Director/Sr. Director, RD Site Head
Generation Bio, United States
Job Description
Director/Sr. Director, Ramp;D Site Head
Generation Bio is an innovative genetic medicines company focused on creating a new class of non-viral gene therapy to provide durable, redosable treatments for people living with rare and prevalent diseases. The company’s non-viral platform incorporates a proprietary, high-capacity DNA construct called closed-ended DNA, or ceDNA; a cell-targeted lipid nanoparticle delivery system, or ctLNP; and an established, scalable capsid-free manufacturing process. The platform is designed to enable multi-year durability from a single dose of ceDNA and to allow titration and redosing if needed, and our scalable manufacturing process supports our mission to extend the reach of gene therapy to more people, living with more diseases, in more places around the world. Our vision is to make the ravages of genetic disease as imaginary to the next generation as polio feels to children today.
We are a thriving, collaborative, creative community of 120 people with diverse talents, beliefs, and experiences headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Delve further. Please visit www.generationbio.com or follow @generationbio.
The Ramp;D site head is a senior leadership position responsible for coordinating, planning, organizing, and directing all aspects of the laboratory, infrastructure, scheduling, and facility at 301 Binney Street in Cambridge, MA. This individual will work cross-functionally to create, support, and continuously refine a safe, inspiring, efficient, innovative, and collaborative work environment on site. The candidate will be accountable for managing and improving the site, including vendor management, infrastructure and space improvements, budgeting, and oversight of the onsite facilities team. This role will also be responsible for creating a long-term Ramp;D center plan, including expansion of the current site as well as the identification and transition to any future Ramp;D center site.
- Demonstrates tangible collaborative leadership and relationship management skills across key Generation Bio stakeholders as well as external Service Providers.
- Crucial network functions are Human Resources, Finance and Accounting, Research, Translational Research, Animal Care Facility, key non-laboratory stakeholders, and senior management.
- Deep understanding of the success factors, needs, and workflow of scientists and technical staff, ideally with an aptitude for and understanding of the underlying technology base at Generation Bio
- Aligns objectives of all relevant stakeholders to ensure the service delivery model proactively meets the needs of the Generation Bio team, optimizing use of the facility as well as the Service Provider network.
- Works to understand the needs of the entire organization, translating those needs into a clear facilities strategy and action plan.
- Responsible for designing and implementing a comprehensive environmental health and safety plan, training, and monitoring for the site and for external service providers and contractors.
- Works to maintain, share and present the site strategy and plan with the greater organization, including executives
- Serves as a leader and mentor to a rapidly-growing onsite facilities team
- Partners with Service Provider Representatives to assure excellent service delivery to the facility; reviews and monitors performance in line with agreed SLAs
- Controls and is accountable for the annual site FM services facility budget, including direct Controllable and indirect Non-Controllable contract service expenses, preventative maintenance costs, project costs, rental expenses, energy management expenses and project/capital items.
- Responsible for the maintenance, repair and operations of all building systems, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and building management systems
- Development and implementation of preventive maintenance systems and building systems testing, balancing, calibrations and other re-commissioning activities
- Assure full operations of the computerized maintenance management system and is responsible for receiving, planning, scheduling, assigning and communicating all work
- Working autonomously, using provided concepts to develop and execute process improvements.
- Maintaining a positive professional relationship with customers, administrators, and colleagues.
- Manage CAFM, CIFM, BMS systems
- Ensures compliance with local, federal and international licenses and permit requirements.
Education and Experience
- 12+ years of experience managing facilities operations for office and laboratory spaces
- gt; 5 years demonstrated experience setting/implementing short-term and long-term infrastructure strategies
- gt;5 years demonstrated experience managing laboratory facilities involving cell culture and an animal ca