer hours flexibility
• Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave
• Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
• Fertility/infertility benefits
• Support for traveling mothers
• Child, elder and pet care resources
• Tuition reimbursement
• Recognition program