ImmunoBiology Ltd (ImmBio) is an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing the next generation of vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases.  ImmBio has an established product and process patent estate around Heat shock protein Complexes (HspC ™) which are highly efficient in bridging between an innate and an adaptive immunological response. In addition, ImmBio has licensed in complementary technology around the delivery of antigens to dendritic cells through fusion proteins (ImmunoBodies ™) in specific applications, where this approach has clear benefits. ImmBio utilizes both of these platform technologies to produce vaccines which elicit broad immunity without the use of live organisms or adjuvants.

PROJECT MANAGER

Based at Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK

• Establish project plans and manage project teams and budgets.
• Manage the external collaborations and contracts that are critical for achieving ImmBio’s objectives. These will include pre-clinical, process development, regulatory and clinical activities.
• Collate project documents to support regulatory and out licensing activities.
• Provide technical input to new licensing agreements and external contract negotiations.
• Co-ordinate new grant application activities.
• Work at the detailed execution level as well as project strategy level.

This challenging and pivotal role will demand:

• Broad scientific background with at least three year’s experience of managing new biopharmaceutical product development projects.
• Knowledge of the regulatory and quality processes in the biopharma industry.
• Innovative and creative thinking, strong focus and the ability to drive projects to completion.
• Experience of vaccine development ideally in the fields of influenza, tuberculosis, meningitis or hepatitis.
• Flexible attitude and excellent inter-personal skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels.

In return, we offer an attractive remuneration package and excellent opportunities as the company progress its ground breaking products.

ANALYTICAL / PROTEIN BIOCHEMIST

Based at Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK

Working as part of a small, experienced, scientific team the key aspects of your role will include:

• Establishing analytical processes to pre-GMP, to assess the quantity and quality of protein products.
• Facilitating the transfer of analytical processes to a contract manufacturer.
• Provision of practical and intellectual analytical support to project teams.
• Provision of appropriate documentation and data reporting at project meetings and to external contractors.

This varied role will demand:

• PhD or equivalent in biochemistry or related discipline, with at least three year's relevant experience in a pharma/biotech environment.
• Practical knowledge of Gel filtration chromatography, ELISA and analytical assay development. Familiarity with the AKTA purification system and unicorn software would be an advantage.
• Ability to translate processes from the laboratory to GMP.
• Innovative, with the ability to determine experimental direction and solve technical problems.