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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading global sample management strategies, integrating physical and digital capabilities while ensuring compliance and operational excellence. Proficient in managing cross-functional teams and delivering high-quality digital products within biopharmaceutical environments.
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Sample Management LeadershipDigital Product OwnershipData Standards and IntegrationLaboratory Operations at ScaleCapital Programme Delivery
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Hard Skills
Sample Data Model ManagementAPI DevelopmentLaboratory InformaticsHigh-Capacity Automated Sample StoresControlled Materials KnowledgeInventory AnalyticsComputerised System ValidationDemand ForecastingAcoustic DispensingClosed-Loop Experimentation
Soft Skills
Team BuildingMotivating OthersLeadership Across SitesCommunicationProblem Solving
Tools & Technologies
Laboratory Orchestration PlatformsSample Inventory SystemsDigital PlatformsData Integrity ToolsPredictive Operations Tools
Industry Keywords
BiopharmaceuticalChain of CustodyMaterial Transfer AgreementsIATA ComplianceData IntegrityFAIR PrinciplesCold-Chain LogisticsSample Integrity DataSite RelocationCapital Programmes
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Define and deliver a single global strategy and roadmap for physical and digital sample management across modalities and sites
- Lead the US and UK Sample Management leads and dedicated digital and platform capabilities as one global team
- Build hybrid talent combining sample science, automation engineering, informatics and data
- Act as accountable business and product owner for the Sample Management digital estate
- Own the cross-modality sample data model and system of record for sample identity and lineage
- Deliver API- and event-driven sample services for scientists, automated laboratories and authorised AI agents
- Run high-throughput, modality-agnostic operations and global cold-chain logistics
- Measure cycle time, reliability, availability and traceability, and capture sample integrity data
- Own the external sample network, including offsite archives, CROs, collaborators and external execution partners
- Lead Sample Management activities for major site transitions and capital programmes, including UK relocation and new-facility readiness
- Ensure safe, compliant and inspection-ready operations covering controlled materials, chain of custody, agreements, IATA, export requirements, data integrity, OT security and business continuity
- Report to the VP, Data, Automation and Predictive Sciences and join the DAPS leadership team
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in a life or physical science, engineering, computer science, informatics or data science, or equivalent experience
- Extensive leadership experience in sample management, compound or biologics logistics, or laboratory operations at scale in a biopharmaceutical or comparable scientific environment
- Demonstrated ownership of a digital product or laboratory informatics capability, such as inventory, registration, LIMS or equivalent, with accountability for roadmap, adoption and data quality
- Experience leading leaders across multiple sites and countries
- Experience building teams combining operational, engineering and digital expertise
- Working understanding of data standards, data models and integration patterns, including APIs, events and FAIR principles
- Experience delivering capital programmes end to end, including business case, procurement, FAT/SAT, validation and handover
- Working knowledge of controlled and restricted materials, chain of custody, material transfer agreements, and international shipping and export requirements
- Credible experience across both physical and digital sample management
- Preferred: hands-on experience with high-capacity automated sample stores, acoustic dispensing and sample inventory systems
- Preferred: familiarity with laboratory orchestration and scheduling platforms, closed-loop experimentation and agentic AI workflows
- Preferred: product management practice, including roadmaps, backlogs, user research, and measuring adoption and value
- Preferred: experience with computerised system validation and ALCOA+ data integrity principles
- Preferred: experience with demand forecasting, depletion prediction, inventory analytics or predictive operations
- Preferred: experience leading an operation through a site relocation or consolidation
- Preferred: track record of promoting, motivating and empowering others to accomplish individual, team and organisational goals
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive salary
- Annual bonus based on company performance
- Healthcare and wellbeing programmes
- Pension plan membership
- Shares and savings programme
- Hybrid working model with remote and in-office work
- Health care and other insurance benefits for employee and family
- Retirement benefits
- Paid holidays
- Vacation
- Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
- Eligibility to participate in share-based long-term incentive program