Director, Protein Sciences & External Manufacturing

Cartography Biosciences, Inc.; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cartography Biosciences, Inc. in South San Francisco seeks Associate Director or Director of Protein Sciences to lead protein sciences and external manufacturing for clinical programs.

The role combines hands-on bench work with managing CDMOs and CROs, and building in-house capabilities across expression, purification, and developability. You will mentor a small team, collaborate across Antibody Engineering, Computational Biology, Pharmacology, and program teams, and guide developability triage

Qualifications

• PhD or MS with commensurate experience in protein sciences or biopharmaceuticals.
• Experience managing external CDMOs to deliver large-molecule drug substance/product on time.
• Familiarity with CMC development and IND filings.

Responsibilities

• Lead external manufacturing partnerships across process development, analytical development, and drug substance/product.
• Mentor and grow a small internal protein sciences team.
• Collaborate across antibody engineering, computational biology, pharmacology, and program teams.

Skills

Protein sciences

CDMO management

Mammalian expression

Developability assessment

Biophysical methods

Team leadership

Python programming

Education

PhD in protein science

MS with relevant experience

Tools

AKTA systems

ELN/LIMS

Job description

Cartography Biosciences, Inc. in South San Francisco seeks Associate Director or Director of Protein Sciences to lead protein sciences and external manufacturing for clinical programs.

The role combines hands-on bench work with managing CDMOs and CROs, and building in-house capabilities across expression, purification, and developability. You will mentor a small team, collaborate across Antibody Engineering, Computational Biology, Pharmacology, and program teams, and guide developability triage