Vaxcyte · 6 days ago
Associate Director, Commercial MSAT, Polysaccharide
San Carlos, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$174K/yr - $203K/yr
9+ years expVaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from bacterial diseases. The Associate Director, Commercial MSAT for Polysaccharides will lead launch readiness and commercial supply of polysaccharides for glycoconjugate vaccines, focusing on technical launch planning and execution, and ensuring effective communication of manufacturing processes to stakeholders.
BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth Care
Responsibilities
DS Commercialization – Provide strategic and scientific leadership for polysaccharides with internal and external stakeholders and ensure successful execution of launch plans and post-launch commercial activities
Organization – Build a strong and highly-skilled team for the global network with special focus on polysaccharide manufacturing processes. Support resourcing recommendations on staffing requirements to meet organizational goals
Process robustness – Continuously improve process understanding and process robustness using staff and laboratory resources across the organization to monitor, trend, and optimize operations
Interface - Collaboration with cross-functional teams across the network, including Regulatory, CMC, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Process Engineering, to drive the successful development and commercial launch of carrier proteins for pipeline products
Tech-transfer new technologies - Ensure robust processes exist to support technical transfers and integration of new technologies
Support technical services - Support of our internal and external manufacturing network, including materials management and data analytics
Process validation and comparability - Provide leadership for the execution of process validation and process comparability activities. Effectively communicate the scientific and commercial rationale for polysaccharide processes to the Manufacturing organization for commercialization
Regulatory - Engage In technical reviewing and authoring of regulatory filings and responding to questions received from health authorities. Effectively communicate the scientific and commercial rationale for polysaccharide processes to the Boards of Health for regulatory submissions for commercialization
Communicate - Effectively and efficiently communicate process performance to key stakeholders (internal-facing and external-facing). Connect and build strong working relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate clearly and persuasively
Leadership - Contribute as a member of the polysaccharide governance teams, with an aim to ensure effective and efficient delivery of our life-enhancing therapies to our patients
Travel - 10-30% travel required
Qualification
Required
Degree(s) in Chemical or Biochemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related discipline with a minimum of 9+ years of relevant experience for Ph.D., 11+ years for M.S./M.A., or 14+ years for B.S./B.A
Extensive experience in biologic production processes, including bacterial fermentation, recovery, and purification across multiple operational scales
Leadership experience in MSAT or Process Development in supervisory and/or matrixed team roles
Able to leverage deep technical knowledge in a collaborative manner to establish strategic plans and achieve collective goals
Excellent organization, problem solving and strategic planning skills
Highly skilled in both verbal and written communication with the ability to interact effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
Proactively recognizes needs and potential challenges, and directs activities to implement effective solutions
The ability to seek and analyze data from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the organization's overall strategy
An entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will stretch the organization and push the boundaries within the industry
Preferred
Experience with polysaccharides and glycoconjugate vaccines highly preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits
An equity component
Company
Vaxcyte
Vaxcyte focuses on developing vaccines designed to prevent or treat some of the most common and deadly infectious diseases worldwide.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.85BKey Investors
CARB-XTPG GrowthAbingworth
2024-09-04Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2024-01-30Post Ipo Equity· $862.5M
2023-04-19Post Ipo Equity· $500M
Leadership Team
Andrew Guggenhime
President & Chief Financial Officer
Jeff Fairman
Founder and Vice President, Research
Recent News
2025-12-09
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