Jiayi Yu
Executive Director, Head of R & d Operations @Novasenta
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WORK HISTORY
Executive Director, Head of R & d Operations @Novasenta
As an executive leader and founding employee, work closely with CEO and board of directors to define company’s scientific vision, as well as business strategy and priorities- Contributed to funding raising activities, and key contributor for raising a $40M series A - Translated innovative concepts into executable plans to build and manage core research infrastructure-guided therapeutic development strategies - Served as operating officer of company to balance the relationship between founders and investor while demonstrating positive progress before formal CEO joined in April 2021 Oversee company’s operations to maintain high-value, agile shared-facility able to anticipate and deliver the needs of a constantly changing pipeline and a rapidly evolving business- Ensured skilled, high-caliber operations capability by implementing an efficient and accurate resource allocation process, in line with business expectations - Recruited and retained talents with emphasis on people development and culture, proven track-record of transformation and creation of high performing team - Facilitated strategic alignment cross-functional teams by coordinating shared resources and fostering new collaborative projects Translate R&D goals into milestone-driven, time-bound strategic plans in alignment with corporate goals - Created strategy and guided the establishment of 2 distinct, proprietary computational platforms to accelerate target identification and target lead nomination - Led research and pre-clinical strategy to identify 3 Immuno-oncology programs entering drug discovery phase in less than 3 years - Strategically designed and implemented both in vitro and in vivo pipelines for antibody leads identification and verification
EDUCATION
Wayne State University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Immunology
Nankai University
Bachelor's Degree, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
SKILLS
ABOUT JIAYI YU
Founding executive with 15+ years of cross-functional leadership in drug discovery…
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