Senior Scientist, iPSC & Advanced Cellular Models R&D

The Senior Scientist, iPSC & Advanced Cellular Models R&D provides scientific and technical leadership for the development of differentiated iPSC-derived products and related advanced cellular models. This is a hands-on scientific leadership role that combines deep bench expertise with responsibility for establishing scientific strategy, directing complex feasibility and development efforts, and translating promising science into robust, scalable, production- and automation-ready offerings. The Senior Scientist will work closely with scientists, technologists, automation and software engineers, quality partners, operations teams, product leaders, project managers, and external collaborators. This role guides multidisciplinary programs, mentors scientific staff, and ensures that development, validation, technology transfer, and scientific evidence support organizational and customer objectives. Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions Define scientific strategy, technical roadmaps, development priorities, and experimental approaches for assigned iPSC and advanced cellular-model programs. Design, plan, direct, and execute complex studies involving iPSC culture, reprogramming, differentiation, characterization, organoids, assembloids, microphysiological systems, and other New Approach Methodology models. Evaluate established and emerging internal and external technologies and recommend whether promising capabilities should be developed internally, partnered, licensed, or acquired. Lead feasibility, optimization, verification, validation, and translational studies, including definition of technical risks, decision criteria, experimental strategy, and evidence-based go or no-go recommendations. Translate early-stage research methods into robust, reproducible, scalable, cost-conscious, production- and automation-ready workflows. Establish product and process requirements, critical quality attributes, critical process parameters, acceptance criteria, in-process controls, data requirements, and evidence packages needed for development and technology transfer. Analyze and interpret complex experimental, process, and quality data using appropriate statistical and analytical methods; resolve ambiguous technical issues and recommend clear program decisions. Troubleshoot complex challenges in iPSC culture, reprogramming, differentiation, characterization, and automated cellular workflows using deep hands-on scientific expertise. Provide scientific leadership across multidisciplinary programs involving cell biology, automation, software, quality, operations, project management, product management, and external collaborators. Develop and review technical feasibility assessments, development plans, validation strategies, technical reports, publications, presentations, SOPs, and technology-transfer packages. Lead or oversee technology transfer to operations teams and help confirm that workflows are reproducible, sufficiently…