Associate Director

4 weeks ago

Kansas City, Kansas, United States KCAS Bio Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Associate Director to lead our BioPharma LBA/Biomarker Services lab team. As a key member of our leadership team, you will be responsible for managing capacity to meet financial and quality goals, acting independently as a project manager, and developing, designing, validating, interpreting, preparing reports, and conducting assays and studies as assigned.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead individual for service group, responsible for managing capacity to meet financial and quality goals
  • Act independently as a project manager; develop, design, validate, interpret, prepare reports, and conduct assays and studies as assigned
  • Key participant in securing and retaining new clients through building strong relationships and the development of new services and technologies
  • Produce a high-quality work product acceptable to senior management, on time and within budget
  • Forecast revenue and recommend strategies to accommodate growth when needed (space, equipment, human resource)
  • Provide direct daily supervision and review the work of assigned departmental employees, to ensure scientific accuracy and adherence to departmental policies, practices, and procedures. Schedule and prioritize workload of direct reports
  • Direct activities of assigned departmental staff to ensure optimum performance of the group/function, to deliver high quality scientific data, on-time and within budget that meets or exceeds client expectations
  • Prepare and deliver salary and performance reviews; review and approve salary appraisals initiated by direct and indirect reports
  • Assure that continuous training and educational needs of the staff are met in a timely manner
  • Attend in-house and national scientific meetings and give presentations as appropriate
  • Work with senior management to ensure effective communication within the entire business unit, to provide overlap of diverse expertise. Implement techniques to improve productivity, increase efficiencies and maintain state-of-the-art practices
  • Hire competent staff and build a strong scientific and operational team
  • Perform other related duties as assigned
Requirements
  • Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in a related field
  • Minimum 13 years' experience in developing a wide variety of analytical and bioanalytical techniques for the quantitation of biotherapeutics, and immunogenicity
  • Excellent knowledge of the principles of bioanalysis for biotherapeutics, by current state of the art technologies and methodologies including but not limited to: LBA, Immunogenicity, ELISA, MSD, Luminex, SMCxPro, and et al
  • Science related to Proteins, ADC's, Oligonucleotides, Peptides and other biotherapeutic target analytes, through the utilization of diverse scientific procedures, calculations, and statistics
  • Working knowledge of state-of-the-art principles, theories, and regulatory updates for biopharmaceuticals and biotherapeutics
  • Good knowledge of MS Word, Excel, technical writing
  • Strong knowledge of financial metrics and budgets
  • Basic understanding of hiring and employment practices
  • Familiar with current industry trends and expectations relating to biotherapeutic modalities
About KCAS Bio

We are a fast-growing contract research organization (CRO) headquartered in Kansas City, pioneering the latest drug development in both human and animal health fields. Demand for our expertise is growing and so is our need for great people to work in nimble, empowered teams committed to one another's growth. At KCAS Bio, we advance both great science AND great people.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected category. We work with and provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices.

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