Transcript Careers in the Life Sciences — Finding Your Way

Career Opportunities in Biotechnology
and Drug Development
Careers in the Life Sciences and
Making the Transition from
Academia to Industry
Toby Freedman, Ph.D.
April 2015
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Goals
“If you are doing what you love, then it’s not
really ‘work’”
Peter David
What Makes a Good Job Great?
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Three Main Career Paths for Scientists
Academia
Tenured
Professor
Government,
Research
Institutes, NonProfits
Dean
Director or
Other
Industry
CEO
VP
Director
Tenure track
Educator
Scientist or
Other
Manager
Fellow or
Principal
Scientist
Track
Science and
Business
You are
here
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Career Development-Many Options
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Career Dev Strategies
• Develop BP
• Seize opportunity
• Be practical
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Basic Career Transition Steps
Self assessment—find the career that you love
Informational interviews, mentoring, internships
Resume development
Network and apply for jobs
Interview and employment
Network
What is Your Ideal Job?
Skills
Interests
Ideal
Job
Values/Goals
$$$/Market
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Skills
• Personality attributes, innate or learned skills
• What are you good at?
• What is your expertise?
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Careers in Research
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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Careers for Chemists
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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Careers for Engineers: Medical Device
and Biotech Tools Companies
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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1: Brilliantly creative types
Recruiting
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Research Preclinical
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio-IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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2: Project Management
3: Quality and RA
Image: Wikipedida
Interests
• What motivates you?
• What do you want to do at your job?
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Interests: Passion
Invent
Discover
Build
Curiosity
Help others
Teach
Write
Communicate
4: Enjoy Bench Research
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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5: Working with People
Recruiting
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Discovery
Research Preclinical
Research
Law
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio-IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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6: Careers in Law
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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7: Passion for Teaching
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Law
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Sales
Product
Support
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8: Enjoy public speaking? Corp Com,
Trainer, FAS
Image: Wikipedia
9: Easier train scientists about business
than reverse/biz of science fascinating
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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10: If you enjoy writing
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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11: Enjoy helping people
Image: Wikipedia
Goals and Values
• What do you want to accomplish in your personal and
professional goals?
• What type of corporate culture would you enjoy working
in?
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12: So, you want to be a CEO one
day?
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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13: Careers where you can earn the
most money
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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14: Travel Intense Careers
Recruiting
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Research Preclinical
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio-IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Sales
Product
Support
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14: Careers requiring less travel
Recruiting
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Research Preclinical
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio-IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Sales
Product
Support
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Summary: Highest Ranking W/L
Balanced Jobs
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Technical support
Drug safety (except during drug recalls!)
Market research
Bio-IT and data management
Document management
Quality careers
Medical writing
Human resources
Teaching/education
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15: Drug Development: A Risky
Endeavor
Discovery
Research
Lead
Optimization
of Drug
Candidates
Discovery Research
Millions of compounds
Preclinical
Studies
Bio/Chemical
Process
Development
IND
filing
Clinical Trials
Scale-Up /
Manufacturing
NDA
or
BLA
filing
FDA
review
Preclinical Studies Clinical Development and
Regulatory Affairs
71-2
1 in 10
About 15 years and > $1B!
Product
Launch!
Commercial
Operations
and Sales
Phase
IIIB/IV Trials
Hot Jobs
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Preclinical
Recruiting Research
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio-IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Medical
Affairs
Business
Development
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Sales
Product
Support
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Highly coveted jobs
Recruiting
Venture
Capital &
Banking
Law
Discovery
Research Preclinical
Research
Bio/Pharmaceutical
Product
Development
Management
Consulting
Project
Management
Bio-IT
Services
Quality
R&D
Clinical
Development
Operations
Commercial
Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Regulatory
Affairs
Business
Development
Medical
Affairs
Marketing
Corporate
Communications
Product
Support
Sales
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Jobs for Graduates
Patent agent, advisor, USPTO
Research Analysts/Assoc
Kauffman Fellow
Consultant
Scientist I
Project coordinator
Bioinformatics
Medical writer, IT
QC chemist
Operations
FDA, Liaison
OTT, Portfolio
MSL, Scientific affairs
Marcom, AAAS Fellow
Market research
Tech Support, FAS, Trainer
Technical sales rep, FAS
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Government Careers
USPTO, Reg Law
FDA Research
Scientist, Fellow
CDRH Engineer
FDA PM
FDA Medical
Reviewer,
Epidemiologist
Auditing
FDA Reviewer
FDA
Public Policy
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Results: So Many Careers To Choose!
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So Many Areas to Consider!
Table 6-1: Biotechnology and Drug Development Overview... Where the Jobs Are
Drug Discovery
& Development
Biotechnology
“Tools”
Biotechnology
Services
Other Pharma/
Biotech Areas
Government
Institutions
Medical
Devices
Academia
Pharmaceutical
companies
Reagents and
Chemical suppliers
Management consulting
and accounting firms
Agricultural
Medical devices
Tech transfer
Biotechnology
therapeutic
companies
Instruments (e.g.,
microscopes)
Law firms
Industrial
biotechnology
Food and Drug
Administration
(FDA) and CBER
Diagnostic
companies
Venture capital and
investment banking
Molecular
diagnostics
Industrysupported labs
and institutes
Vaccines
Drug delivery
Molecular
Diagnostics
Platform companies
(e.g., genomics,
proteomics,
nanotechnology)
Bio-IT
Software and
hardware
Molecular
diagnostics
Recruiting firms
Contract research
organizations (CROs)
Contract manufacturers
(CMOs)
Research and clinical
testing: clinical labs,
customized antibodies
Bio-IT
Veterinary
companies
Foundations, nonprofits, social
philanthropy
Clean tech/energy
Nanotech
Journalism
Other agencies and niche
Viticulture
providers: PR, advertising,
market research, medical
Food Tech
communications
Consultants
Centers for
Disease Control
(CDC)
National Institutes
of Health (NIH)
eHealth
Education
HC Informatics
Telemedicine
US Patent and
Trademark Office
(USPTO)
Depts of Ag,
Energy, Veterans
Affairs, Defense
Program
management
Incubators
Career
development/
Postdoc affairs
Grant writing
Homeland Security
& Defense
CIA, FBI, NASA,
Air Force
Trade
commissions
Crime labs
forensics
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16: Non-Profit Organizations
Drug Discovery &
Development
Granting
Organizations
World Health
Educational
Lobbying and
Workforce Dev
Cancer Non
Profits
Myelin Repair Foundation
American Cancer Society
WHO
ACS
BIO
Melanoma Research Alliance
Alzheimer’s Association
Gates Foundation
ASCB
MassBio
American Cancer
Society
DIA
SoCal
PhRMA
BayBio
Michael J Fox Foundation
Leukemia Society
Skoll Foundation
CRI
Doctors Without
Borders
BIO
NIO
Leukemia Society
Cancer Research
Institute
Multiple Myeloma
Research Foundation
Prevent Cancer
Foundation
St Jude Children’s
Research
Sloan Kettering
CureSearch
Breast Cancer Fund
Prevent Cancer
Foundation
National Breast Cancer
Coalition
Livestrong
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Careers in Healthcare
Healthcare
Practitioners Nursing
Associated Careers
and Therapists
Technologists and
Technicians
Rehab
Therapists
Healthcare
Administration
Insurance
Industry
Physicians
Licensed nurses
Acupuncturists
Audiologists
Dentists
Nurse anesthetists
Dental hygienists
Optometrists
Nurse midwives
Dietitians and nutritionists
Podiatrists
Nurse practitioners
Genetic counselors
Veterinarians
Home health aides
Pharmacists
Admitting officers
Accounting and
finance
Coordinators of
health wellness
Environmental health
and safety
Food service
Health education
Health information
technologists
Human resources
Librarians
Public relations
Nursing home
directors
QA directors
Geriatric care
managers
Medical records
Medical billing,
claims, patient
accounting
Medical secretaries
Mental health
workers
Administration
Registered nurses
Anesthesiologists
Blood bank techs
Cardiovascular techs
Radiology techs
Clinical lab techs
Cytotechnologists
Cardiovascular
Nuclear medicine
Dental assistants
Dental lab techs
Diagnostic medical
sonographers
Diagnostic imaging
Dietetic techs
Electroencephalograph
Emergency techs
Paramedics
Food techs
Histology techs
Ophthalmic techs
Optometric techs
Perfusionists
Phlebotomists
Pulmonary techs
Radiation therapy techs
Surgical techs
Veterinary assistants
Art therapists
Chiropractors
Surgeon assistants
Psychologists
Nurse’s aides
Occupational therapists
Opticians
Orthotists and prosthetists
Physical therapists
Recreational therapists
Respiratory therapists
Pediatric occupational
therapists
Biomedical engineers
Biomedical equipment
techs
Biomedical photographers
Biomedical writers
Child life specialists
Dietary managers
Geriatric social workers
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Certified athletic
trainers
Dance movement
Home health aides
Music therapists
Occupational
therapists
Patient reps
Physical therapists
Psychiatric aides
Recreational
therapists
Rehab counselors
Respiratory
therapists
Social services
aides
Speech language
pathologists
Substance abuse
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Actuaries
Agents and
brokers
Claims adjusters
Loss control
specialists
Medical
insurance billing
and coding reps
Medical claims
reviewers
Public relations
Service reps
Sales and
marketing
Underwriters
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So Many Careers To Choose!
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Additional Qualities in Ideal Job?
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About the Life Sciences Industry
Image: Wikipedia Commons
Mis-Information about Industry
‘Industry is for losers’
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Mis-Information about Industry
‘It’s boring’
Image: Wikipedia Commons
Why Work in Industry???
• Most common answer to why people
enjoyed their jobs?
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Why Work in Industry???
• Overwhelming feeling of higher aspirations
for developing drugs that promise to
benefit mankind
• Developing cures for the most debilitating
diseases, saving lives
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Themes to Excel
Personality attributes to be successful,
regardless of the career?
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Top 10 Personality Attributes to be
Successful in Industry
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Flexibility
Communication skills
Team player
Interpersonal skills
Can-do positive attitude, sense of humor
Multitask
“Forest through the trees”
Customer’s point of view
Creative problem solving skills
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Career Paths in the Life Sciences
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Career Ladder in Discovery Research for
Research Associates
SRA
SRA
SRA
SRA
Research
Associate
Student
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Career Ladder in Discovery Research:
Ph.D.s are not technicians
CEO
VP R&D
VP Research or CSO
Fellow or
Principal
Scientist
Track
Director
Group Leader
Scientist I - III
Postdoc
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Transitioning to Academia,
Industry, Gov and NPOs
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Making the Transition is Not Easy
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Luck
Serendipity
Flexibility
Be of value
Supply/demand—be practical of job market
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Areas Easier to Transition Into
Patent agent, advisor, USPTO
Research Analysts/Assoc
Kauffman Fellow
Consultant, MBA
Scientist I
PM certificate MBA
Bioinformatics, IT
Medical writer, IT
QC chemist
Operations, MBA
FDA, RA certificate
OTT, Portfolio, MBA
MSL, Communications
Marcom, AAAS Finance
Market research
Tech Support, FAS, Trainer
Technical sales rep, FAS
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What can you do now?
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What you can do now to make
yourself more marketable
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Human disease
Hot therapeutic areas
“Unmet medical needs”
Same techniques, drug screens, applied
science
• Patent work
• Business and clinical understanding
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What you can do now -- continued
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Collaborate with industry cohorts
Follow biotech news
Publish (but don’t perish)
Present and attend conferences;
become perceived expert
• Attend industry events, network
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What you can do now -- Leadership
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Start something, create, innovate
Find a market or good cause
Start club or LinkedIn Group
Be President, Program Chair
Steering committee for new faculty
Manage RAs
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Something Completely Different
Sometimes you need to do something
completely different to distinguish yourself
Land a job on the business side
• Work at the OTTBD
• Visit MBA program—management
consulting firms, career help
• Business classes, Idea to IPO course
• Business plan competitions
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What you can do now to land a job
on the business side--continued
• Follow biotech stock
• Invest in public companies—demonstrate
financial acumen
• Pubs not needed in business
• Read WSJ, follow biotech business news
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Consult, Volunteer, Internship
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Law firms—’Specialist’
VC firms—’Associate’
Management consulting firms
I/UCRC, Industry/University Cooperative
Research Centers through NSF
• Collaborate
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‘Strategic Postdoc’
• Industry-friendly professor, i.e. founded
several companies or consultant, board
• Industry-oriented university, i.e. UCSF
• Learn something new
• Industry-oriented topic
• Skip the postdoc and start as Associate
Scientist or business
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Industry Postdoc
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Genentech/Roche
Novartis
Amgen
IBM
J&J
Amylin
BD, Genzyme
Merck, Lilly, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, GSK, P&G,
BioLogic
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Making the Leap to Industry
• MBT programs, KGI, JHU, SJSU
• Keck Institute’s Postdoc Professional
Master’s Program (PPM)
• Certificates, classes @ UC Berkeley X and
UCSC X
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Get Mentored
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WIB MAPS program, www.womeninbio.org
AWIS, www.awis.org
CABS mentoring program, www.cabsweb.org
www.mentornet.org
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Senior level
In field that interests you
Chemistry
Not your boss
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What you can do now: Resources
• National Postdoc Association,
www.nationalpostdoc.org
• LinkedIn PhDs “Careers Outside Academia”
• Toby’s LinkedIn group, “Careers in the Life
Sciences”
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Join or Start a Startup
• Easiest job entry startups: QB3,
http://jobs.qb3.org
• J&J’s JLabs in SSF
• Bayer CoLaborator in SSF
• Berkeley BioLabs
• BioScience Laboratories
• Illumina Accelerator Program
• SJ Bioscience Center (BioCube)
• I-CORPS for NSF fellows (innovation corps)
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Entreprenership: Large and Small
Companies
Go from big to small company
Large and small companies
Large companies:
• Training
• Credibility
• Pigeonholed into position
• Bureaucracy, more political
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Large and small companies
Small companies:
• “Multiple hats”
• Corporate culture
• Have a bigger impact in a company
• Not enough resources (limited training)
• Unstable, M&A, licensing, clinical trial failure
www.careersbiotech.com
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Entrepreneurship
• Office tech transfer
• Take entrepreneurship classes, business
classes, business plan competitions
• Do a postdoc in lab where PI has founded
companies
www.careersbiotech.com
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Entrepreneurship Resources
• Oxford Roundtables
• Chapter on entrepreneurship
• New book, Craig Shimasaki, Biotechnology
Entrepreneurship: Starting, Managing and
Growing Biotech Companies
• Peter Kolchinsky, www.evelexa.com,
[email protected]
• LinkedIn’s On Startups—the Community for
Entrepreneurs
• Peter Thiel’s book Zero to One
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What is the best approach?
‘Strategic Networking’
• Attend/volunteer society events--info
interviewing or networking
• Regulatory affairs: RAPS
• Clinical development: ACRP, many more
• Analytical chemistry: CACO
• Blog/discussion groups
www.careersbiotech.com
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‘LinkedIn is the New Resume’
Photo from Wikipedia
LinkedIn
• Fill out profile like CV/Resume
• Add publications
• Add key words—expertise, skills, therapeutic
areas
• Build network
• LinkedIn networking groups—i.e. MSL, RA,
Clinical, PM, etc all have groups, Personalized
Med, Onco—50 max
• Join discussions
www.careersbiotech.com
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LinkedIn
• Hiring manager or recruiter view profiles of job
candidates
• Recruiters using—key word searches, LinkedIn
makes $ from recruiters—provide as much info
help recruiter find you and provide email
address
www.careersbiotech.com
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You Know More than you Think you
Know
• Apply for jobs that interest you.
Image: Wikipedia Commons
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Embrace the Concept of “Continued
Life-Long Learning”
Goal: Find a Niche
Do What You Love
Passionate about work, accomplish, more
successful
One Person Can Make Big
Difference
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Elizabeth Holmes—Theranos
Anne Wojcicki—23andMe
Greg Mortenson—Three Cups of Tea
Bill Gates—computers for everybody
Al Gore—global warming
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The Future of the Life Sciences Remains
Promising
• Significant unmet medical needs remain—
neurological disorders, cancer, infectious
diseases, diabetes, obesity,
cardiovascular diseases
• People are living longer, aging population
all over the world
• Tremendous market opportunity in China,
India and other emerging countries
• Energy
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Recommendations for job search
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Non-glamorous jobs
Temp-to-hire/contract ops
Flexibility in job search
Safety in biotech hubs: SF, SD, Boston
Good time to start a company
Start networking early—don’t wait!
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Career Books Academia
• At the Bench and At the Helm, Kathy Barker,
CSHLP
• Advice for New Faculty Members, Robert Boice
• Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to
Scientific Management for Postdocs and New
Faculty, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, HHMI,
www.hhmi.org/labmanagement
• Lab Dynamics: Management Skills for Scientists,
Carl and Suzanne Cohen, CSHLP
• Managing Scientists, Alice Sapienza
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Industry Books
• Career Options for Biomedical Scientists,
Kaaren Janssen and Richard Sever
• Career Opportunities in Clinical Drug Research,
Rebecca Anderson
• Put Your Science to Work, Peter Fiske
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Industry Books
• Science Lessons, Gordon Binder, Former CEO
of Amgen
• From Good to Great, Jim Collins
• Emperor of All Maladies, Siddharta Mukherjee
• Craig Shimasaki, Biotechnology
Entrepreneurship: Starting, Managing and
Growing Biotech Companies
• Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson
www.careersbiotech.com
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Book Information
• Careers in Biotechnology and Drug Development
• Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Books available on Amazon and www.cshlpress.org
• Available in German
• www.careersbiotech.com
www.careersbiotech.com
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Additional Information
• Free sample chapter on Careers in Project
Management, www.careersbiotech.com
• List of job posting sites under career
resources at www.careersbiotech.com
www.careersbiotech.com
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Acknowledgments
• Over 200+ industry professionals
Special Thanks to:
• Molly Schmid, Joseph Carlino, Betsy Alberty,
Angelie Agarwal, Bill Lindstaedt
Even More Special Thanks to:
• My father, Bill Freedman, who edited the
chapters multiple times and Peter Symonds
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Contact Information
Toby Freedman, Ph.D.
President, Synapsis Search Recruiting
Recruiting in the life sciences: Biotechnology,
Food Tech, Biofuels, Services, Non-Profits
www.synapsissearch.com
[email protected]
LinkIn with Me!
www.careersbiotech.com
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Thank you!
Start companies, be successful,
and may you find a cure for cancer!
www.careersbiotech.com
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Results: So Many Careers To Choose!
www.careersbiotech.com
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Industry Postdoc
• Provides exposure to industry work
environment without the risk
• Can return to academia
• Expand your network
• May count as years in industry on resume
• Vast, unlimited resources
• Usually research not related to drug
development—is exploratory
Industry Postdoc
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Can be one of the first positions eliminated
Basic exploratory research
Paid a little more academic postdoc
Company policy to not hire postdocs
Better to have a Scientist I position
Better than academic institution?
Informational interviewing
• Short interview (phone or in person) with
someone who has made a similar career move
• To determine if career is a good fit and to obtain
additional information about the job market
• It’s better to determine if this is the right career
before committing to another degree
• Not to be mis-used as a way to get a job
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Toby Freedman’s Bio
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BS, UC Davis, internship UC Berkeley
Ph.D., UNC Chapel Hill
Postdoc, Harvard
Postdoc, UT Austin
SLIL Biomedical, biotech startup, business side
BioQuest, executive recruiting
Author, Career Opportunities in Biotechnology and Drug
Development, www.careersbiotech.com on Amazon
• Founded recruiting company, Synapsis Search,
www.synapsissearch.com
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