Manager, Process Development, Nucleic Acid Therapies, ATMF

Staff - Non Union### ##
** Job Category
** M&P - AAPS##
** Job Profile
** AAPS Salaried - Research and Facilitation, Level C### ##
** Job Title
** Manager, Process Development, Nucleic Acid Therapies, ATMF### ##
** Department
* * ATMF | Office of Research | Faculty of Medicine### ##
** Compensation Range**$7,622.83 - $11,886.67 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.###

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** Posting End Date
** February 7, 2026
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* Note:

** Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.
** Job End Date
** December 31, 2028

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** Job Summary
** The Advanced Therapeutics Manufacturing Facility (ATMF) is a new CFI-funded project and a flagship project of Canada’s Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub (), a UBC-led national research hub that aims to align the critical mass of immune-engineering expertise with biomanufacturing and public health strengths concentrated in BC. It is also a key deliverable for the BC MS Cell Therapies Translational Research Network, with the goal of accelerating novel cell therapies for neurological and autoimmune diseases.

This multi-year, multi-phase project aims to build a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) biomanufacturing core facility to produce advanced therapeutics - such as cells, mRNA vaccines, and ancillary plasmid DNA - essential for early-phase clinical trials, addressing current health challenges, and strengthening Canada’s pandemic preparedness

The Manager, Process Development Nucleic Acids provides senior-level technical leadership and professional autonomy for the design, validation, and governance of a variety of process development activities conducted in the Process Development lab at the ATMF. Specifically, the Manager, Process Development Nucleic Acids will be responsible for determining and executing the technical pathways required to translate internal and external laboratory-scale research into robust, scalable, and GMP-compliant products related to advance biomanufacturing technologies and various nucleic acid therapeutic products, including, but not limited to, plasmids, mRNA/LNP formulations, and viral vectors.

This role exercises independent judgement in the design, implementation, and optimization of upstream and downstream processes, data interpretation, manufacturing protocol development, and technology transfer to GMP production environments. The Manager, Process Development Nucleic Acids acts as a technical authority in collaboration with ATMF leadership, senior university administration, and internal and external research partners. The role will lead and supervise researchers and technical staff, involved in process development research.

The position is based in the ATMF Process Development lab at the UBC Vancouver Campus. Travel will be required between multiple laboratory sites, including BCCHR and BC Cancer.

** Organizational Status
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