Media Development Senior Scientist

We are on a mission to bring tasty, safe, sustainable cultured meat to the world.

Gourmey is France’s pioneering cultivated meat company. We create delicious and sustainable restaurant-grade meats directly from animal cells.

As our media development scientist, your mission will be to develop and optimize a performant, cost-efficient and food-compatible cell culture medium together with leading the media projects inside Gourmey.

What you will be doing

• Lead the development of animal cell culture media that are food-grade and economically viable.
• Assess and communicate all findings for the progression - you will make the decisions on what comes next.
• Establish and nurture relevant partnerships with external stakeholders (eg. ingredient and media suppliers) to achieve our goals.
• Summarise and communicate experiment results in meetings, presentations and written reports.
• Coordinate and supervise a team of scientists, engineers and technicians and support their career development.

Requirements

• MSc/PhD degree in biotechnology, chemical engineering, bioprocess development or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in a biotech company, working on the development of a growth medium for cell culture
• Proficient and hands-on experience on:
• Animal cell culture and metabolic pathways
• DoE and statistical analysis
• Development of cell-culture media formulations

• Ability to operate laboratory equipment at various levels and familiarity with biological, analytical & quantification methods.
• Experience with statistical software like JMP, Minitab, Simca, etc. is desirable.
• Passionate about Gourmey’s mission to bring to market delicious and sustainable foods through innovation.
• Enthusiastic, with a strong work ethic and self-motivation; a sense of ownership and responsibility to drive outcomes. A positive, can-do attitude.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken. We are an international team, no need to speak French!

Benefits

What we offer

• A competitive salary and participation in Gourmey’s ESOP (Employee stock option plan).
• Plenty of room for personal and professional development in a fast growing startup, building the future of food through cutting edge technologies and entering its next phase of growth.
• A dynamic, caring company culture and a fantastic work environment - labs located in the very heart of Paris.