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Senior Director, Regulated Bioanalytics, Exploratory Vaccines & Regulated Robotics
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Description -
The Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics, Metabolism, and Bioanalytics (PDMB) Regulated Bioanalytics Department is seeking a Senior Director to lead the Regulated Robotics & LIMS team within the Exploratory Vaccines & Regulated Robotics group. This role will support work across groups within the Regulated Bioanalytics Department, including work at our Company‘s new state-of-the-art AdVAnce GxP research facility in West Point, PA. At this new facility, we will combine the power of innovative robotics, IT platforms, and science to accelerate vaccines and enable late-stage clinical trials through the generation of timely, high-quality regulated bioanalytical data.
The primary role of the successful candidate will be to set strategic and scientific direction and drive operations within the Regulated Robotics & LIMS team. The Senior Director will be accountable for the Regulated Robotics Engineering, Liquid Handlers, and LIMS & Data Management teams’ delivery. This team will develop and implement automation workflows and tools to increase the efficiency of processes, data review, and data visualization in support of our Vaccines pipeline. The desired candidate must also show strong working knowledge of implementing regulated (preclinical and clinical) assays and have experience in supporting regulatory submissions and responses.
Responsibilities
- Provides leadership to managers of the Regulated Robotics & LIMS team (overseeing Regulated Robotics Engineering, Liquid Handlers, LIMS & Data Management)
- Leads and mentors engineers and scientists up to PhD level by providing direction, scientific feedback, and ideas
- Communicates results effectively in presentations to stakeholders in partner organizations or at external scientific meetings
- Identifies opportunities for new collaborations, engages collaborators, identifies business needs and values, and proposes proper solutions
- Leverages deep expertise in robotic automation and IT innovative solutions to influence general and program-specific assay development, implement robotic solutions, deploy updated or new LIMS systems, and develop visualization tools for the review of experimental data and for IT tools used to track material through automated systems
- Serves as a Regulated Robotics representative on development teams that collaborates with various vaccine development program leaders across our Company
- Resolves complex technical, operational, and financial problems
- Applies business and management expertise to set and achieve financial and operational objectives for the Regulated Robotics team
- Drives the computer system validation efforts for all departmental automation systems and LIMS.
- Develops relationships with key stakeholders, including science teams, IT, quality, and other partnering organizations to drive improved, quality operations
- Develops priorities and objectives for the Regulated Robotics group to align with division scorecard
- Promotes our company’s scientific excellence and regulatory influence through leadership in the scientific community
Education Minimum Requirement
Required Experience & Skills
Preferred Experience & Skills
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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