Director, Downstream Purification Process Development and Manufacturing

3 weeks ago

Watertown, United States Oruka Therapeutics Full time

About Us:Oruka Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ORKA) is developing novel biologics designed to set a new standard for the treatment of chronic skin diseases. Oruka's mission is to offer patients suffering from chronic skin diseases like plaque psoriasis the greatest possible freedom from their condition by achieving high rates of complete disease clearance with dosing as infrequently as once or twice per year. Oruka is advancing a proprietary portfolio of potentially best-in-class antibodies that were engineered by Paragon Therapeutics and target the core mechanisms underlying plaque psoriasis and other dermatologic and inflammatory diseases. We have raised nearly $500M since inception in February 2024 from top-tier investors and our first program is expected to be in the clinic in the first quarter of 2025. For more information, visit www.orukatx.comAs we build our core team, we're seeking top talent in different functional areas who are not just looking for a job, but an opportunity to be part of something bigger. Someone who is passionate about making a difference and eager to contribute to establishing an engaged, inclusive, and positive company culture. Position Overview: We are seeking an experienced and motivated candidate to lead early-stage IND enabling purification development and manufacturing activities. In this role, the ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing cell line and process development, tech transfer, scale-up and clinical DS manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies at the CDMOs. The successful candidate will establish CMC strategy for early-stage purification process development, perform gap assessment, and provide timely solutions while continuing to plan late-stage development. In this role, you will oversee activities at the CDMO partners to track and ensure timely completion of GMP drug substance manufacturing. This role involves drafting high quality reports, finalization of source documents and active participation in writing regulatory submissions. You will be an integral part of the team with an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment.Key Responsibilities:Manage purification development and manufacturing operations at the CDMOs for multiple programs.Work with the CDMO to optimize purification unit operations with an emphasis on robustness, scalability, quality, cost, validation with line of sight to commercial manufacturing.Build strong relationships and partners with other leaders across Development, Quality, Regulatory, and external CDMOsLead purification manufacturing campaigns and timelines ensuring seamless execution, timely completion and handoff to drug product team.Manage the diligence process to select commercial DS CDMOs.Serve as subject matter expert and enable successful tech transfer to commercial CDMOs.Serve as person-in-plant (PIP) during drug substance manufacturing campaigns.Apply QbD principles to develop process parameters and product quality relationships to aid process optimization in support of late-stage development.Partner with stakeholders to support timely approval and execution of reports, batch records, in-process sampling plans, review SOPs, change controls, deviations, OOS/OOT investigations, and CAPAs.Support regulatory filings by authoring, reviewing, and approving technical reports, CMC sections of clinical and registration submissions (INDs/BLAs), and responses to questions.Perform CMC risk assessment activities in a phase appropriate manner ensuring proper measures are in place in support of production and filing requirements.20-25% travel in support of manufacturing activities at the CDMOs.Qualifications: Master's or a PhD degree in biochemistry, biochemical engineering, biotechnology or equivalent with 8-10 years of relevant experience working with biologics programs in clinical development.Significant experience developing purification processes in support of biologics manufacturing for clinical/commercial use. Direct experience with monoclonal antibodies is a must.Expertise in purification process optimization with an emphasis on scale-up, scale-down models, process monitoring, facility fit and overall commercial readiness.In-depth knowledge of CMC, quality and compliance, as well as regulatory aspects of biopharmaceutical development and life-cycle managementMust have a solid understanding of unit operations, process parameters, product quality, and troubleshooting strategies enabling successful execution of phase appropriate manufacturing campaigns.Demonstrated track record of successful tech transfers to CDMOs with an eye towards late stage and commercial process development.Must have direct experience or exposure to transition of processes from early stage to late stages such as process characterization, FMEA and PPQ campaigns.In depth knowledge of cGMP, ICH, WHO and FDA/EMA guidelines and experience utilizing them in a phase appropriate manner.Direct experience in design-of-experiments (DoE) and robust data analysis via industry standard statistical tools.Excellent writing, organization, communication and people management skills with the ability to work effectively with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders.Must have a creative and strategic attitude with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.Compensation:An appropriate financial package will be developed for the successful candidate to include a competitive base salary and equity, with a performance-related bonus opportunity.The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc. Oruka is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.Job Location:Position is hybrid, based in Waltham, MA . Candidates will be required to be in-office in Waltham 3 days/week. This may be open to remote with the expectation of on site twice a month.We're looking forward to hearing how you can contribute to our team and mission. Join us in shaping the future of our company and making a real impact every day.What We Offer:A chance to be part of a vibrant small-company culture where your work can directly impact bringing new medicines to patients.Competitive salary and benefits package.Opportunities for professional growth and development.

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