Please note this role will work in a hybrid environment. The successful candidate will be working at one of our major site offices, with a preference for our Vancouver development location (2150 Western Parkway) and will be working a mixture of on-site and off-site work based on the parameters for our operations to meet the needs of our donors, our staff and our communities. Currently, employees are expected to have an in-person presence for at least 40% of their work time. This requirement may vary depending upon circumstances.

Job category: Innovation, research and science

Job posting ID: 8488

Employment status: Regular full-time

Number of positions available: 1

Classification: MGMT

Salary/Rate of pay: $114,800 - $135,100

Application deadline: Will remain posted until filled

This external job posting may close earlier, we recommend applying as soon as possible.

Application requirements:

• Your up-to-date resume.
• Job specific cover letter.
• We recommend you save a copy of the job posting for reference throughout the recruitment process.

Do you currently work for Canadian Blood Services? All employees must apply via the internal career page.

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About The Role

Canadian Blood Services is looking for 1 Regular full-time Development Scientist II or III (based on skills and experience) to join our dynamic Network Centre for Applied Development (NetCAD) team within the dynamic Innovation and Portfolio Management group of the Innovation division. Canadian Blood Services is willing to consider secondment candidates for this role.

The NetCAD team is responsible for supporting product and process development for fresh blood components and providing blood to researchers through the Blood4Research program.

In this role, you will be a member of the netCAD blood and blood component development team providing scientific and technical expertise on blood products, the processes used to manufacture them, and the analytical techniques used to characterize them. You will support development projects, primarily as part of development project teams, but also on occasion working independently. Projects include those focused on deepening the understanding of our products and the processes used to manufacture them, developing new or next generation products and the processes used to manufacture them, improving current generation products and the processes used to manufacture them, and projects introducing new testing capabilities into netCAD. In addition, you will support on-demand investigations into issues with blood products, manufacturing processes, or characterization assays. You will be actively involved in both internal and external dissemination of the development work undertaken by the team, ensuring that knowledge generated can be translated for use internally as well as adding to the international body of knowledge on blood and blood component manufacture and characterization.

Formula for success

• Provide deep scientific and technical expertise on blood products, the processes used to manufacture them, and the analytical techniques used to characterize them.
• Work to deepen the organization's understanding of the biology of blood products and the impact of processes used to manufacture them.
• Provide scientific expertise and rigor to ensure appropriate due diligence whenever new blood products are being introduced or changes are being made to the processes used to manufacture them.
• Conduct literature reviews, synthesize available evidence, and may draw conclusions of relevance to Canadian Blood Services.
• Lead the design of complex enabling and support studies as well as complex, larger scope and impact, multi-arm development studies, ensuring engagement and participation of key stakeholders.
• Work as part of a large development project team to:

• Prepare, review and/or approve study designs, ensuring study objectives are clear and study designs are based on sound experimental principles.
• Prepare, review and/or approve study protocols, ensuring alignment with the study design.
• Oversee study execution as required, ensuring adherence to protocols and good lab practices.
• Review, analyze and interpret data, identify and troubl