As the Director of Reagent Development you will be expected to effectively lead and manage the various R&D disciplines of Recombinant Protein and Antibody to successfully design, develop and manufacture innovative, high quality products and solutions for the Life Science Industry.
This person will manage the administration responsibilities of budgeting, planning, resource management and vendor relations, ensuring projects stay within the budgeted expectations and delivery timescales. Provide leadership and oversight to the various projects across the R&D disciplines, ensuring proper resources are utilized and aligned for prioritized programs. You will work with Operations, Marketing, Sales and Financial teams on the product development from inception through manufacturing as product is released into the market place.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Lead the development of recombinant protein, antibody and ancillary reagents for research & discovery
- Conduct and direct lab procedures in compliance with ISO 13485:2016 guidelines and existing SOPs
- Ensure timely completion of batch records and other required documentation
- Provide technical expertise, establish new SOPs, review test results, and report data
- Build a strong team by recruiting additional talent, monitoring the performance of existing team members, motivating the team, and identifying the talent for potential career advancement.
- Proactively identify and address potential problems and support the tech service team with troubleshooting of antibody related products.
- Serve as the lead point of contact to communicate with other departments for the cell biology product line
- Other projects or responsibilities as may be required.
Minimum Qualifications Education And Experience
- Ph. D in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology or other relevant disciplines
- 5+years leadership experience with life science reagent, tool and service development and commercialization
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years working experience with business operation including strategic planning, relevant marketing and sales experience
- Proven experience and track record in developing and managing project on schedules, within budgets, measuring, reporting and achieving assigning metrics and managing department and project expenses, resource allocation and administration.
- Experience outsourcing and managing product development to contractors and solution suppliers in the global market place.
- Experience in relation to dealing with certification requirements.