Recruiting Insight of The Week

Career opportunities in the healthcare / life sciences industry:

• Strategy Consulting - Associate Consultant (Class of 2024), Kepler Cannon

Description:

Kepler Cannon is a boutique strategy consulting firm headquartered in New York City founded by former consultants from McKinsey and Mitchell Madison, among other notable firms. Now, the 100 years of experience between the partners and analytically rigorous team of consultants bring a unique and innovative perspective to the executive suite. Kepler Cannon’s strength roots itself in the distinct expertise, passions, and interests of the team – producing a natural synergy and yielding powerful results.

An Associate Consultant’s primary role is to support client projects through research, in-depth analysis, and insightful problem solving. As a core member of the project team, you will interact with key clients on a daily basis to help them transform their businesses, building personal and professional relationships. Below are some examples of functions a consultant should expect to perform:

• Conduct in-depth company level financial analysis and market / industry research

• Leverage new problem-solving techniques to build insightful new strategies

• Present findings to key client executives

• Gather, validate, and analyze critical data

• Construct detailed quantitative models to uncover insights

• Interview key clients and industry experts

• Create concise, easy to understand, and impactful written and visual products

• Collaborate with fellow consultants and client team members to deliver outstanding work products 

 Qualifications:

Competitive applicants must have:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from a top undergraduate college

• A robust academic record from a top undergraduate college – non-conventional majors (STEM, humanities) with strong problem-solving skills as well as conventional majors are highly encouraged to apply

• Proficiency with quantitative analysis and tools

• Strong interpersonal and client-ready skills

• Intrinsic business intuition

• Familiarity with current affairs and the economic climate

• Proven entrepreneurial and leadership skills

• Ability to live in or relocate to New York City

• An openness to the possibility of travel

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

• Regulatory Specialist, US Food and Drug Administration (Remote)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the regulatory, scientific, public health and consumer protection agency responsible for ensuring all human and animal drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, foods, food additives, drugs and medicated feeds for food producing animals, tobacco and radiation emitting devices safe, and effective. 2 The mission of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) is to perform an essential public health task by making sure that safe and effective drugs are available to improve the health of people in the United States. CDER regulates the over the counter (OTC) and prescription drugs, including biological therapeutics and generic drugs. The Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ) oversees and coordinates the overall regulation of human pharmaceutical quality within CDER, including submission review, manufacturing facility assessment, and surveillance of the quality of marketed pharmaceutical products. The Office of Quality Surveillance (OQS) is OPQ’sfocal point to assure that quality medicines are available through signal detection, data analysis, review of the state of quality, and proactive stakeholder engagement.

Duties/Responsibilities:

As a Regulatory Specialist, the incumbent provides authoritative guidance and consultation regarding current good manufacturing practices (CGMPs) for pharmaceutical manufacturing in the context of on-site inspections; and supports the human drug surveillance program through qualitative and quantitative regulatory assessments quality management maturity, pharmaceutical quality system effectiveness, and other related quality intelligence available throughout the product lifecycle.

• Evaluates records of from pharmaceutical manufacturing sites to determine compliance with CGMPs and recommends appropriate follow-up surveillance or compliance actions.

• Assesses site inspection reports completed by foreign regulatory partners.

• Conducts post-market quality-based assessments of manufacturing sites and products by identifying and evaluating trending quality intelligence to execute response actions that mitigate urgent quality issues.

• Conducts research into regulatory precedents and legislative history of the Acts enforced by FDA.

• Leads or participates in domestic and/or foreign inspections as necessary

How to apply:

All qualified candidates should submit their resume and transcripts to [email protected] no later than April 12, 2024. The application period will close either on April 12, 2024, or after the Agency receives 100 resumes (applications). Once that number has been reached, the vacancy announcement will close. A resume, not a CV, must be received. You can access the USA Jobs Resume Builder to assist with building your resume. If you have foreign transcripts, please submit the foreign transcript course-by-course evaluation from an accredited company (NACES or AICE). Candidate resumes may be shared with hiring officials within CDER with a similar job vacancy. Candidates can opt out of this process by annotating resume with “do not share”. Please reference Job Reference ID: OQS: Regulatory Specialist in the subject line.

• Research Support Associate, Anderson Lab, MIT - Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

Description:

RESEARCH SUPPORT ASSOCIATE, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research-Anderson Lab, to assume primary responsibility for synthesizing novel lipids/polymers to investigate improving nucleic acid delivery (primarily mRNA) for vaccine, gene-editing, and any other therapeutic applications.  Will optimize lipid nanoparticle formulations for in-vitro and ex-vivo experiments; maintain cell lines and perform cell-based assays; be responsible for in-vivo work such as intravenous, intramuscular, intranasal, and subcutaneous injections of mRNA-LNPs to mice/rats, organ harvesting, blood collection, ELISA, and imaging techniques; and assist in lipid synthesis and experimental studies in mice/rats aimed at understanding the delivery of nucleic acids. Primary duties include 3-4 steps synthesis of novel lipids, lipid-nanoparticle formulations and characterization, cell culture, blood collection, tissue harvesting, RT-qPCR, ELISA, and flow-cytometry; imaging techniques such as bioluminescence and fluorescence; and general lab support, e.g., ordering and maintaining solvents/chemicals stock.  Will receive essential technical support under the supervision of postdoctoral researchers and other collaborators.  

Requirements:

REQUIRED: high school diploma or its equivalent; computer skills; practiced documentation skills; strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills; awareness of safe work practices and ability to maintain a safe work environment; and willingness to work with animals.  Seek a self-motivated individual who can learn new concepts and techniques; produce accurate and high-quality work; maintain detailed notes with proper documentation, following all safety rules/regulations while performing experiments, and work both independently and as a team player.  

PREFERRED:  bachelor's degree in the biological sciences; exposure to a research lab; experience with a small molecule/material synthesis and spectroscopy (NMR and mass spectroscopy) techniques, cell culture, animal work, and molecular biology; and experience in the ethical and humane use of animals (especially mice/rats) in laboratory research. 

This is a one-year, term-limit position with the possibility of an extension.  

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