R&D Manager - Kennesaw, GA
This is a full-time, exempt position.
Our ideal candidate will have an advanced degree along with experience in pre-clinical trials with Bacteriophage & Bacteria.
Nature & Scope:
The R&D Manager is responsible for the financials, development, planning, and operation of R&D. To bring unique, game changing, efficacious, high margin new products to the supplement market and work with clinical research, and method development to ensure accurate, precise, reproducible, presentable, and publishable works on existing and new technologies. The scope of responsibility for this position crosses multiple departments within Deerland Enzymes (e.g. Quality Control/Assurance, Sales, etc.); therefore, the incumbent needs to collaborate with various departments and institutions. He or She will lead, facilitate, and support the improvement of staff through regular communication regarding expectations, priorities, business results, and performance. Additional functions are to develop and validate experiments and protocols; write reports (internal and external); present results to senior colleagues, customers, and vendors; coordinate clinical study related activities of clinical research trials.
Major Accountabilities:
The responsibilities of a Research & Development Manager include, but are not limited to the following:
Key Responsibilities

• Lead R&D efforts from project inception to completion/revenue generation
• Build/implement detailed R&D work plan to fulfil company's project(s) objectives
• Identify new technologies that will enhance the growth of Deerland Enzymes portfolio in terms of enzymes, probiotics, prebiotics, botanicals or other.
• Oversee the development, improvement, validation, and implementation of new product Development
• Oversee the development, improvement, validation, and implementation of New market penetration via technology based solutions
• Work with project mgr. to create and be accountable for the R&D parts of the stage gate and RACI process (es).
• Improve and expand company's knowledge of new ingredients/technologies for new and existing markets as applicable
• Create and stay within department budget.
• Collaborate with industry professional to expand new application development opportunities
• Meet or exceed all deliverables associated with R&D, new product development, and financials
• Provide leadership, motivation, and performance based culture within the technology team
• Handles, prepares, and works with biological samples such as blood, fecal matter, and other bodily fluids
• Develop and monitor study related budgets and provide reports as required to department administration and funding agencies
• Establish and maintain laboratory collaborations with Universities.
• Leads and manages department staff through effective planning, mentoring, directing and coordination of development activity
• Oversee the development, improvement, validation, and implementation of animal and human clinical trials in Ireland
• Record, interpret, and present results to senior colleagues, customers, and vendors
• Build/implement detailed clinical research work plan to fulfil company's project(s) objectives in Ireland.
• Improve and expand company's knowledge of new ingredients/technologies for new and existing markets as applicable
• Meet clinical objective numbers within clinical budget.
• Work with project manager to create and own the clinical portions of new technology state gates and RACI's.
• Collaborate with industry professional to expand new application development opportunities
• Provide leadership, motivation, and performance based culture within the technology team
• Handles, prepares, and works with biological samples such as blood, fecal matter, and other bodily fluids
• Ensure compliance with all relevant IRB, HIPAA, GCP and other regulatory agency requirements.
• Ensure ongoing training, certifications, and compliance with current regulations
• Collaborate on the development of program materials including educational materials, marketing materials, websites, forms, and reports

Research Responsibilities

• Train technicians in new methods and R&D work
• Maintain familiarity with current scientific literature and contributes to the process of a project
• Identify problems or obstacles in the system/procedures related to implementation of the research protocols
• Handle, restrain, and transport animals in a safe and humane manner for animal model studies
• Carry out routine tasks and follow strict methodologies to carry out analyses
• Oversee the investigation, creation, validation, and development of new methods, protocols, and technologies for Quality Control/Quality Assurance/R&D

General Responsibilities

• Oversee the development, improvement, validation, and implementation of New market penetration via technology based solutions
• Develop and monitor study related budgets and provide reports as required to department administration and funding agencies
• Collaborate on the development of program materials including educational materials, marketing materials, websites, forms, and reports
• Contribute ideas and concepts to initiate or advance projects
• Initiate and ensure compliance with applicable safety procedures
• Publish in vitro and in vivo work done through Science & Technology
• Leads and manages department staff through effective planning, mentoring, directing, and coordination of development activity
• Record, interpret, and present results to senior colleagues, customers, and vendors
• Develop, as warranted, prototypes for range of products based on company's technology
• All other assigned duties
• Local travel (between sites): - 4 sites within 3 miles of each other.
• Out of state travel: Occasional 10%

Education

• Minimum - - Master's degree in Sciences or equivalent along 5 years of innovation experience within the nutraceutical/microbiome space.
• PhD, preferred.

Experience
Required

• Proficient in MS office, excel, and power point
• Minimum 1 year of industry experience
• Proven track record of successfully leading R&D projects from start to finish
• Proven track record in attracting, retaining talent, and addressing performance issues

Preferred

• Previous supervisory and/or managerial experience
• Quality control and knowledge of cGMP
• Independent research projects
• Troubleshooting

Specific skills

• Strong attention to detail in order to produce accurate, precise, and reproducible data to support scientific investigations
• Strong analytical, organizational, and time management skills
• Task oriented and results driven
• Strong work ethic and the ability to prioritize.
• Design, collect, and write publishable work
• Work collaboratively with various departments to compile, analyze, and interpret data
• Excellent written and oral communication skills - ability to make presentations and/or give presentation

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