Director of Biologics Reading

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.​

Reading

Reading is a large town located at the confluence of the river Thames and the River Kennet in Berkshire, approximately 25 miles from Oxford, 42 miles from London and 17 miles from Basingstoke.   Reading was established in the 8th century as a market town and became prosperous over the following centuries thanks to its cloth, iron works, breweries, bulbs/seed and biscuit industries.  In the 20th century the town continued to expand and is now a significant business centre and home to the UK offices of a significant number of global Pharmaceutical, Life Science and IT companies.   The town has become famous for its annual Reading Festival held over the August Bank Holiday weekend and attended by thousands of music lovers.

Famous people born in Reading: Ricky Gervais (comedian) and Kate Winslet (actress)