Scientist, Analytical Operations

About us:

Our purpose at Dispatch is to help create a world where all cancer patients can be cured. We’re humbled by the opportunity to work together as a team on some of the most pressing medical challenges of our time. 

To achieve our purpose, we are dedicated to engineering a universal treatment across solid tumors. We’re committed to the development of novel therapies, leveraging first-in-class technologies in viral vectors, universal targets, and novel cytokine biology. Our therapeutic approach has the potential to enable us to treat significant numbers of cancer patients and make a real and lasting impact on the world. 

Our company was founded on pioneering work carried out in the laboratories of Dr. Carl June (University of Pennsylvania), Dr. Kole Roybal (University of California, San Francisco), Dr. Christopher Garcia (Stanford University) and Dr. Andy Minn (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center).

At our company, you would become one of our early team members— not only playing a role in meeting our ambitious mission but also building our thriving culture.  We are determined to deliver with urgency to discover new solutions and we always stay dedicated to scientific rigor; we have an ownership mindset because each and every one of us is integral to our success.  Collaboration is core for us because we believe that by bringing people together with diverse perspectives, we make a stronger whole.  And, we show we care about our work and each other by sharing feedback - ultimately in service of our vision to empower people to continue forward with their lives – cancer free. 

The role:

The Senior Scientist will support Analytical Operations for Dispatch’s portfolio of product candidates, including therapeutic viruses, viral vectors, and autologous and in vivo CAR T cells. Reporting into the Associate Director, Analytical & Product Sciences (APS), this individual will be focused on creating and managing an effective operational network both externally and internally such that operational deliverables are met efficiently, effectively, and at high quality. Working under the guidance of the Associate Director, this individual is expected to engage with external partners (including supporting contract initiation), set up organizational systems that can track performance of external and internal testing, work with lab-based personnel to coordinate and perform routine testing, provide support to enable characterization, data generation, method development or validation as needed to facilitate  effective and productive operations for the entire APS team.

Key responsibilities:

• Coordinate execution for operational deliverables of external quality control testing including sample shipments between locations (e.g., CDMO to CTL or CDMO to Dispatch)