AI and Cell Therapy Business Scientist

The Opportunity

Join our mission to unlock new medicines faster with the insights of AI. CellVoyant’s FateView™ software and platform transforms everyday time-resolved microscopy into a computer vision digital twin that enables 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 AI and Tech-Bios like 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 Scientist 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 striving for thought leadership in the public space. This approachable communicator appreciates how cell therapy process development involves grit and has the EQ to navigate cooperation between academia, industry, and regulatory agencies.

Responsibilities

• Technology Development and Research Services – Collaborates with biology and computational R&D teams to hone scientific accuracy and feasibility of cell characterisation technology/software features and biological 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 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 scientific 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

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in AI or life sciences in a relevant discipline such as stem cell biology, omics, bioanalytics, or bioinformatics
• Combined understanding of AI and cell therapy pharmaceutical process and analytical development through formal education or self-guided learning.
• Keen interest or experience working towards Customer or Business Outcomes.
• Minimum of 2 years of Industry experience.

Preferred Experience

• Ph.D in a relevant biology discipline such as stem cell biology, omics, bioanalytics, or bioinformatics.
• Advanced degree in AI or computer science discipline, and staying  up to date with AI trends in computer vision, data collection, process optimisation, and/or ML-enabled 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).
• Experience with Cell Therapy Conferences such as: Advanced Therapies Week (Phacilitate), Allogeneic Cell Therapies Summit, ASGCT, ISCT, or Meeting on the Mesa, or AI conferences such as: AAAI, ICCV, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, ECCV, IJCV, and NeurIPS.
• Track record of success with business to business (B2B) processes involving licensed products, Research Service Agreements, or Software as a Service (SaaS) including use of project management or CRM software
• Industry expertise with pharmaceutical cell therapy development including preclinical and clinical process and analytical development, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Design of Experiment, and Regulatory and Quality guidance by FDA and other authorities.

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.