Careers

Associate Director or Director, Upstream Process Development

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a group of scientists and associate scientists responsible for successful viral vector process development, process characterization, execution of upstream processes, and technology transfer to manufacturing sites;
• Oversee the process development and scale-up operations, defining scale down models;
• Drive innovation to enhance viral vector productivity and quality;
• Make strong technical, strategic contributions to cross functional development project teams;
• Manage a multi project development portfolio;
• Author associated regulatory filing documents;
• Present findings and/or results to senior management, external stakeholders, and industry leaders at national/international conferences;
• Build upstream department timeline and budget.

Basic Qualifications:

• PhD degree in Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering or related discipline with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 14 years of experience;
• Experience in executing projects to aggressive timelines with the ability to adapt to rapid changes in project priorities;
• Experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical industry within a cell culture role and an excellent understanding of the theory and practice of cell culture process development is required;
• Molecular understanding of viral vector productions, in particular AAV biology, is highly desired;
• Strong cell culture expertise and knowledge pertaining to AAV production;
• Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel, including key participation in cross functional project and innovation teams;
• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing direct reports or project teams;
• Excellent communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the development of Sf9-baculovirus based AAV production;
• Experience in cell line generation and media development;
• Experience in scale up and scale down of bioreactor processes;
• Experience managing cross functional team and initiatives;
• Fluent in speaking, reading and writing Chinese.