Kite Pharma · 2 days ago
Associate Director, Process Development
Santa Monica, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$178K/yr - $230K/yr
5+ years expKite Pharma is dedicated to curing cancer through innovative therapies. The Associate Director of Process Development will lead a team focused on process characterization and improvements for cell therapy products, ensuring efficient lifecycle management and regulatory compliance.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalOncologyTherapeutics
Responsibilities
Work with key stakeholders to support the life-cycle management activities including developing efficient business processes for process characterization and development of integrated control strategies
Provide guidance to team members to enable efficient and timely execution of life-cycle management activities
Act as an SME for design of experiments, execution of studies under protocol, appropriate use of statistical approaches, implementation of QbD principles, authoring of reports / regulatory documents, response to questions from regulatory agencies, process data analysis & trending using JMP, and GMP manufacturing support
Review technical documentation, technical SOPs, manufacturing batch records, technical reports and summary reports
Support equipment qualification, risk assessment, process characterization, parameter classification TT and process validation activities for commercial manufacturing
Support and lead AI initiatives for process development and characterization
Qualification
Required
PhD Degree in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology or related discipline with pharmaceutical / biotechnology manufacturing & process development with 5+ years of experience
MS Degree in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology or related discipline with pharmaceutical / biotechnology manufacturing & process development with 8+ years of experience
BS Degree in Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology or related discipline with pharmaceutical / biotechnology manufacturing & process development with 10+ years of experience
Preferred
Candidates with prior experience and demonstrated capability within life-cycle management of cell and gene therapy products will be preferred
Candidates with prior leadership experience managing direct reports or cross-functional project teams will be preferred
Practical knowledge of regulations and requirements pertaining to cGMP manufacturing for cell and gene therapy products
Practical knowledge of scientific and engineering principles related to bioprocessing including scale-up / scale-out approaches, and process data analysis including machine learning models for process development
Ability to think critically, troubleshoot, and problem solve in a timely manner
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work and collaborate in a fast paced, dynamic cross-functional team setting across research, development, and manufacturing departments
Benefits
Discretionary annual bonus
Discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role)
Paid time off
Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
Company
Kite Pharma
Kite Pharma is a biotechnology company that designs and develops immune-based therapies to treat cancer indications.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$335.38MKey Investors
Alta Partners
2017-08-28Acquired
2015-12-10Post Ipo Equity· $250.12M
2014-06-20IPO
Leadership Team
Craig Vermeyen
Director, Packaging and Labeling
Mark Jurgens
Executive Director, Head of External Scientific Collaboration
Recent News
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