Biospective Inc. is a specialty Preclinical and Clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO) in North America with particular strengths in CNS diseases and disorders, including Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, Schizophrenia, and Depression. Our combination of unique technologies and world-class scientific expertise enables us to provide sponsors with end-to-end solutions for preclinical and clinical studies.
Career paths
Preclinical Research & Laboratory Operations Manager
The Preclinical Research & Laboratory Operations Manager is responsible for the oversight of preclinical research & histopathology laboratory operations across our sites/facilities. This position facilitates strategic and operational planning for sponsored studies and research endeavors.
Responsibilities includes but are not limited to the following:
- Facilitating strategic and operational planning for new research endeavors, including costing and schedule/timeline estimates.
- Writing and implementing IACUC applications to cover all preclinical studies.
- Oversight of preclinical research & histopathology laboratory operations across sites by managing resources, initiatives, and day-to-day operations.
Scientific Business Development
The Scientific Business Development Associate contributes to the growth of Biospective’s client base. This role focus on creating new opportunities with potential clients for our pre-clinical and clinical research services.
The primary responsibilities for this position include:
- Generating and prospecting leads for potential new pharmaceutical/biotech clients
- Actively seeking out new opportunities through cold emailing, cold calls, networking, referrals, and other outbound marketing methods
- Coordinating appointments with the business development team
- Coordinating the generation of proposals and contracts
- Generating and analysing data related to business development
Histology Technician
The Histology Technician will receive and properly process specimens, review test results, and participate in Quality Assurance.
The candidate must have some experience in microtomy, histology and immunostaining.
Responsibilities for this position:
- Preparing tissue specimens, including dissecting, grossing, processing, cryotomy and microtomy
- Performing histology techniques and procedures, including H&E staining, special staining, immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunofluorescence (IF).
- Developing and optimizing immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence protocols
- Maintaining a high level of tissue and document quality, including quality control of stains
- Slide digitization and image analysis
- Participating in the documents quality assurance, general equipment and instruments maintenance
- Performing tasks above efficiently and in the spirit of GLP
Animal Health Technician
The Animal Health Technician is directly responsible to carry-out activities with animals as a part of a study plan in order to assess the efficacy of specific drugs. The role encompasses rodent animal welfare, drug delivery along with clinical and behavioral assessments.
Working closely with Study Directors and Team Members, to support established animal models, the Animal Health Technician performs procedures and collect data from on-going studies and report on observation and findings.
The responsibilities for this position include:
- Administer experimental therapeutic agents to rodents (gavage, injection)
- Perform animal behavioral assessments
- Observe, examine and follow up on clinical signs of animals
- Perform sample collection (perfusions, tissue, blood, cerebrospinal fluid)
- Enter animal data using computer programs
- Read and ensure understanding of study plans prior to the start of each study
- Understand, adhere to, and follow Standard Organizational Procedures
- Participate in the daily team tasks and related duties
- Demonstrate initiative and interest in new work techniques and in working with different animal models
Imaging Physicist
The Imaging Physicist develops, implements, and tests multi-modality imaging protocols associated with Biospective’s studies and define guidelines for Clinical Imaging Site Qualifications.
Responsibilities for this position:
- Developing and harmonizing MRI, PET, and SPECT imaging protocols and participating in the monitoring of site’s adherence to imaging protocols.
- Developing and coding review image metadata interpretation and format conversion.
- Participating in image processing & analysis for client-sponsored and R&D studies.
- Participating in imaging site documentation, training, troubleshooting and data query resolution.
- Contributing to the development, implementation, documentation and validation of software tools to improve and advancing Biospective’s software platforms.
- Participating in the development of study proposals.
Full Stack Web Developer
Biospective Inc. is seeking a full-stack developer to join our team. As a full-stack developer, you will participate in all stages of the software development life cycle, from gathering requirements to implementation.
Description
Biospective Inc. is seeking a full-stack developer to join our team.
As a full-stack developer, you will be developing and maintaining end-to-end applications that make a difference to the workday of end-users. You will participate in all stages of the software development life cycle, from gathering requirements to implementation, including support activities such as implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, tests, and documentation. Our current web technology stack includes React.js, Node.js, PHP, Graphiql, MySQL, Postgres, Docker.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Building end-to-end scalable applications and managing current applications
- Building and maintaining efficient, reusable, and reliable code using quality coding standards
- Ensuring optimum performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
- Identifying bottlenecks and bugs and devising solutions to these problems
- Translate applications storyboards and use cases into functional applications
- Managing the entire application life-cycle
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional development experience
- Responsive Web, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, AJAX, JSON
- Essential Development framework: React.js, Node.js
- Knowledge of modern state management solution – Redux
- Experience with Express
- Layout frameworks such as Bootstrap or Foundation
- Knowledge of SQL & No-SQL Databases – MySQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle & MongoDB/ElasticSearch
- Experience with REST based APIs
- Working knowledge of source control systems such as SVN or GIT
Assets
- Experience with the MERN stack, Docker, and Agile development practices
- Knowledge of cross-browser compatibility issues and responsive web design
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as python and perl
- Ability to create wireframes/mock-ups
It would be very helpful if you have an online portfolio, github profile, or any other projects that you can show or share.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
COVID-19 considerations:
Work from home / Hybrid work enviroment
Application question(s):
- Are you located in the province of Québec?
Language:
- English (required)
Imaging Research Analyst/ IT Product Owner
We are seeking a strong Imaging Research Analyst / Product Owner to join our IT team. You will collaborate with the product team to define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap, lead meetings and much more.
Research Analyst / IT Product Owner
Biospective is seeking a strong Imaging Research Analyst / IT Product Owner to join our IT team.
Description
The responsibilities associated with this role are the following:
- Collaborate with the product teams on the image processing and analysis product vision, strategy, and roadmap
- Ensure operational oversight, primarily to orchestrate Biospective’s various RnD efforts, including planning, forecasting and post mortems
- Drive requirements gathering sessions with internal clients and translate gathered requirements into well-defined requirements and user stories for the development teams
- Attend development team meetings and record meeting notes and action items, as well as generating any related user stories and tasks for the team
- Work closely with clinical and technology teams to create and maintain a backlog that delivers operational results
- Be the main person in charge of the product backlog, the planning of iterations and the development of user stories
- Manage the product backlog, including identifying and describing backlog items to build a shared understanding of problem and solution with the development team
- Prioritize backlog items to achieve strategic goals
- Track key performance metrics to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness
- Act as a leader with the teams to promote alignment between the value, status and progress of the product
- Identify opportunities to optimize operational efficiency and lead process improvement strategies in collaboration with other Biospective departments
Skills and Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Health or Computer Science
- 4 years experience implementing complex, cross-functional projects
- Exceptional project management skills
- Experience implementing projects within established software development life cycle methodologies
- Experience with regulated systems projects, including requirements gathering, planning, execution, and deployment.
- Strong communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- Capable of working independently
Assets
- First-hand experience as a developer (Python, Perl)
- Experience with both waterfall and Agile methodologies, and familiarity with tools such as Jira and Confluence
- Experience in leading daily stand-ups and cross-functional meetings for fast-moving teams
- Experience in image processing
- Experience working in a GxP and research environment
- Certified scrum master or scrum product owner
- PMP certification
Type d’emploi : Temps plein, Permanent
Avantages :
- Assurance Dentaire
- Assurance Invalidité
- Assurance Vie
- Assurance Vision
- Congés de Vacances et Compensatoires
- Événements d’Entreprise
- Programmes de Bien-être
- REER Collectif
Horaire :
- Du Lundi au Vendredi
- Quart de jour
Mesures COVID-19:
Remote work
Question(s) de présélection:
- Are you located in the province of Québec?
Formation:
- Baccalauréat (Obligatoire)
Expérience:
- Gestion de projet: 4 ans (Souhaité)
Langue:
- Anglais (Obligatoire)
Histology Technician
We are seeking a Histology Technicians to join our team. You will be responsible for receiving and properly processing specimens, reviewing test results, and participating in Quality Assurance.
Biospective is continuously recruiting for the position of Histology Technician.
Description:
The candidate to the Histology Technician position must have experience in microtomy, histology and immunostaining. Other applications will not be considered.
The Histology Technician will receive and properly process specimens, review test results, and participate in Quality Assurance.
Responsibilities:
- Preparing tissue specimens, including: dissecting, grossing, processing, cryotomy and microtomy
- Performing histology techniques and procedures, including: H&E staining, special staining, immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunofluorescence (IF).
- Developping and optimizing immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence protocols
- Maintaining a high level of tissue and document quality, including quality control of stains
- Slide digitization and image analysis
- Participating in the documents quality assurance, general equipment and instruments maintenance
- Performing above tasks efficiently and in the spirit of GLP
Requirements:
- DEC in Biomedical Laboratory Technology
- Minimum 2 years experience in a relevant position
- Technical abilities: microtomy, histology and immunostaining, analytical capability and computer literacy
- Excellent proficiency in French and English, written and spoken
Working conditions:
- Includes some weekend and and/or evening shifts
Only applicants with a valid Canada work permit will be considered.
Type d’emploi : Temps plein, Permanent, Saisonnier, Stage / Coop
Mesures COVID-19:
port du masque obligatoire, désinfectation fréquente des espaces
Question(s) de présélection:
- Habitez-vous dans la région de Montréal?
Formation:
- DEC (Souhaité)
Langue:
- Anglais et Français (Obligatoire)
in vivo Laboratory Animal Technician
We are recruiting a in vivo Laboratory Animal Technician to join our team. You will be directly responsible to carry-out activities with animals as a part of a study plan in order to assess the efficacy of specific drugs.
We are recruiting a in vivo Laboratory Animal Technician to join our team. You will be directly responsible to carry-out activities with animals as a part of a study plan in order to assess the efficacy of specific drugs. The role will encompass rodent animal welfare, drug delivery along with clinical and behavioral assessments. Working closely with Study Directors and Team Members, to support established animal models you will perform procedures and collect data from on-going studies and report on observation and findings.
We are looking for a team player who wants to be part of a dynamic, collaborative team that cares about the welfare of animals
Responsibilities:
- Administer experimental therapeutic agents to rodents (gavage, injection)
- Perform animal behavioral assessments
- Observe, examine and follow up on clinical signs of animals
- Perform sample collection (perfusions, tissue, blood, cerebrospinal fluid)
- Enter animal data using computer programs
- Read and ensure understanding of study plans prior to the start of each study
- Understand, adhere to, and follow Standard Organizational Procedures
- Participate in the daily team tasks and related duties
- Demonstrate initiative and interest in new work techniques and in working with different animal models
Skills and Requirements:
- 1 to 3 years of experience
- Experience in animal surgery (asset).
- College diploma in animal health, biotechnology or equivalent, or a Bachelor of Science degree with rodent behavioral and surgical experience
- Working knowledge of animal health sciences;
- Ability to read and understand English; Bilingualism is an asset;
- Ability to work in a team environment;
- Ability to manage time efficiently;
- Working knowledge of computer applications related to the position.
Type d’emploi : Temps plein, Permanent
Mesures COVID-19:
Masks, Work from home
Question(s) de présélection:
- Résidez-vous dans la province de Québec?
Formation:
- DEC (Obligatoire)
Expérience:
- laboratoire: 1 an (Obligatoire)
Langue:
- Anglais (Souhaité)
Clinical Research Assistant CRA
We are seeking a detail-oriented and thorough Clinical Research Assistant to assist in the conduct of clinical research studies. You will be responsible for quality control, organizing and reconciling large amounts of imaging and clinical data, and resolving queries for neuroimaging studies.
Biospective Inc. is seeking a detail-oriented and thorough Clinical Research Assistant to assist in the conduct of clinical research studies.
Description
The Clinical Research Assistant will primarily perform quality control, organize and reconcile large amounts of imaging and clinical data, and resolve queries for neuroimaging studies. In addition, responsibilities will include the development and maintenance of study-related material and the conduct of other study-related activities while ensuring compliance with Biospective procedures, quality assurance requirements, and Good Clinical Practices. Reporting to Project Leaders, the Clinical Research Assistant will be part of a multidisciplinary team of clinical research scientists and IT professionals in a high-paced, competitive, and stimulating environment. This is an entry-level position.
Exceptional candidates will be eligible to rapidly progress towards a Project Leader position. This role comes with greater responsibilities including but not limited to the following:
- Act as liaison between the sponsor, research sites, third party vendors and Internal Team
- Coordinate setup activities for new clinical studies with internal and external stakeholders
- Oversee the conduct of clinical studies from site initiation to study close out
- Produce and review study-related documentation
- Ensure overall studies quality and regulatory compliance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant life sciences or health care discipline or 2 years related research experience
- Good communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Good knowledge of computer Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Able to work independently, without immediate supervision, and as part of a team
- Ability to remain motivated when performing repetitive tasks
- Ability to learn new skills quickly
- Demonstrated flexibility to deal with changing priorities and multiple tasks
Assets
- Knowledge of the Linux operating system
- Knowledge of brain anatomy
- Experience working with imaging data
- Site selection, initiation and monitoring
- Basic knowledge of regulatory environment in Clinical Research, including GCPs
- Solution-oriented with proactive approach to issues
- Working knowledge of French, spoken and written
Only applicants with a valid Canada work permit will be considered.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
COVID-19 considerations:
Work from home
Application question(s):
- Are you located in the province of Québec?
Language:
- English (required)
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