.For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.Job SummaryA Senior Scientist position is offered for supporting active projects at a client site located at Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain. Within this role, the candidate will work in collaboration with the Open Lab (OL) Team, OL Fellows, project leaders and other external partners to ensure procedures are followed with the aim to meet project deadlines with the quality standards required. Therefore, excellent communication and teamwork skills, flexibility, high motivation and proactivity to contribute to OL projects are essential. In vitro laboratory experience with pathogenic microorganisms would be desirable.Key Responsibilities and AccountabilitiesSupport in developing analytical methods.Analyze data using different databases and applications, and present results to the project team.Arrange electronic notebook training, requests of accounts/ID and provide application support to OL fellows. Fill out electronic notebooks following local guidelines.Register biological material used in Open Lab (OL) experiments.Review and archive protocol assays in the internal platform.Arrange compound and plate requests using the corresponding platforms.Request approval for sharing the structures with third parties.Coordinate external/internal compounds shipping.Create Team Sites for sharing documents with third parties.Possibility to provide laboratory support to OL projects.Request compound assays in the corresponding platform.Retrieve compound data for OL fellows from different applications.Job QualificationsBasic QualificationsBSc in Biology (Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Parasitology).Drug Discovery experience in High-throughput screening (HTS).Medium/high written and spoken English is needed.Experience in data analysis tools for HTS assays.Knowledgeable of compound request applications.Preferred QualificationsWorking experience with pathogenic biosafety level 3 microorganisms such as M. tuberculosis and/or Plasmodium falciparum.Working experience with cell cultures.About Charles RiverCharles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities