Director of Biologics Hertfordshire

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.​

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a county in the south east of England, to the north of London.  Major towns and cities in Hertfordshire include Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Watford and St Albans. Many national and international businesses have their headquarters in the county.   Areas of particular strength in Hertfordshire include advanced engineering, logistics, life sciences and IT.  Facilities such as the Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst make Hertfordshire a very attractive proposition for pharmaceutical, biotech and life science companies.   Borehamwood is the location for the world famous The Elstree film studios at which Harry Potter, James Bond, Star Wars and other films were made as well as being the location for filming East Enders.

Famous people born in Hertfordshire: George Ezra, singer and Victoria Beckham, singer/fashion designer