Group Leader, Antibody Engineering — Roche

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The Position

• JOB DESCRIPTION
• GROUP LEADER OF ANTIBODY ENGINEERING at China Innovation Center of Roche (CICoR)
• POSITION

At Roche, over 100,000 colleagues worldwide are working together and doing what patients need next. Our ambition is to deliver novel therapeutics, diagnostic solutions and insights to patients with game changing clinical benefits. China Innovation Center of Roche (CICoR) is seeking a Group Leader and (Senior) Principal Scientist of Antibody Engineering in Biologics Discovery and Development Department with a keen interest and deep knowledge in drug discovery and development, who will lead the antibody generation, engineering and optimization efforts to deliver novel therapeutic antibody clinical candidates in Oncology, Immunology and CVRM. This leader will contribute to evolving the Antibody Discovery strategy. This leader will collaborate with colleagues in Biologics Discovery and Development, Lead Discovery, Pharmaceutical Sciences and disease areas to advance the biologics discovery programs into early development. This is a high impact leadership position in a multi-national company R&D setting. We are looking for someone who welcomes and thrives in challenges, shapes strategy and vision with the team and continuously supports and develops every member of the team. The position calls for urgency to constantly innovate our technologies and translate relevant disease biology into impactful therapeutic candidates, and to seamlessly interface with other modalities, disease areas and global functions and to be a part of a strong global research network.

RESPONSIBILITIES

● Contribute a strong growth mindset and provide leadership in an agile and fast developing R&D environment. You leverage your experience and expertise while making it your mission to coach, mentor, empower and develop your team members.

• ● Collaborate with Lead Discovery and Pharmaceutical Sciences to expand antibody discovery capabilities to drive in-house antibody discovery projects
• ● Evolve the antibody discovery strategy in the new AI era to meet the needs of CICoR discovery area strategies
• ● Lead your team to contribute to delivery of novel therapeutic antibody candidates
• ● Balance development of internal technologies/capabilities/capacities with external innovations/collaborations.
• ● Establish and maintain strong relationships with CROs and biotech companies in the Chinese ecosystem.
• ● Possess a strong ownership of LM discovery portfolio and contribute to project strategies in the context of the portfolio.
• ● Collaborate with all scientific functions and enable cross-functional project teams.
• ● Participate in due diligence to evaluate relevant external opportunities in order to license assets or technologies.

CANDIDATE PROFILE Qualification and experience The candidate qualifications include a PhD or joint MD/PhD in antibody/protein engineering, biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, or molecular biology along with significant and current expertise in antibody engineering and discovery. The candidate ideally is an experienced people leader and has at least eight years of experience in a pharmaceutical biotechnology industry research setting. Exceptional candidates from innovative academic centers will also be considered. Candidates must have a proven track record in drug discovery and evidence of scientific accomplishments. Competencies The ideal candidate will have demonstrated competence in the following areas: ● Scientific expertise: This candidate should be