Director, Global Drug Substance Commercialization

March 1

🏄 California – Remote

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💵 $208k - $242k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Vaxcyte

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Vaxcyte is a biotechnology company focused on developing innovative vaccines to combat bacterial infections such as invasive pneumococcal disease, Group A Strep, periodontitis, and Shigella. Utilizing advanced chemistry and synthetic techniques, Vaxcyte aims to improve upon existing vaccines with products like their VAX-24 and VAX-31 pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, which target a broad range of bacterial strains. Vaxcyte's approach includes re-engineering the vaccine-making process through the XpressCF™ cell-free protein synthesis platform, aiming to create vaccines that effectively counter bacteria's complex defense mechanisms while maintaining immunogenicity. Their pipeline includes several high-fidelity, broad-spectrum vaccine candidates designed to address significant public health challenges and prevent bacterial infections worldwide.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2013

🧬 Biotechnology

💊 Pharmaceuticals

📋 Description

• Join our Mission to Protect Humankind! • Vaxcyte is a clinical-stage vaccine innovation company engineering high-fidelity vaccines to protect humankind from the consequences of bacterial diseases. • The Director for Drug Substance (DS) Commercialization of Conjugation will lead and facilitate launch readiness and commercial supply of glycoconjugate drug substances. • This role focuses on technical launch planning and execution by bringing best-practices and coordinating cross-functional efforts for regulatory filings, facility readiness, and launch supplies. • The role provides leadership to ensure effective communication of scientific and commercial rationale for critical raw material manufacturing processes. • The position reports into the Executive Director for Global DS Commercialization. • Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT) leads the technical and process support for end-to-end commercial manufacturing across all Drug Substances (DS).

🎯 Requirements

• Degree(s) in Chemical or Biochemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or related discipline with a minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience for Ph.D., 12+ years for M.S./M.A., or 16+ years for B.S./B.A. • Extensive experience in conjugate production processes, including polysaccharide activation, conjugation to carrier proteins, and associated purification processes across multiple operational scales. Experience with glycoconjugate vaccines is highly preferred. • Leadership experience in MSAT or Process Development in supervisory and/or matrixed team roles. • Able to leverage deep technical knowledge in a collaborative manner to establish strategic plans and achieve collective goals. • Excellent organization, problem solving and strategic planning skills. • Highly skilled in both verbal and written communication with the ability to interact effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. • Proactively recognizes needs and potential challenges and directs activities to implement effective solutions. • The ability to seek and analyze data from a variety of sources to support decisions and to align others with the organization's overall strategy. • An entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will stretch the organization and push the boundaries within the industry.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive package including comprehensive benefits • Equity component