Head of Product Development – Cell & Gene CDMO – East Coast USA

Posted 26 October 2021
Salary $190,000.00 - $230,000.00
LocationUnited States of America
Job type Full Time
Discipline CRO & Clinical Operations
Contact NameNikhil Akkoo

Job description

Mantell Associates is partnered with a long standing client of over 4 years who have a workforce of 60,000.00 plus and within their Viral and Gene Therapy group of the business they are going through an immense period growth and are expanding workforce even further in Europe and US.  

Your new company will offer you the opportunity to drive a multifunctional product and application of an incredibly important group within the company where you will be at the forefront of developing innovative products and new technologies for cell therapy processing.  

Your company is looking for a leader who will be accountable for internal and outsourced product development teams and will manage development process from deploying robust product development processes to ensure products are suitable for use in GMP cell therapy.

Head of Product Development – Responsibilities:

  • Routinely check everything to support instruments platforms

  • You will be overseeing of instrument/process automation software that is compliant with GAMP5 and 21CFR Part 11

  • You will be supporting cell therapy workflows

  • You will have direct oversight of the R&D team

Head of Manufacturing – Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or any Life Sciences discipline

  • 10 years’ experience across Research and Development including instruments and consumables into GMP markets  

  • You must also have experience in launching a product

Mantell Associates is a specialist Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Executive Search organisation. For more information on this role, contact Nikhil Akkoo on +44 (0)20 8066 1520 or nikhil.akkoo@mantellassociates.com.