Associate Director, Bioreactor Process Design
Evotec
August 21, 2026
Remote friendly (Redmond, WA)
United States
Operations
Responsibilities:
- Lead a mammalian cell culture department covering upstream process development, characterization/validation, and technology transfer to cGMP manufacturing for continuous processes.
- Lead complex projects/investigations integrating upstream development expertise with broad cross-functional knowledge.
- Collaborate across the organization to accelerate clinical development timelines and reduce development costs.
- Drive process intensification and continuous manufacturing to reduce cost/footprint via improved productivity, product quality control, and data management; work with vendors/external partners.
- Serve as Project Team Lead for multi-functional client projects across regulatory stages.
- Act as an internal technical resource for cGMP manufacturing and Process Design; serve as SME for external clients/partners on perfusion bioreactor processes (small-scale models, process transfer, scale-up) and author CMC regulatory sections.
- Communicate scientific information, experimental plans, and data to internal teams and external stakeholders (clients, vendors, collaborators, regulatory agencies, review boards, publications, conferences).
- Manage staff, training, capital resources, and departmental planning while supporting multiple client projects.
Qualifications:
- BS/MS in Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology, or related field with 15+ years’ experience, or Ph.D. with 9+ years’ experience.
- Expertise in mammalian cell culture and perfusion bioreactor technology development, cGMP transfer, and CMC regulatory authoring.
- Experience with commercial process development, process characterization, and validation.
- Expertise in DOE and statistical analysis.
- Experience training/mentoring/supervising and leading upstream development teams across multiple client projects and collaborations.
- Plus: high-throughput cell culture (e.g., deep-well plate assays, Ambr) and experience in purification/analytical sciences.
- Plus: data analysis tools (JMP, R, Python) and experience in cGMP/clean-room settings.
Application instructions:
- Apply today.
- Lead a mammalian cell culture department covering upstream process development, characterization/validation, and technology transfer to cGMP manufacturing for continuous processes.
- Lead complex projects/investigations integrating upstream development expertise with broad cross-functional knowledge.
- Collaborate across the organization to accelerate clinical development timelines and reduce development costs.
- Drive process intensification and continuous manufacturing to reduce cost/footprint via improved productivity, product quality control, and data management; work with vendors/external partners.
- Serve as Project Team Lead for multi-functional client projects across regulatory stages.
- Act as an internal technical resource for cGMP manufacturing and Process Design; serve as SME for external clients/partners on perfusion bioreactor processes (small-scale models, process transfer, scale-up) and author CMC regulatory sections.
- Communicate scientific information, experimental plans, and data to internal teams and external stakeholders (clients, vendors, collaborators, regulatory agencies, review boards, publications, conferences).
- Manage staff, training, capital resources, and departmental planning while supporting multiple client projects.
Qualifications:
- BS/MS in Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology, or related field with 15+ years’ experience, or Ph.D. with 9+ years’ experience.
- Expertise in mammalian cell culture and perfusion bioreactor technology development, cGMP transfer, and CMC regulatory authoring.
- Experience with commercial process development, process characterization, and validation.
- Expertise in DOE and statistical analysis.
- Experience training/mentoring/supervising and leading upstream development teams across multiple client projects and collaborations.
- Plus: high-throughput cell culture (e.g., deep-well plate assays, Ambr) and experience in purification/analytical sciences.
- Plus: data analysis tools (JMP, R, Python) and experience in cGMP/clean-room settings.
Application instructions:
- Apply today.