Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please see below our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.

Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please use the above link to see our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.

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.​

Wales has become home to some of the world’s most progressive companies within the Life Sciences industry. The sector has developed into established clusters of excellence in high-growth markets including, in vitro diagnostic, single use technology and Wound care.

Medical technology companies in Wales vary from large corporate multinationals (including Thermo Fisher Scientific and Zimmer/Biomet) to smaller start-ups built around innovation arising from the Welsh academic research base such as MedaPhor and Cyden.

Wales can boast some world leading anchor companies. Employment in the Welsh medical technology sector is dominated by significant and leading enterprises, such as GE Healthcare, Siemens Healthcare, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Zimmer Biomet.

Their eight universities are home to over 160,000 students, 12,000 of these in Life Sciences, and take part in a wide range of research and technology projects offering meaningful partnering opportunities for Life Sciences businesses.

Wales is a great place to further your career in life sciences. If you are a looking for pharmaceutical jobs in Wales, scientific careers in Wales or want to discuss cell therapy, gene therapy, ATMP, medical device, technology, biotech or pharmaceutical job opportunities in Wales, give our Next Phase team a call. The Welsh area is continuing to expand as a centre for jobs in science, process development, technology, software development, project management, informatics, quality, reg affairs and supply chain.

 

At Next Phase we help people find new jobs in life sciences across the UK, Europe and USA. This page lists some of the job opportunities in the UK, and if you give us a call we can also talk to you about other scientific jobs, pharmaceutical career opportunities and the latest updates in cell and gene therapy and ATMP development in the area.