Translational Program Lead for Personal Cancer Vaccines

Serova; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Serova seeks a scientist turned program leader to drive personalized cancer vaccine programs from lab results to first patients, coordinating cross-disciplinary teams across lab, regulatory, and clinical operations in SF Bay Area or London.

This role requires a PhD and at least 3 years leading translational programs, with the ability to manage timelines and make go/no-go decisions to advance patient-ready candidates.

Qualifications

• PhD in genetics, immunology, computational biology or a related field.
• 3+ years leading translational or clinical programs across scientific, clinical and operations teams.
• Based in the San Francisco Bay Area or London, or willing to relocate.
• Authorized to work in the US or UK, or a realistic path to get there.

Responsibilities

• Run vaccine programs from lab results to first patients.
• Coordinate wet lab, bioinformatics, manufacturing, regulatory and clinical onto one timeline.
• Present patient-level results and drive go/no-go decisions on candidates.
• Manage sequencing and CLIA lab partners to shorten turnaround.
• Pull inputs for protocols, IND submissions and publications.
• Coordinate with clinical on observational and biobank studies feeding the programs.

Skills

Program leadership

Timeline management

Cross-functional coordination

Scientific judgment

Education

PhD in genetics, immunology, computational biology or related field

Tools

Bioinformatics pipelines

Tumor sequencing

Job description

Serova seeks a scientist turned program leader to drive personalized cancer vaccine programs from lab results to first patients, coordinating cross-disciplinary teams across lab, regulatory, and clinical operations in SF Bay Area or London.

This role requires a PhD and at least 3 years leading translational programs, with the ability to manage timelines and make go/no-go decisions to advance patient-ready candidates.