Director of Biologics Borehamwood

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.​

Borehamwood

Borehamwood is a town in Hertfordshire in the East of England region located approximately 12 miles north east of central London, 7 miles from Watford, 8 from St Albans and 20 from Luton.

Borehamwood’s strategic location with direct access to the M25, M1 and A1M motorways, frequent 18 minutes train service to Charing Cross and excellent connections to Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted Airports make it a prime commuter location.  There is, however,

a  wide  range  of  businesses  in Borehamwood with  the creative  industries  and  niche  pharmaceutical companies being particularly well represented.    The world famous Elstree Studios are also located in Borehamwood; popular TV shows that are filmed at Elstree include Holby City, Who Wants to be a Millionaire and East Enders.

Famous people from Borehamwood:  Simon Cowell, reality TV judge and Marilyn, 1980’s “New Romantic” pop singer