Director of Novel Antibody Group

Major Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop internal novel antibody technology platform, including but not limited to bispecific, multi-specific antibodies, etc. to ensure quality support to pipeline programs in engineering and characterizing novel molecules.
• Lead a group of scientists to efficiently advance novel antibody programs, and feed high quality drug molecules to R&D pipeline.
• Develop novel antibody formats to ensure proprietary position in the field.
• Manage novel antibody portfolio to achieve company short term and long term goals.
• Identify and maintain collaborations with top industrial partners and academic researchers to support novel antibody efforts.
• Setup and manage CRO contracts to enable/supplement internal novel projects.

Qualifications:

• PhD with minimum 5 years of academic/industry experience in antibody/protein engineering.
• Extensive knowledge in target biology. Expertise in target validation studies.
• Experience in developing biochemical assays, cell-based function assays is a plus
• Extensive experience in bi/multi-specific antibody engineering.
• Knowledge and experience in oncology and immunology drug discovery is a plus
• Critical thinker with good time management and delivery focus, able to independently design, accurately interpret complex scientific experiments and data.
• Highly motivated self-starter, work effectively and able to excel within a matrix organization.

If interested, please forward your resume to joycej@hutch-med.com