Director/Senior Director Process Sciences in Gaithersburg, MD from Hobson Prior, US

Hobson Prior are recruiting for a Director/Snr Director Process Sciences to join a biotech organisation, focusing on improving health all over the world through discovering and developing vaccines to prevent serious diseases. This is a permanent position, located in Gaithersburg Maryland.

Job Responsibilities:

• Providing technical leadership to generate, review, and approve laboratory data to support investigations and troubleshooting of drug substance processes being operated at internal and external manufacturing.
• Contribute to the writing and reviewing of documents for INDs and regulatory section submissions.
• Collaborate with other CMC team members to build and execute the CMC development plan.
• Responsibility for continued process verification, including process monitoring programs across multiple manufacturing programs and manufacturing sites.
• Responsible for technical oversight of supplier-initiated changes and DS process changes.
• Lead and develop a team of laboratory personnel.
• Provide leadership and direct support for tech transfer to manufacturing teams, including the preparation of draft batch records.
• To plan and execute confirmation runs (or manage and oversee execution of confirmation runs at external sites).
• Prepare or oversee the preparation of tech transfer reports and participate in the approval to move towards GMP manufacturing.
• In conjunction with site management, make key process related decisions when necessary.
• Establish appropriate process performance monitoring systems and assist in evaluating process performance.
• Any other assigned duties.

Key Skills:

• Ability to succeed in a team-oriented environment under very dynamic conditions.
• Ability to collaborate with key stakeholders across a wide set of business disciplines.
• Excellent record keeping abilities to adequately record, analyse and document data generated in support of regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated verbal and written skills in communicating scientific and technical information.
• Capable of performing multiple functions in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong technical protocol/report writing, and good organization skills are required.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in engineering or life sciences.
• You will have 10 or more years of relevant experience in cGMP biologics manufacturing.
• Diverse knowledge and experience in various relevant areas, including but not limited to molecular/cell biology, harvest, formulation and common analytical tools is preferred.
• Strong understanding of FDA regulatory requirements associated with analytical characterization and documentation of vaccine products.
• Proficient in Window based software including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

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