Downstream Process Support Specialist

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cytiva, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.

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In 2018, a brand new 2500m2 bioprocess pilot-scale innovation center opened for business in Uppsala – Testa Center. The facility provides Swedish and international industry, start-ups and academia with an authentic environment to test and verify innovative tools and technologies for the industrial manufacture of biological products. The center also provides an environment for higher level university education. Please visit www.testacenter.com for more info.

The Testa Center organization is currently looking for a Downstream Process Support Specialist to contribute to the operation of Testa Center and further the development of its services. The position is heavily customer focused and includes direct customer support with downstream processes and general planning/coordination activities. This is an onsite role and is based in Uppsala, Sweden.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Be a part of the Testa Center team dealing with a wide variety of matters ranging from hands-on tasks to planning of activities (e.g. events, demos, customer projects and visits).
• Focus on chromatography and filtration techniques in combination with coordinating activities and working directly with our clients in a dynamic and collaborative environment. You will take the role as an expert in discussions with the client.
• Support Testa Center clients in the planning, training, trouble-shooting and execution of projects. Notably, the business model does not encompass Testa Center specialists to be directs resources to client projects but rather act as support/coach/advisor to clients.
• Responsibilities will also include maintaining the current instrument park and documenting working routines for the Center.
• The Center is frequently visited by opinion leaders, public and trade organizations, as well as customers from both academia and industry, and hence participating in demos and exhibitions will be a part of the job.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• MSc in biotechnology, bioprocess/biomedical engineering or related life sciences field.
• Experience working with chromatographic methods (e.g., affinity chromatography, SEC, IEX).
• A valid EU work permit is required for this role.
• English as working language.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Background from customer-facing role within an industry environment.
• Filtration and/or analytical techniques such as electrophoresis and ELISA/SPR methods.

To be successful in this role, we believe that you are a person who thrives working in a flexible environment with demonstrated abilities to navigate in a collaborative, matrixed, and customer focused environment. The ideal candidate is a self-propelled and goal-oriented individual with attention to detail and a strong ability to spot customer needs, communicate solutions and build trust by collaborating.

Interview and selection will happen continuously, and the opening can be filled before last day of application. For questions regarding the role please contact hiring manager Jesper Hedberg at jesper.hedberg@cytiva.com. We look forward to hearing from you!