Director of Cellular Products Laboratory

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, celebrating its 34th year as a leading center for cancer research, is recruiting a talented and experienced individual to lead the Cellular Products Laboratory (CPL). This is a very exciting time for a new Director of CPL at Hillman. The CPL director will be responsible for the overall scientific, clinical, administrative, and resource management of the CPL. This includes providing important input on the space expansion (tripling the cGMP clean rooms and capacity), growing the facility to over 15,000 square feet with up to 12 total clean rooms.

The candidate will be hired into the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine department appropriate to their expertise at the academic rank commensurate with their experience. A competitive salary and benefits will be provided, as well as laboratory and office space within a new state-of-the-art facility.

The CPL director will provide technical leadership and scientific direction to maintain compliance to national and international regulatory standards and maintain accreditation and license status. The successful candidate should have the potential to bring in projects in cell and/or gene/viral therapies to provide a balance of academic and commercial business, as well as work collaboratively with both internal and external departments requesting services.

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 Located in the city of Pittsburgh (routinely ranked as one of the most livable and affordable U.S. cities), Hillman (previously known as the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute) is an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center with 280 members; 7 research programs in basic, translational, clinical, and population sciences; 10 shared resources that receive funding from an NCI Cancer Center Support Grant; and an FY19 institutional funding base of over $150 million. In FY19, the University of Pittsburgh ranked #4 in overall NIH funding. Hillman serves a catchment area of 29 western Pennsylvania counties and provides unique opportunities to collaborate with clinical and translational research programs involved in cancer patient care, including the University of Pittsburgh, Magee-Womens Research Institute, and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

How to apply:   Send your curriculum vitae and a one-page letter of intent and experience for the Cellular Product Lab (together with recommendations) to Hillman Associate Director Devin Dressman, PhD, at dressmand@upmc.edu. Applications will be reviewed and evaluated on an ongoing basis, following the receipt of all required materials. The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled.