Director, Cancer Vaccine Preclinical Strategy
Core
Leading the development and delivery of a portfolio of new cancer vaccine modalities to train the immune system to recognize and eliminate malignant cells.
Role type
Director, Cancer Vaccine Preclinical Strategy
Builds
Preclinical pipeline for cancer vaccine programs, novel immunological approaches, and AI-based research strategies.
Domain
Biotechnology / Oncology / Immunology
Required skills
Immune profiling, tumor modelling, systems biology, immune oncology, antigen design, vaccine development, budget management, team leadership, regulatory strategy, business development evaluation, AI strategy implementation
Preferred skills
Cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder influence, intellectual property development, operating mechanism establishment
Technologies
AI tools for research acceleration, animal models for evaluation
Responsibilities
Develop a preclinical pipeline for cancer vaccine programs; Implement strategies to explore multiple vaccine modalities; Create approaches to evaluate combinatorial modalities; Develop strategies for target discovery and evaluation; Work with cross-disciplinary teams to guide iterative antigen design; Build animal models for rapid evaluation of emerging modalities; Support the development of a regulatory strategy to translate programs to clinic; Pioneer AI-based strategies to accelerate innovation; Collaborate on novel business development opportunities; Define training standards for junior colleagues.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical guidance
