Sr. Manager, Pooled Screening Core CAR Screening & Lead Selection, Cell & Genetic Medicines

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Job Function:

Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:

Biotherapeutics R&D

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Spring House Pennsylvania United States of America

Job Description:

This job posting is anticipated to close on Oct 09 2026. We may however extend this time period in which case the posting will remain available on to accept additional applications.

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Learn more at are searching for the best talent for a Sr. Manager Pooled Screening Core - CAR Screening & Lead Selection Cell & Genetic Medicines to be located in Spring House PA.

Purpose:

The CSLS team is seeking a Sr. Manager to establish and lead a centralized pooled screening core within the Cell & Genetic Medicines organization. This individual will serve as the people leader and operational supervisor of the Pooled Screening Core while providing scientific and technical leadership across pooled screening technologies and workflows.

The Pooled Screening Core will provide a service-oriented high-throughput capability to interrogate large protein and genomic design spaces. It will complement existing arrayed screening capabilities and help project teams rapidly identify promising designs for further characterization and lead selection. The Core Lead will be responsible for building a scalable reliable and customer-focused capability spanning experimental design through data delivery.

This role requires a leader who can operate at the intersection of deep technical expertise people leadership operational excellence and cross-functional scientific partnership. The successful candidate will establish standards and workflows for the Core; develop and mentor its scientists; partner with project teams to design prioritize and execute studies appropriately; and ensure that pooled screening capabilities evolve alongside the needs of the cell therapy portfolio.

This is an opportunity to shape a high-impact scientific capability from the ground up. The successful candidate will bring technical depth operational discipline and a collaborative leadership style to build a trusted Core that accelerates discovery strengthens partnerships and advances our cell therapy portfolio.

You will be responsible for:

• Serve as CGMs scientific lead and subject matter expert for pooled screening technologies strategy applications and limitations.
• Develop optimize and implement scalable pooled screening workflows spanning library design cloning quality control cell engineering functional assays sequencing readouts and data interpretation.
• Build trusted relationships with project teams and translate scientific questions into rigorous study designs controls models endpoints and follow-up plans.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships and integrate pooled screening with existing arrayed screening automation CAR-T generation vector and assay development teams and capabilities.
• Establish and lead the Cores operating model including project intake prioritization resource planning scheduling execution and data delivery with transparent decision-making and clear proactive stakeholder communication.
• Ensure high standards for scientific rigor reproducibility quality documentation sample tracking biosafety and knowledge management.
• Monitor and document Core performance through metrics for throughput quality turnaround time utilization and portfolio impact and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide hands-on scientific and operational oversight troubleshoot complex studies and balance competing priorities across concurrent requests.
• Lead develop and expand the Core team by setting clear expectations mentoring scientists and fostering a collaborative service-oriented culture.
• Represent the Core in portfolio and platform discussions communicate capacity priorities risks and investment needs transparently and serve as a trusted partner and primary point of contact for project and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Ph.D. in molecular biology cell biology immunology bioengineering biotechnology or a related discipline with substantial relevant industry experience; equivalent education and experience will be considered.
• Deep expertise in pooled screening technologies and demonstrated ability to design execute troubleshoot and interpret complex screening studies.
• Experience leading scientific or multidisciplinary technical teams setting clear expectations mentoring talent and fostering a collaborative service-oriented culture.
• Proven ability to establish scalable workflows and operating practices manage concurrent priorities and maintain high standards for quality reproducibility documentation and delivery.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence scientific strategy and decisions without relying solely on formal authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including transparent proactive communication of priorities risks tradeoffs and technical concepts to audiences with varying levels of expertise.

Preferred:

• Experience applying pooled screening to CAR-T T-cell engineering cell therapy or immuno-oncology discovery.
• Experience building or scaling a centralized technology platform screening group or Core operating under a service-oriented model.
• Experience with automated or semi-automated high-throughput laboratory workflows and computational analysis of barcode- sequencing- or library-based screening data.
• Experience partnering with project teams from early discovery through candidate or lead selection.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate emerging technologies transfer capabilities across teams or sites and translate promising methods into standardized scalable workflows.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning Biochemistry Chemistry Manufacturing and Control (CMC) Clinical Research and Regulations Clinical Trial Designs Developing Others Drug Discovery Development Inclusive Leadership Leadership Molecular Diagnostics Pharmacovigilance Process Improvements Productivity Planning Program Management Quality Assurance (QA) Scientific Research Tactical Planning Team Management Troubleshooting