Director of Biologics Rustington

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.​

Rustington

Rustington is a large village on the south coast of England close to the resort of Littlehampton in West Sussex.  Major towns with cities within easy reach of Rustington include Chichester which is 15 miles away, Brighton 20 miles and Chichester, the county town of West Sussex, is 15 miles away.   Rustington is a mixture of old and new, from the thatched cottages to modern buildings including shops, sports centres and a golf centre with an 18 hole course.

Although many Rustington residents commute to Brighton, London and elsewhere to work, a number of large companies do provide more local employment opportunities including the worldwide HQ of Body Shop in Littlehampton, Butlin’s holiday camp in Bognor Regis, Goodwood Race and the Rolls Royce factory also in Goodwood.