AcelaBio - Director, Translational Sciences

We're looking for a Director of Translational Sciences to join our exciting AcelaBio team! As a key member of the expanded leadership team, this role blends scientific leadership and oversight for AcelaBio’s Scientific Operations function, encompassing assay development, digital image analysis, and bioinformatics in support of global clinical study and R&D activities.
Aligned with AcelaBio’s vision, you'll develop and executes strategies to expand scientific service offerings and enhance service delivery quality through the design, development, validation, and operationalization of novel assays, image analysis pipelines, and computational tools that continuously advance AcelaBio’s scientific capabilities. You'll take on the challenge of ensuring scientific rigor, reproducibility, and overall quality of deliverables are achieved in a financially sustainable manner. This leadership role involves oversight of the Scientific Operations team’s day-to-day technical activities, including managing scientific staff and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. As a recognized subject matter expert, you'll still be directly engaged in complex technical work.
You'll own department leadership accountabilities, specifically scientific policy and process development, quality and compliance monitoring, staff resource planning, development and performance management, and providing scientific support and expertise to project and unit teams with sponsors/clients throughout the project life cycle.
AcelaBio is executing a planned restructuring with the build out of corporate operations independence from its sister organization, Alimentiv. We are looking for experienced talent who have navigated corporate transitions, restructuring, or startup scaling. If you have thrived during carve-outs, separations, or moments when an organization reset its processes and identity, we want to hear from you. This is an opportunity to shape how a profitable, growing business operates independently—from systems and compliance to culture and strategy.

Employment type
Full-time, Permanent

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