AI and Cell Therapy Business Development Technical Specialist

The Opportunity

Join our mission to unlock new medicines faster with AI.  CellVoyant FateView™ software transforms everyday time-resolved microscopy into a computer vision digital twin that guides scientists to engineer living cells into drugs with optimal safety, efficacy, and cost.  Our innovation is set to outpace other uses of AI in the pharmaceutical space and our venture capital investors have presciently backed other successful “Tech-Bios” like us such as Google DeepMind and Recursion.  If cultivating AI and biology to reach new business heights energizes you, we encourage you to apply and help change the world.

Role Description

Reporting to the Head of Business Development and Commercialisation, the AI & Cell Therapy Business Development Technical Specialist is a perceptive scientist who sees the big picture and helps drive business development by ensuring technical accuracy of our offer, troubleshooting possible solutions, and instilling customer-focused leadership with internal research and development teams.  This approachable communicator appreciates how cell therapy process development involves grit and will leverage their industry relationships and EQ to convert CellVoyant AI concepts into profitable customer offerings.

Responsibilities

• Technology Development and Research Services – Collaborates with biology and computational R&D teams to hone scientific accuracy and feasibility of cell characterisation software features andbiological research services offered, involving leadership and hands-on work to ensure execution.
• Customer Problem Analysis – Inquisitively troubleshoots customer cell therapy development challenges solvable with AI and advanced morphology analytics to articulate well-written and concise planned actions, often despite limited information and varying levels of urgency advising caution where appropriate and occasionally, to not proceed.
• Communication and Community – Dives deep or simplifies AI Cell Therapy scientific concepts so that a broad audience can understand the FateView™ platform offering.  Proactively engages with thought leaders at conferences and in the cell therapy community to build credibility and momentum, driving the conversation to new and innovative places for publications and publicity.

Requirements

• ·Ph.D in biology discipline related to cell therapy.
• ·Keen understanding of AI through formal education or self-guided learning.
• Minimum of two years of Business Development sales or support experience within the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) space of the biopharmaceutical industry.

Nice to haves

• Advanced degree in computer science discipline or advanced knowledge of computer vision, data collection, and microscopy imaging. 
• Knowledge of programming languages (e.g., Python), cloud infrastructure (e.g., Google Cloud), software (e.g., GitHub, Docker), ML model design and scientific libraries (e.g. TensorFlow, PyTorch, NumPy and Pandas).

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• A collaborative and innovative work environment at the forefront of AI-powered biotech research.
• The chance to make a significant impact on the treatment of medical disorders through cutting-edge science and technology.