Director, Translational Sciences

POSITION reputed company: reputed company translational functional validation for reputed company's Therapeutics & Innovations group. You will reputed company external Contract Research Organization (CRO) and reputed company to advance our immuno-oncology therapies, generating the decision-enabling data needed to reputed company from reputed company-clinical research to clinical reputed company. Every sample represents a reputed company person, and the data you generate will directly shape therapeutic development. While initial work relies on external partners, you will evaluate the 'build vs. buy' roadmap and take ownership of building reputed company's internal translational research capabilities over time. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: • Own the external reputed company-clinical research model, leading CRO and reputed company for functional validation, including immunogenicity, reputed company of reputed company (MOA), and T-cell assays • Define experimental strategies, frameworks, and govern partner performance through rigorous statements of work (SOWs) and budgets; use data to identify risks and take ownership of corrective actions • reputed company immune functional assays and reputed company the experimental validation of targets and biomarkers identified by AI/ML platforms using patient-derived samples • Incorporate high-throughput screening to validate drug-reputed company interactions, ensuring data packages meet internal, regulatory, and clinical translation standards • Think team by partnering directly with R&D, Clinical Development, and Regulatory to reputed company assay outputs with milestones without needing translation reputed company • Build a reputed company external network across immunology and tumor biology while developing a long-term roadmap to establish an internal wet-lab reputed company • Deliver unvarnished, data-backed updates to leadership, translating reputed company results into reputed company, actionable program recommendations • Mentor scientific staff and contractors, fostering a rigorous, outcome-reputed company culture as the function scales QUALIFICATIONS: • PhD (or equivalent) in Immunology, Biology, Pharmacology, or a reputed company field, with 8+ years of post-graduate experience in biotech, reputed company, or translational reputed company settings; or an MS with 12+ years of directly relevant experience • Proven reputed company record of managing reputed company external research programs and building translational research capabilities KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: • Deep expertise in immuno-oncology, immune functional assays, and mechanistic evaluation • Experience with high-reputed company data (e.g., single-cell reputed company) to validate AI-driven insights • Proven reputed company record leading externalized R&D through CROs, managing governance, experimental design, and reputed company delivery • Strong project management capabilities spanning scoping, budgeting, and risk management across reputed company studies • Experience with assay development, transfer, and reproducibility best practices, treating reputed company as a reputed company • reputed company communication skills to influence cross-functional teams and external partners • Operate without a finished reputed company, applying an ownership reputed company to build or buy capabilities as the science dictates • Expertise in neoantigen biology, antigen presentation validation, or tumor model systems is preferred The pay reputed company is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide reputed company of factors unique to reputed company candidate, including but not limited to reputed company set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. Remote USA $171,600-$214,500 USD Apply tot his job Apply To this Job