Douglas Jones
Senior Director, Head of Engineered Cell Therapy Discovery
- Role
- Senior Director, Head of Engineered Cell Therapy Discovery at Bristol Myers Squibb
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Douglas Jones
Scientific and organizational leader passionate about driving forward programs with high potential impact for patients. Experienced at building and enabling purpose-driven multidisciplinary teams from early discovery to preclinical and clinical translation. Supportive manager and mentor of scientific leaders responsible for timely delivery of IND candidates. Track record in enabling critical Go/No-go decisions with broad stakeholder engagement and experienced in portfolio strategy and alignment across organizational functions. Depth of experience across biologic and cell therapy modalities. Strategic partner for alliance management and business development, including supporting strategic industry and academic alliances, due diligence, and partnership engagement and execution.
Experience
Senior Director, Head of Engineered Cell Therapy Discovery
Jun 2024 — Present
Dec 2024 - Present: Senior Director, Head of Engineered Cell Therapy Discovery June 2024 - Nov 2024: Senior Director, Cell Therapy Strategy and Biology Leading a team of CAR T engineers and T cell biologists dedicated to advancing cell therapy candidates into early clinical development for patients with hematologic malignancies, oncology, or autoimmune disorders with high unmet clinical need. The team\'s scope spans concept to clinic, encompassing discovery technology innovation, candidate optimization, and IND-enabling biology.Also helping lead preclinical cell therapy program and portfolio strategy within the research function and cross-functional alignment across organizational boundaries.
Education
UC Santa Barbara
B.S., Chemical Engineering
2004
Harvard University
Postdoctoral Fellow (joint Harvard/MIT), Systems Biology
2010 — 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellow (joint Harvard/MIT), Biological Engineering
2010 — 2014
Stanford University
Ph.D., Biological Engineering
2010
Stanford University
M.S., Biological Engineering
2006
Skills
- Protein Engineering
- Systems Biology
- Microscopy
- Directed Evolution
- Biochemistry
- Multivariate Analysis
- Pcr
- Cell Biology
- Matlab
- Biotechnology
- Life Sciences
- Cell Culture
- Research
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computational Biology
- Molecular Biology
- Fluorescence Microscopy
- Bioengineering
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