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Senior Director, XDC Technical Lead

Senior Director, XDC Technical Lead

United States Posted 2024-06-13

Job Title - Senior Director, XDC Technical Lead

Location - Work From Home

Job responsibility:

S/he leads a cross-functional integrated discovery team with functional leaders from Protein/antibody Sciences, Linker-Payload discovery, Bio-conjugation discovery, in vitro characterization, in vivo characterization, Developability study in accordance to discovery phases.
He/she has an oversight in sub teams, and provide project and portfolio leadership supporting lead selection for preclinical candidate.
Collaborate with discovery functional areas to ensure successful execution of various integrated discovery projects, and delivery of results on time and within budget.
Coordinate efforts and facilitate communication to ensure alignment between WuXi XDC and clients
Work with a high-performance team to ensure best quality services
Enhance current service offering and develop new clients
Lead the scope discussion and proposal review
Identify the technical risks and provide preventive strategies
Facilitate cross projects and cross sites sharing and learning
Participate/lead task force for specific technical topics

Technical Skills / Knowledge:

Candidate should possess strong and effective project management, problem solving and interpersonal skills and have a proven track record working cross-functionally across a wide variety of technical, business and operational areas.
Demonstrates good understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and small or large molecule drug discovery.
Minimum of 10-15 years of relevant pharmaceutical or biotech industry experience in early discovery.
Working knowledge and understanding of current industry trends for large molecule and Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) technologies.
Experienced in working in cross functional project teams and in complex environment, experience in project management and risk assessment is a plus.
Experience in a Contract Research Organization (CRO) or Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) is preferred, but not required.
Must have working knowledge of MS Office products.

Independence/Accountability:

Must be a self-starter, self-motivated, and highly flexible in this position with some necessary travels
Must be organized and detailed-oriented.

Problem Solving:

Proven experience in creating and carrying out successful plans and processes to solve complex problems.

Leadership Activities:

Work closely with team members across all discovery related business units and with the WuXiBio management team to ensure coordination of all efforts and real-time communication with all stakeholders.

Communication Skills:

Proficiency in English is required.
Excellent communications skills (verbal, written, and presentation skills).

Customary Education and Experience:

Master’s degree in biotechnology, pharmaceutical engineering, pharmaceutical analysis, biochemistry, chemical engineering, or related discipline with a minimum of 14 years of relevant experience or PhD with minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
Strong expertise in Biologics and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) area, with proven experience in bio-conjugation.
Comprehensive scientific background in biotechnology, and/or protein chemistry, and/or small molecule drug discovery, and/or analytics, and/or in vitro / in vivo characterization.
Take responsibility for decisions and accountable for results

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