Responsibilities:
As the Director of the Service Business, you will be involved in:
- Process development and optimization of their CRISPR cell line engineering service (from R&D to production) to enable scalability of the business
- Further industrialization of their service business to ensure a ready-to-market product portfolio
- Close collaboration with different departments and stakeholders to foster alignment and build streamlined and lean processes
- Oversight of laboratory automation implementation to increase efficiency and throughput in close collaboration with their internal laboratory automation expert and R&D engineers
- Continuous update and improvement of the company’s understanding and knowledge around industry innovations and novelties
- Improvement of their quality control system for engineered cell lines
- Leadership and alignment of R&D and Fulfillment teams working on their CRISPR cell line engineering service
- Establishment of clear and comprehensive documentation standards
- Ensuring that regulatory requirements and ethical guidelines are followed
Requirements:
Required Qualifications:
- Technical or scientific degree in cell or molecular biology (or similar within Life Sciences)
- Several years of practical experience in a similar position
- Several years of leadership experience and a strong ability to initiate and lead change processes
- Proven track record in building up and managing a biotechnological service business
- Strong engineering and entrepreneurial mindset and experience in industrialization of new products
- Proficient project management skills
- Good understanding of the work of cell/molecular biologists and the challenges that come with running a bio laboratory in a commercial setting
- You love working in an environment that is characterized by innovation and rapid change
- High proficiency in English (written and spoken)
- You are hands-on and see challenges as a way to grow and improve
- Independent, solution-driven, and proactive work attitude
- You act with integrity, build trust, and treat everyone with respect
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hands-on experience with advanced MD/FEP simulation methods for protein-small molecule complexes.
- Basic programming skills (Python, Jupyter notebook, bash).
- A demonstrated ability to innovate within strong multidisciplinary project teams and collaborate effectively with internal and external partners.
Their Offer
- Far-reaching responsibilities and the opportunity to actively shape the success of their service business
- Working with a unique technology on a groundbreaking new approach to generate engineered cell lines
- A structured goal setting and execution framework based on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
- Innovative environment where your ideas are welcome and needed
- Close collaboration and direct reporting line to the management team
- High growth potential