Process Development Specialist

At Future Fields, we are continually learning and evolving. We know we don’t have all the answers, but we try to ask all the questions. We believe in “failing forward” and leveraging our mistakes to help us grow. We never want our team to feel constrained by the status quo and we don’t judge ideas based on where they come from. We actively work to foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and psychological safety through transparency, structure, and open communication. We know it sounds cliché, but every employee really is a valued and equal member of the Future Fields team.

Come find your purpose with Future Fields. We are a rapidly growing venture-backed startup (with support from awesome investors including Bee Partners, Y Combinator, BDC Climate Tech, R7 Partners, Toyota Ventures and Amplify Capital). We’ve even had a shoutout from Ironman himself! Joining our team now means you’ll have the opportunity to shape our culture and products, to lead others, and to influence the direction of our company. Perhaps most importantly, you’ll be joining a team that is genuinely energized by this work and the meaningful potential of biotech to change the world.

About the role

Reporting to the Manufacturing Lead, the Process Development Specialist will serve as the critical bridge between our R&D (Protein) and Manufacturing teams. Acting as the owner of technical transfer, you will take validated targets from the bench and rigorously adapt them for large-scale production. This is a highly integrated role that requires you to speak both the exploratory language of R&D and the structured, regulatory language of GMP manufacturing.

This role will own

• Leading the scale-up and at-scale process development for new recombinant protein products.
• Owning the technical transfer of projects from R&D to Manufacturing, ensuring a seamless handoff.
• Drafting, optimizing, and validating SOPs and Batch Records to ensure reproducibility and compliance.
• Establishing Process Development as a distinct function within the Manufacturing department, creating the standards that separate R&D workflows from Manufacturing workflows.
• Shifting seamlessly between R&D and Manufacturing environments to assist with purification runs and troubleshoot issues as they arise.

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About you

You are a bridge-builder who thrives at the intersection of innovation and standardization. You are meticulous in your documentation, understanding that in a scaling biotech environment, if it isn’t written down, it didn’t happen. You are technically autonomous—capable of troubleshooting a chromatography skid one moment and editing a batch record the next. You don’t just execute processes, you refine them, looking for ways to make the complex simple and the manual scalable. You are comfortable with ambiguity and eager to define the rules of a new function within our Manufacturing department.

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Your future (with Future Fields)

This roadmap outlines the impact you’ll make as you grow with us. We’ll use this as a guide for your first year, knowing that in a fast-paced environment, we’ll adapt and evolve these goals together.

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About our team

Our story and approach to science are anything but conventional. Matt (co-founder / CEO) was a touring punk rock musician who dropped out of University before returning to complete his PhD in cell biology. Jalene (co-founder / COO) is a social researcher by training, previously working on issues from the right to affordable housing to harm reduction. The spark of an idea for our technology came while waiting in line for tiny, Canadian donuts. Our broader team of scientists, engineers, circus performers, restaurateurs, dancers, music aficionados, kid parents, pet parents, cyclists, and artists hail from every corner of the world – from small town Alberta to Poland, India, Vietnam and Pakistan. We credit our diverse team and experiences as the key to our success – and we encourage candidates of all identities and backgrounds to apply.

Compensation

$65,000.00 – $75,000.00 per year

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