Job description
Mantell Associates are currently partnered with a market leading CDMO organisation on the search for a Head of R&D and to be part of a site's senior leadership team.
Head of R&D Responsibilities:
Plan, manage and coordinate the R&D activities in accordance with the goals and policies of the company, in line with the corporate development guidelines.
Develop, train and lead the team to enable the deployment of development methodologies ensuring the performance and robustness of the manufacturing processes.
Ensure that the developed processes are adequately transferable to production, in-house and to other large-scale production sites, according to expectation of recipient teams.
Deliver the necessary data to the production to prepare production and QC documentation, ensure proper planning and selection of compatible equipment for the projects.
Provide appropriate scientific and technical support for production problems (e.g. problem analysis, laboratory tests for investigation and implementation of the solution in production).
Head of R&D Requirements:
10 years of experience in process development including at least 5 year experience in GMP manufacturing of drug substances, ideally peptides.
Experience in a CDMO organization
Experience in people management (incl. leading, developing, coaching)
Outstanding leadership, ability to gain trust and influence at all levels and collaborative.
Proactively engages with cross-functional teams to resolve issues, design solutions using critical thinking, analytical skills and best practices.
Mantell Associates is a specialist Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences headhunting firm. If you would like to find out further details, please reach out to Ewan Rennison on +44 203 854 7700 or ewan.rennison@mantellassociates.com