Director of Biologics Berkshire

Director of Biologics

Directors of Biologics lead scientific and operational strategy for the development and manufacturing of biologic drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, or biosimilars.

Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing early- and late-stage biologics development – Directing teams in cell line development, upstream/downstream processing, and analytical characterization.

• Driving regulatory and quality strategy – Ensuring readiness for IND/IMPD and managing responses to regulatory queries.

• Establishing partnerships with CROs/CDMOs – Leading outsourcing strategy for tech transfer, scale-up, and production.

• Managing departmental budgets and resourcing – Forecasting project needs, hiring, and developing internal capability.

• Representing biologics programs at executive level – Reporting to C-suite stakeholders and aligning with commercial strategy.

Ideal candidates have extensive leadership experience and scientific depth in bioprocessing, CMC, and regulatory submissions for biologics.​

Berkshire

The Royal County of Berkshire is a county in south east England to the west of London.    Major towns in Berkshire include Reading, Slough, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury and Windsor.  The area along Thames Valley or M4 corridor which includes Reading, Bracknell and Newbury has the highest concentration of technology companies in the UK, the county is also home to numerous pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences companies ranging from start-ups to global corporations.   For sports fans Berkshire is home to Reading town FC, London Irish RC and several famous race courses including Windsor, Newbury, Marlow and Ascot, the latter hosting the world famous Royal Meeting in June each year.

Famous people born in Berkshire:  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Ricky Gervais, comedian