At Parallel Bio, we are using the immune system to unlock safer, more effective drugs. By creating access to genuine human biology in a diverse, reproducible, and scalable way we’re changing the way researchers find, test, refine, and deliver these life-changing therapies.

The human immune system is the master regulator of health and disease in our bodies. Current tools used to discover drugs that target the immune system are wildly inadequate. To fix this critical gap, Parallel Bio created a human ‘immune system in a dish’ to rapidly accelerate the development of new drugs and immunotherapies more likely to work in patients. This means developing drugs that are known to safely work in humans before the first patient receives the first dose and an end to needlessly destroying millions of lab animals in the pursuit of human health.

By blending this biological innovation with the latest in high-throughput lab automation and integrated data capture & analysis, we’re creating a new type of biotech – one that brings the advantages of cloud computing to next-generation wet lab studies.

Why Work With Us

As a biologist, joining our team means:

• Pushing forward the understanding of how the immune system functions with real-world experimentation.

• Helping create new experimental methods that can be repeated and varied from the keyboard instead of the bench.

• Learning modern data & software practices - techniques considered beyond the cutting-edge in biotech.

• Creating experiments where copies of the same organism can be held constant - either for varied treatments or repeated across replicants to drive down scientific uncertainty.

• Access to diverse populations varied by sex, age, race, medical history can be used repeatedly and repeatably.

As a technologist, joining our team means bringing the rigor and scalability of computing into the biological domain:

• Work a problem with clear benefits for humanity. This is work worth doing.

• Bring modern software and data practices to biotech, an industry still catching up on 15 years of big data tech evolution.

• The breadth of our systems is breath-taking: from low-level robotics programming to data science & visualization to AI models of immune response and everything in-between. As a small team we tend to work across these areas rather than be siloed into one of them.

• Software is a first-class product concern at Parallel Bio, not a cost-center / service organization. We operate wet labs but we ship data-as-a-product.

• Learn the intricacies of the biological computing system that is the human immune system: antibody selection and production is a complex search problem.

Responsibilities:

We are seeking an experienced and driven Head of Biobanking to lead our biobanking efforts. In this role, you will be responsible for taking over management of our current biobank and biobanking partnerships, establishing new partnerships to grow the biobank and expand our access to donors, and ensure the efficient operation and distribution of biobank.

• Take over management of our current biobank and biobanking relationships

• Develop and implement strategic plans to expand donor demographics and disease backgrounds based on external and internal scientific requirements

• Establish new partnerships with hospitals, tissue banks, and other key stakeholders to acquire biospecimens

• Monitor and optimize the biobank's capacity and operational processes

• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, industry standards, and ethical guidelines

• Collaborate with other key stakeholders in the planning of scientific projects and partnerships

Job Requirements

Note to candidates: the requirements listed here are an exhaustive list of useful traits but not a hard list of requirements. Candidates who don't fulfill one or more of the listed requirements but whom still think they are strong candidates are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications:

• M.D.

• 5+ years of experience in a biobanking role, with a demonstrated track record of success

• Proven ability to establish and maintain partnerships with external organizations

• Proven ability to manage a biobank as well as a thorough understanding of biobanking operations, including specimen collection, processing, storage, and distribution

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with a highly interdisciplinary team

• Familiarity with relevant regulations, industry standards, and best practices in biobanking

• Experience creating and maintaining HIPAA-compliant methods, databases, and other relevant tools and procedures

• Experience in submitting and maintaining documents to IRBs

• Proficient in data analysis, reporting, and project management

• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment