Job description:
 

Do you want to develop your career in exciting new medical technologies? We deliver life-changing gene therapies to patients, and so can you.

Oxford Biomedica’s Translational Sciences Group is responsible for supporting and optimising the development of internal and external therapeutic products through preclinical and clinical research, utilising high quality bioanalytical assays to provide a detailed understanding of safety and efficacy parameters

We are currently recruiting for a Head of Translational Science to lead the team.  The purpose of this role is lead the GLP Test Facility Management function at OXB, including all activities related to the analysis of clinical and pre-clinical GLP/GCP samples with the aim of supporting and optimising the development of products.

Your responsibilities in this role would be: 

• Responsible for the management of the TSG team and associated budget
• Member of OXB’s senior leadership team and test facilities management. Attendee/organiser of various committees e.g. Product Development Committee, New Projects Committee, Quality Management Forum, and LIMS steering group.
• Primary responsibility for the management of the GLP Test Facility
  • Accountable for delivery against service level agreements and client work orders
  • Accountable for the analysis of all clinical samples collected from patients enrolled into either internal or external client clinical trial programs
  • Responsible for the planning, oversight and delivery of OXB’s clinical sample analysis programs on time, within budget and to the highest standards
  • Responsible for the delivery of GLP pre-clinical or GCP clinical results to external clients on time and to the highest standards
• Support the transition of OXB’s internal product pipeline through pre-clinical development by the provision of value-adding data and the development of assays required for GLP/GCP safety and efficacy testing.

To be successful in this role, you will have the following skills and experience: 

• PhD or equivalent in life sciences
• Demonstrable experience in the life sciences sector ideally with ATMPs
• Expert in analytical testing of cell and gene therapy product development to enhance success and guide future strategic planning
• Exceptional management experience
• Strong understanding of the drug development process
• Strong understanding of current ICH GCP and GLP guidelines and knowledge of clinical trial legislation
• Expert in adopting new technologies to improve efficiency / reduce risk and maximise the value added information obtained from pre-clinical analytical work and from clinical trials

Do you want to feel inspired every day? We’re future-focused and our business is growing rapidly. We succeed together through passion, commitment and team work, and so can you.

Collaborate. Contribute. Change lives

No agencies please

We offer:

We are a pioneering gene therapy business, and our mission is delivering life changing gene therapies to patients. We work together, motivated to make a difference, and so can you.

We are pioneers; no one else does what we do.

Gene therapy is the treatment of disease by the delivery of therapeutic DNA into a patient’s cells. It is transforming medicine as we know it, long term and potentially curative treatments for a wide range of diseases are now possible.

We are at the forefront of this exciting area. We have a strong reputation in gene therapy, with world leading expertise in lentiviral vectors. We have a leading, integrated platform of exclusive technologies to design, develop and bioprocess unique gene based medicines, both in house and with partners.

We drive credible science to realise incredible results.

Whether you’re motivated by the discovery and development of product candidates within Research, or by cutting edge tools and technologies including AI and automation of our contract development and manufacturing organisation, we can offer you a career like no other. We are excited about our future. Join us and change lives.