Cambrian Biopharma is a diversified R&D platform company built on a new model for drug discovery. We partner with leading academic institutions and biotech entrepreneurs all over the world to build start-up companies, providing capital and expertise to advance a pipeline of drug development programs with a shared theme.
Cambrian is unique among biotech companies due to its focus on a specific field of scientific research: the basic biology of aging, also known as geroscience. Drugs that target the Nine Hallmarks of Aging can be exceptionally powerful medicines that could extend the healthiest years of life. Our approach is to build a pipeline of drug discovery and development portfolio companies and cultivate multiple assets, maximizing the odds that Cambrian will create multiple life-changing therapeutics that receive regulatory approvals.
Position Overview
Cambrian Biopharma is looking for an inspiring, resourceful, and collaborative Director, CMC Biologics to join our growing team. With decades of experience in the space, our diverse team possesses a deep collective understanding of age-related diseases and the future of therapeutics. You will have the unique opportunity to shape Cambrian at an early stage and play a role in potentially the most impactful new area of medicine – therapies that slow and reverse the damage of aging.
Reporting to an Executive Vice President (either Drug Discovery or Chemistry), the Director, CMC Biologics will mainly oversee the R&D and production of protein therapeutic drug candidates and other biologics modalities specifically from construct and purification strategy selection to provision of API for IND-enabling studies (toxicology and safety pharmacology) and GMP manufacturing of API for clinical human safety and efficacy evaluation in early-stage portfolio companies within Cambrian Biopharma. You will work closely with an EVP, matrixed R&D teams, and CMOs to convert strategic objectives into operational project plans and to deliver on the goals and timelines. This person will be supported by a team of highly engaged colleagues with significant scientific and entrepreneurial experience.
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