Careers
Come work with RION in the heart of downtown Rochester, a vibrant rapidly-growing city located in Southeast Minnesota.
Located in the home of the number one hospital in the country, time and again, Rochester, MN, ranks among the best places to live in the United States owing to its affordable cost of living, healthy lifestyle, stellar school systems, and exceptional quality of life. Rochester is also well known as a global destination for health and wellness.
For the past decade, state officials in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic and City of Rochester, have implemented Destination Medical Center, a 20-year, $5.6 billion economic development initiative focused on developing Rochester as a global epicenter for life sciences and healthcare innovation. Utilizing public and private investments, Rochester is creating an inviting ecosystem for biotechnology start-up ventures looking to capitalize on a skilled and educated workforce.
MISSION AND VISION
Re-Imagining Medicine
We seek to change the approach to regenerative medicine by utilizing exosome technology to improve the lives of more patients, in more places, across more diseases, from every walk of life.
2017
Year Founded
40+
Number of employees
2
Decades of Research
20
Peer Reviewed Publications
Do you have PEP?
If you are Passionate, Experienced, and Persistent, then RION would be a great fit for you!
RION is assembling a team of top talent from across the country and throughout the pharma/biotech industry. We strongly believe in hiring for culture add, not culture fit. Our lead clinical candidate, PEP™, is core to our mission, but PEP means something different to everyone.
Explore our available positions below by clicking the (+) sign and learn more about our current openings. If one of the available roles is right for you, click the Apply Now and be redirected to the posting.
Available Positions
Quality Control Manager - Aesthetics
Position Description
Rion is recruiting a highly motivated Manager of Quality Control to help advance its manufacturing of commercial cosmetic products. The ideal candidate will contribute to our goals of growing our manufacturing capabilities and expanding our aesthetic product portfolio.
The Manager will be responsible for leading the Rion Quality Control Laboratory and oversight of Contract Testing QC labs in support of aesthetic product manufacturing, establishment of internal QC processes, and maintenance of the control strategy for cosmetic products and moving towards licensure.
Basic Requirements:
- MS or Ph.D. degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, or a relevant scientific discipline is preferred
- 8-10+ years of relevant cosmetic, biotech, and/or pharma industry experience, including Quality Control experience supporting cGMP areas
- 3+ years’ experience supervising/managing direct reports
- Manages coaches and develops the growing QC team
- Demonstrated industry knowledge of cGMP
- Experience leading people and/or projects with history of achieving results and outstanding outcomes
- Strong communications skills: a team player who can lead, mentor, and inspire others
- Experience participating and/or supporting regulatory inspections preferred
- Gene or cell therapy product experience preferred
All resumes can be sent to careers@riontx.com
Quality Control Operation Lab Manager
Position Description
The QC Operation Lab Manager will lead and manage the GMP commissioning program of equipment and instruments used in Rion Tx. This role ensures the equipment and instruments within the QC are Qualified, Calibrated and Maintained according to the specified standards and procedures according to GMP compliance. This role will also support Computerized System Validation for QC and serves as administrator for user account maintenance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Proven experience in equipment design or pharmaceutical manufacturing or analytical or GMP equipment/instrument commissioning and calibration procedures or relevant field (Metrology).
- Experience should be in the Tx, OTC Consumer products industry or similar industry.
- Excellent organizational, communication and collaboration skills.
- Self-motivated to learn and develop within the organization.
Preferred Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree with at least 4 years of experience OR a Master’s degree with at least 2 years of experience.
- Strong understanding of pharmaceutical regulations (cGMPs, FDA, ICH etc).
- Hands on experience in participating with equipment troubleshooting or operation or repairs.
- Project coordination experience.
All resumes can be sent to careers@riontx.com
Research Associate, Analytical Development
Position Description
The Analytical Development Research Associate will contribute to analytical method development, implementation, and validation of methods focused on Rion’s exosome technology. This role will work closely with Rion Quality Control to execute method transfers and support continuous improvement. As such, the candidate will possess the technical skills required to conduct experiments and assays in a wet lab environment involving techniques such as mammalian cell culture, ELISA, RT-qPCR, HPLC and colorimetric/fluorometric-based assays. The Analytical Development Research Associate will be responsible for the execution of experiments, as well as data interpretation and final reporting. The position affords the opportunity to serve as a key member of Rion’s scientific team and contribute to the advancement of exosome therapeutics. The Analytical Development Research Associate will work closely with the Analytical Development Scientists and support the efforts of Quality Control Development. As such, the successful candidate will work in an upbeat, highly collaborative, and dynamic environment. Additional responsibilities associated with this position will involve assisting in day-to-day laboratory operations such as inventory management, procurement, and general laboratory and equipment maintenance.
Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with focus in Biological Sciences
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1+ years of relevant work experience in a biological sciences laboratory
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Prior experience in research laboratory with demonstrated ability to summarize findings and compose technical scientific documents.
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Experience with mammalian cell culture, ELISA, RT-qPCR and/or HPLC preferred
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Sound scientific knowledge in cellular biology and human disease
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Proficient in data analysis and graphical software (ex. Microsoft Excel, GraphPad Prism)
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Excellent communication skills and ability to present findings
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Strong organizational and time management skills
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Ability to independently solve problems
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Demonstrated ability to work as a team player with multi-disciplinary project teams
All resumes can be sent to careers@riontx.com
Director Regulatory Affairs
Position Description
The Director of Regulatory Affairs will direct the preparation and submission of regulatory agency applications, reports, or correspondence and will report to the Chief Regulatory Officer at Rion.
Qualifications:
- One of the following combinations of education and experience is required: (A) a minimum of a bachelor’s degree plus 15 years of health regulated industry experience OR (B) a master level degree plus 10 years of health regulated industry experience OR (C) a PharmD/PhD with 5 year health regulated industry.
- A degree in a scientific discipline is preferred
- Strong knowledge of the drug development process and regulatory submission and approval process is required
- Understanding of FDA and ICH Regulatory requirements and guidelines specific to the areas of clinical research, product development, and labeling is required
- Experience responding to FDA requests and managing FDA interactions is required
- Experience lifecycle management of IND/NDA applications is required
- Demonstrated experience in critically reviewing and compiling regulatory documents is required
- A proven ability to work successfully within a reciprocal team environment as an individual contributor and decision maker within a cross-functional organization is required
- The ability to effectively prioritize assignments for multiple products and projects simultaneously is required
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
All resumes can be sent to careers@riontx.com
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Our Perks
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401K or IRA Retirement Savings
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Insurance Paid Family Leave Paid
- Time Off Paid Holidays
- Parking Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401K or IRA Retirement Savings
- Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Insurance Paid Family Leave Paid
- Time Off Paid Holidays
- Parking Benefits
EEO STATEMENT
RION is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that complies with all applicable federal, state and local fair employment practices laws. RION strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy), gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, marital status, AIDS/HIV status, smoker/nonsmoker, and occupational pneumoconiosis or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
RECRUITMENT & STAFFING AGENCIES
RION does not accept agency resumes unless contacted directly by internal RION Talent Acquisition. Please do not forward resumes to RION employees, or any other company locations; RION is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.