About the role
AI summarisedThe Associate Director of Scientific Research leads a team of scientists and staff to drive business excellence through strategic planning, project execution, and operational oversight. This role involves managing departmental budgets, leading cross-functional initiatives, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals across R&D, process engineering, and business functions. The position requires deep expertise in biotech or pharma product development and strong leadership to mentor teams and deliver results in a global, multi-site environment.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategies focused on business excellence, aligning with the overall goals of the organization and company vision
- Directly manage, guide, coach and develop a team of scientists, managers and other staff to meet project milestones and business objectives
- Oversee day-to-day departmental operations, ensuring efficiency, quality, and compliance with company goals and standards
- Lead or support various projects, including technology transfers, new process implementation and scientific initiatives, often across multiple sites or globally, through ambitious goals and challenging tradeoff decisions while maintaining an energized and motivating work environment
- Liaise effectively and influence peers within departments and across the organization.
- Build and maintain close relationships with other functional groups in RnD, Process Engineering, Operations, Business Development, Product Management, and QA
- Recommend targets for new capabilities, technologies and initiatives, and drive evaluation and implementation of process improvements and technological integration
- Manage functional spending, budget creation, forecasting, and financial management activities for the department and its programs
- Prioritize, align and adjust resources to ensure success across multiple projects and priorities
Requirements
- Comfortable with working in labs for daily work
- Demonstrated ability for strong leadership skills, including ability to lead teams, develop talent, and manage multiple priorities
- Proven ability to assess and organize complex information, solve ambiguous problems, and develop actionable strategies
- Excellent communication skills, including verbal, written and in presentation for effective engagement with diverse stakeholders
- Proven experience in the biotech or pharma industry, with a strong understanding of relevant product development, operational and regulatory landscapes
- Strong collaborative skills and ability to build relationships with global stakeholders
- Requires PhD or equivalent, with a strong foundation in relevant scientific discipline such as Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Genetics or related fields
- 10+ years of extensive experience in reagent and product development in biotech or pharmaceutical industry