Rob Barber
Seior Director Project Management @BioNTech SE
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WORK HISTORY
Seior Director Project Management @BioNTech SE
Cambridge, GB
Project Lead for the company’s primary bispecific I/O asset Restructured Core Project Team to create a truly high performing, cross-functional team with a clear vision. Aligned program strategy and defined the Project Implementation Strategy and Plan to include regulatory, manufacturing, medical, commercial and combination diagnostic activities. Further developed the Plan to include activities of a major Alliance partner.Delivered multiple Ph2/Ph3 study starts with implementation of Ph3 studies in progress.
EDUCATION
University of Oxford
BA (Hons), Physiological Sciences
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neuroscience
University of Cambridge
PhD, Pharmacology
SKILLS
ABOUT ROB BARBER
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: Biotech senior leadership team member with extensive experience in taking assets from research through to commercialization. Leads and delivers a clear focus to identify and realise strategic vision, excellent decision-making, execution of deliverables, and a breadth of expertise across all aspects of Research and Development, and Alliance and Project Management. Respected leader who defines strategy and delivers its execution through cross-functional, culturally diverse operational teams. Extremely effective broker, facilitator and deal maker across pharma business relationships. Key strengths in communication, decision-making, activity prioritization and project delivery. Excellent alliance relationship and project management skills with strong cultural sensitivity. An entrepreneurial, tenacious can-do attitude, allied to a practical approach that successfully delivers stretch objectives.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Defined scientific strategy to provide clear priorities and goals. Transformed a scientific team into one that hit scientific goals and milestones. Negotiated and delivered of >$10M from alliance partners in a 12-month period including (i) return of an asset,(ii) reductions in baseline sales payments recovery of overpaid milestones and royalties. Influenced to accomplish termination of an Alliance PhIV clinical program, saving >$5M. Led and managed Alliance teams leading to product approvals in Japan (3) and the EU (2) and US (1). Led and managed early development teams to achieve six positive Proof-of-Concept decisions and ten First-in-Human starts in a six-year period.SKILLSStrategic Alliance Management - Project Management - Leadership - Problem solving & Issue resolution - Risk management - Strategic planning - Project delivery - Governance - Team Leadership - Communication, written & oral
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