Voyager Therapeutics - Lexington, MA
posted 4 days ago
About the position
Voyager Therapeutics is seeking an experienced Director of Protein Science to join our growing Non-Viral Team. The ideal candidate will establish, build, and lead a Protein Science group to support the discovery and development of our brain delivery platform and associated expansion of the biologics pipeline. As a leader in the Research organization, the Director of Protein Science will be responsible for setting a strategy that ensures protein sciences capabilities align with leading technologies to facilitate platform and program advancement. Reporting to the Vice President of Non-Viral Delivery, this role is an opportunity to build a group that will make foundational contributions to Voyager's growth in non-viral delivery.
Responsibilities
- Drive the development and implementation of a strategy to bring critical infrastructure and capabilities in-house to support protein production, purification, and analytics
- Lead the design and build out of lab space to meet the expanding needs of the Protein Science group
- Recruit and mentor a team of highly skilled scientists to design, express, purify and characterize a diversity of protein candidates
- Contribute to the achievement of critical platform and program goals by delivering high quality proteins and reagents
- Develop a scalable molecular biology workflow enabling engineering and high-throughput protein production
- Identify, establish, and manage relationships with contract research organizations (CROs) to provide scalable access to critical expression, purification, and analytic capabilities
- In collaboration with Data Sciences, develop a structural biology workflow to provide mechanistic insights into candidate molecules
- Develop and manage timelines, resources and operating budgets
Requirements
- PhD in biochemistry, biophysics, chemical engineering or related field with 10+ years of industry experience
- Demonstrated leadership experience with a track record of building and growing cross functional teams
- A strong background in protein expression across a diversity of platforms, including high-throughput expression systems, is desired
- Deep expertise in a range of chromatographic separation techniques for antibody and protein purification
- Extensive expertise in biochemical and biophysical characterization of proteins and protein complexes
- Prior experience managing contract research organizations (CROs) for the production, purification and characterization of proteins is a plus
- Outstanding analytical, research and organizational skills
- Self-motivated with an ability to handle multiple projects, meet deadlines and make decisions
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
