Bioconjugation Development Director & Tech Lead
Abzena Inc.
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Job summary
Abzena is seeking an Associate Director Bioconjugation Development to lead bioconjugation discovery and development activities at Abzena Bristol. You will oversee conjugation development, downstream purification, and scale-up to support client and internal programs.
The role involves mentoring staff, leading client meetings, contributing to proposals, and ensuring cGMP compliance while advancing technology through transfer to manufacturing teams.
Qualifications
- PhD or MS/BS in biochemical sciences or bio-engineering with industry experience in biotherapeutic development or bioconjugation.
- Experience in preparative purification of biological molecules.
- Knowledge of chromatography systems and tangential flow filtration (TFF).
Responsibilities
- Oversee Bioconjugation Development department operations and resource planning to deliver client and company projects.
- Hands-on execution of chromatographic purifications, membrane filtrations, and conjugation work-up.
- Perform and optimize bioanalytical characterization of bioconjugate products.
- Project planning and management
- Serve as bioconjugation technical lead for internal and external communications.
- Mentorship, training and management of assigned reports.
- Coordinate with QA/QC and Management for tox and GLP batch development.
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Job description
Abzena is seeking an Associate Director Bioconjugation Development to lead bioconjugation discovery and development activities at Abzena Bristol. You will oversee conjugation development, downstream purification, and scale-up to support client and internal programs.
The role involves mentoring staff, leading client meetings, contributing to proposals, and ensuring cGMP compliance while advancing technology through transfer to manufacturing teams.
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