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Sosei Heptares is an international biopharmaceutical company with a mission to make a significant contribution to improving the quality of life and health of people around the world. To achieve this, we will discover, design, and develop the most innovative and effective medicines for patients worldwide, through our world-leading patent-protected technology and platform.

Our core focus is on the discovery and early development of new medicines originating from our proprietary G Protein-Coupled Receptor (GPCR) targeted StaR® technology and Structure Based Drug Design (SBDD) platform capabilities. Today, we are advancing a broad and deep pipeline of novel medicines across multiple therapeutic areas, including neurology, immunology, gastroenterology, and inflammation diseases.

We have established partnerships with some of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies and multiple emerging technology companies, including AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Biohaven, Genentech (Roche), GSK, Neurocrine Biosciences, Novartis, Pfizer, Takeda and Verily.

Sosei Heptares is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE:4565), with corporate and R&D facilities in London and Cambridge, UK.

For more information, please visit https://soseiheptares.com/. LinkedIn: @soseiheptaresco | Twitter: @soseiheptaresco | YouTube: @soseiheptaresco

Position:

We are seeking an experienced and motivated person for this highly challenging and multi-faceted role. The Head of Site Operations will manage the IT, Facilities, Administration and Logistics operations at our state-of-the-art R&D facilities in Granta Park, Cambridge, and lead four high performing teams of 11 direct and indirect reports. The successful candidate will spearhead the delivery of capital projects, utilising internal teams, engaging appropriate consultants where necessary and taking lead on tendering contracts. On a day-to-day basis, the Head of Site Operations should work with other managers to improve the performance, productivity and efficiency of the Site Operations department as a whole.

Some key elements of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Support senior leadership to develop strategies to accommodate growth within a dynamic office / research lab space for R&D and group enabling functions at Sosei Heptares

• Lead and mentor your team and wider reports within the IT, Facilities, Administration and Logistics teams and define the overarching strategies for each team

• Foster innovation across the Site Operations department to identify, develop and implement operational improvements to drive efficiency, productivity and quality

• Establish and maintain a culture that ensures the safety of staff, community and the environment

• Implement Sustainability programmes that support the company goals and objectives

• Work with the Health & Safety Officer to ensure safe, effective systems and processes are in place, adhering to compliance procedures, laws and regulations

• Liaise with government departments where required and ensure accurate and up to date information is available to staff at all times, support R&D staff with adhering to compliance procedures, laws and regulations

Requirements:

A successful Head of Site Operations candidate would ideally have the following skills and attributes:

• Track record of managing, leading and mentoring high performing multi-faceted teams at life sciences companies

• Proven experience in a senior property management role

• Demonstrable experience of leading capital projects, for example laboratory refurbishment/refit or site relocation

• Strong leadership and management skills, exceptional communicator, detail-oriented, organised, and proactive

• Genuine enjoyment helping colleagues in the lab, sharing your knowledge, problem-solving, and taking initiative to find solutions and establish scalable workflows

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills: you're able to use these skills effectively to resolve conflicts and compromise with peers and reports

Other information:

Why Sosei Heptares?

At Sosei Heptares, we are dedicated to the pursuit of scientific innovation. Our mission is to make a significant contribution to improving the quality of life and health of people around the world. To achieve this, we will discover, design, and develop the most innovative and effective medicines for patients worldwide, through our world-leading patent-protected technology and platform.

Working at Sosei Heptares

The Sosei Heptares R&D centre is a modern, state-of-the-art centre located within easy shuttle reach of Cambridge and Whittlesford Parkway train stations. We offer a collaborative, diverse and inclusive working environment that considers your individual needs and believes in maintaining a sustainable work-life balance. You will be welcomed by a team of colleagues with decades of accumulated experience in their areas of expertise, happy to help you develop your own skills in a highly collaborative environment and who are keen to provide guidance and support in your personal and career development plans.

Our Vision and Values

To become one of Japan’s science and technology-led biopharmaceutical drug discovery champions. To achieve this, we will leverage our global know-how and operating agility to deliver a sustainable pipeline of first or best-in-class therapeutics, ensuring our place amongst the next generation of leading innovators.

We are guided by three fundamental values.

• Limitless Compassion

• Unswerving passion

• Continuous self-innovation

These unchanging set of core values that serves as a guide across all our activities.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including performance-based cash bonuses and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) in publicly listed Sosei Group Corporation (TSE:4565)

• 25 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays

• Employer contribution to pension

• Health and wellbeing benefits including comprehensive Private Medical Insurance cover with BUPA, health cash plan for dental, optical, physiotherapy and chiropractor reimbursement and subsidised individual gym membership

• Income protection to cover long term absences due to ill health

• Group Death in Service equal to 4x basic annual salary

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Other information

The successful candidate will be employed by Heptares Therapeutics Limited.

Sosei Heptares is committed to building a diverse and ambitious workforce, and to promoting equal opportunities in employment. We recognize that diverse and inclusive teams build a stronger and more innovative company. Therefore, all qualified applicants will be considered for employment: we do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other classification prescribed by law.

Applications should include a CV and covering letter, providing a short description of your background and interest in the role. Please apply through our on-line job’s portal with your application in pdf format, quoting reference number 23-HEADOFSITEOPS. The closing date for applications is 28-02-23.

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