About the role:
Client is the market leader in therapeutics and tools for interventional radiologists, featuring Y90 microspheres, ablation devices, embolic devices and a selection of ancillary products. This position is part of an internal Innovation Accelerator that is focused on development of new therapies in Interventional Oncology. The goal is to identify breakthrough cancer therapies for our pipeline and advance them through first in human trials.

We are looking to hire a high-performing individual for a Principal Scientist position supporting cancer therapy projects, specifically immunotherapy delivery. The candidate must possess a self-starter entrepreneurial mentality and a strong desire to identify, comprehend, and assimilate knowledge across medicine, engineering, and business disciplines which includes research and development of early technologies, product designs, materials, processes, or equipment with minimal supervision. This position will be a key contributor in the development of new devices and technologies, such as immuno-oncology delivery systems, and will interface with new product development teams, key opinion leaders and medical advisory boards to develop novel transformational therapies.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manages and/or designs preclinical, clinical or academic development projects with leading Universities and hospitals in areas of cancer research. Interfaces with external partners including physicians and other clinical personnel to obtain feedback on concepts and performance of new devices.
• Serves as resource expert to internal team on current cancer market, competitive products and current market issues. Studies and disseminates relevant published articles for application to company projects and initiatives.
• Identifies, understands and communicates new or evolving technologies for application to company products in global markets.
• Establish, foster, cultivate and maintaining bidirectional scientific exchange with external expert physician partners.
• Tracks key emerging technologies of interest and provides technical assessment in collaboration with new business development process in order to gain alignment with global franchise stakeholders
• Designs, authors and presents complex reports to communicate results to the medical or technical community. Coordinates, manages, and documents project goals, ongoing progress and recommendations.
• Works cooperatively with process development, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, clinical, and marketing on complex projects to ensure project success.
• May train and/or provide work direction to technicians and entry-level engineers.

Required qualifications:

• MS or PhD in Engineering, Biological Sciences, or a related discipline.
• 5+ required years of work experience (primarily in medical device or a related field)
• Excellent organizational, communication and collaboration skills. Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied sources
• Solid experimental design and statistical analysis knowledge
• Experience working in a matrix organization with strong leadership and communication skills
• Demonstrated success supporting complex projects and a team player
• Anticipated requirement of 10 – 20% travel across the United States
• Required location is Maple Grove, MN

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in immuno-oncology delivery systems preferred
• Experience in radiobiology, radioembolization, embolic therapies or thermal ablation is desired
• Knowledge of the global cancer market, with understanding of various stakeholder roles across the care continuum, treatment algorithms (devices/interventions and beyond), and products used within major cancer disease states such as liver cancer
• Solid clinical knowledge and experience in cancer disease states
• Experience interfacing in a hospital environment for collaborative research, clinical observation or product usability assessments
• Experience in the design and analysis of clinical trials in oncology
• Ability to research literature and develop clinical understanding with technical credibility to develop a strategy for regulatory submission
• Project management experience on large projects with ability to provide technical leadership as it relates to product and process design