Translational project manager

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

About Serova

Serova builds personalized cancer vaccines. Each vaccine is made for the individual patient from their own samples and given in partnership with their treating physician. Our science runs from early, curiosity-driven lab work to vaccines given to patients, and this role connects the two.

The role

You’ll sit between our early, curiosity-driven preclinical science and clinical translation, including trials. You’ll take promising lab results and turn them into programs that reach patients: setting the plan, coordinating the teams, and driving go/no-go decisions on each candidate.

What you’ll do

• Run each blood-directed vaccine program from lab results to first patients

• Get wet lab, bioinformatics, manufacturing, regulatory and clinical onto one timeline, and cut turnaround per patient

• Present patient-level results and program progress, and drive go/no-go decisions on candidates

• Manage our sequencing and CLIA lab partners to shorten turnaround

• Pull together the inputs for protocols, IND submissions and publications

• Coordinate with clinical on the observational and biobank studies that feed the programs

Who you are

• A scientist turned program leader who has run personalized therapy programs end to end

• You know the science well enough to make the call

• You keep everyone on one timeline

• High agency, friendly and low ego

Requirements

• A 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

What will make you stand out

• Personalized cancer vaccine or neoantigen programs, ideally across several trials

• Immunogenomics: neoantigen pipelines and tumor sequencing

• FDA-regulated, IND-enabled trials, with published outcomes

• You’ve worked with CLIA labs to speed up clinical sample turnaround

• Program leadership at a diagnostics or therapeutics company

• You’ve led and mentored teams of scientists

Details

• Location: San Francisco or London

• Type: Full-time