R&D Director

We are a young, driven, and innovative agrifood biotech company looking for an experienced and passionate leader in research and development..

We believe that we can tackle modern society’s greatest challenges, now within reach and we intend to apply our proprietary scientific process to produce meat that is tasty, nutritious, and respectful of animals and our planet.

We’re seeking a professional with that unique ability to see the big picture and all the relevant details, adapting the required approach to achieve the objectives for which she/he will be accountable as Meatleo R & D Leader.

You are a leader that has proven achievement working in the most challenging scientific and engineering environment. A problem solution provider with the ability to solve and fix the most difficult issues through radical innovation, team development, coaching with a hands-on approach when necessary to get things done.

If you’re a self-motivated leader capable of getting things done and a creative problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Required skills

• Lead the specification and development of a mammalian cell culture bioreactor and upstream process infrastructure in a pilot scale environment.

• Spearhead the road mapping and development of mammalian bioreactor and upstream process infrastructure in a pilot-scale environment.

• Lead upstream process scale-up with commercial partners.

• Solid experience in cell culture, using sterile techniques.

• Preparation of cell isolates from primary sources.

• Excellent communication skills and problem solving. 

• Excellent documentation and organizational skills.

• Strong aptitude for impeccable attention to detail.

• Advanced bibliographic search.

• Develop and maintain standard operation procedures (SOP).

• Perform fluorescence-based immunoassays using flow cytometry, magnetic bead separation and/or microscopy.

• Cultivation and expansion of stem cells.

• Cultivation under bioreactor conditions.

• Work in regulated environments (e.g., GLP, GMP, etc.).

• Evaluating business processes, identifying process waste and opportunities for improvement, developing, and recommending solutions.

• Providing leadership, training, coaching, and guidance to team members and, on process optimization topics.

  Required Qualifications

• 5 and + years of experience in upstream process development at a biopharma or food industry.

• Master’s degree in biology, chemical engineering, bioengineering or biotechnology.

• Experience scaling up an upstream mammalian cell culture process from benchtop to pilot and production-scale manufacturing.

• Deep mammalian cell culture expertise.

• Experience working with a variety of bioreactors at pilot/industrial scale.

• Experience with statistical tools/DOE for experimental design or process optimization.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and are comfortable creating detailed reports and giving presentations.

• Excellent organizational skills with impeccable attention to detail.

• Excellent problem-solving askills both big and small and have a getting-things-done attitude.

• You are equally comfortable working with Microsoft and other applications.

About Meatleo 

Formed to tackle one of modern society’s greatest challenges now within reach, food biotech company Meatleo^® intends to apply its proprietary scientific process to produce delicious, nutritious beef without slaughter animals or harm to our planet.

By means of cell culture and a unique manufacturing bioprocess, we intend to accelerate the necessary and inevitable transition to sustainable meat consumption at scale.

Notice 

The masculine references are used in our texts only for the purpose of simplifying their form and facilitating their reading. Meatleo^®is a company open to the diversity of genders, races, and aims for both human and animal well-being.