Director, Product Development

Proclinical is working with a Clinical Stage Biotechnology company that is seeking a Director, Product Development to be based in Singapore on a permanent basis. This Product Development role will be responsible for conducting product development studies, supervising scientists, managing daily operations of laboratory functions. As Director you will also be leading the technology transfers across functional laboratories and locations and perform optimization, trouble shooting, and qualification of both processes and assays for cell therapy products.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and execute experiments, analyse data and present key conclusions for optimization, range finding, robustness assessment, and pre-validation analysis, and investigation of production processes for cell therapy products.
• Lead experimental design, execution, and data analysis for exploration, development, qualification, optimization, and investigation of analytical methods for cell therapy products
• Identify critical parameters and reagents for both production processes and analytical methods and develop sourcing and qualification strategy
• Maintain top-notch scientific knowledge of cell therapy products and provide scientific management and operational support product development projects
• Support collaboration projects, from planning, budget, contract, and tracking progress, to technology transfer and joint effort in trending analysis, investigation, and optimization
• Ensure all communications within and across departments are effective and transparent, specifically follow-up to ongoing issues, timely updates on experiments
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with collaboration partners ensuring team environment and alignment with the company's strategic planning
• Oversees key projects, processes and performance reports, data and analysis
• Provide expertise to guide scientists, including allocating day to day scientific work in alignment to projects' timeline and strategies of Product Development
• Assist in organizational infrastructure development (e.g., business processes, SOPs, training)
• Managing a team of Scientists for the Product Development department

Skills and Requirements:

• PhD in life sciences
• More than 10 years proven successful track record in leading development projects in biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry
• Knowledge of GxP (GLP or GMP) guidelines and compliance, especially in supporting clinical trials
• Extensive experience with pharmaceutical drug development, with successful track record in developing robust processes/assays or improving existing ones
• Strong inter-personal skill and verbal/written communication and ability to manage situations and motivate teams through objective and insightful leadership
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills and knowledge of statistical analysis and using relevant tools

To Apply:

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In case you have difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please call Martin Grindrod on +65 3159 1292 or upload your CV on our website - www.Proclinical.com.
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