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Careers in the Life Sciences and Making the Transition from
Academia to Industry
Toby Freedman, Ph.D.April 2015
Career Opportunities in Biotechnologyand Drug Development
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What Makes a Good Job Great?
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Three Main Career Paths for Scientists
You are here
Science and Business
Manager
Fellow or Principal Scientist
Track
Director or Other
CEO
Tenure track Scientist or Other
Director
VPTenured Professor
Academia Government, Research
Institutes, Non-Profits
Industry
Educator
Dean
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Career Development-Many Options
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Career Dev Strategies
• Develop BP
• Seize opportunity
• Be practical
Basic Career Transition Steps
Self assessment—find the career that you love
Informational interviews, mentoring, internships
Resume development
Network and apply for jobs
Network
Interview and employment
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What is Your Ideal Job?
Skills Interests
Values/Goals$$$/
Market
Ideal Job
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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 ResearchDiscovery ResearchDiscovery ResearchRecruiting
LawVenture Capital & Banking
Management Consulting
Bio IT
Quality
Operations & Manufacturing
Business Development
Corporate Communications
Product Support
Sales
Marketing
Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Clinical Development
Project Management
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
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Careers for ChemistsDiscovery ResearchDiscovery ResearchRecruiting
LawVenture Capital & Banking
Management Consulting
Bio IT
QualityQuality
Operations & Manufacturing
Business Development
Corporate Communications
Product Support
Sales
Marketing
Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Clinical Development
Project Management
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical ResearchPreclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
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Careers for Engineers: Medical Device and Biotech Tools Companies
Discovery ResearchRecruiting
Venture Capital & Banking
Management Consulting
Bio ITBio IT
Operations & ManufacturingOperations & Manufacturing
Business Development
Corporate Communications
Sales
Marketing
Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Project ManagementProject Management
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
QualityQuality
Product SupportProduct Support
Product DevelopmentProduct Development
Clinical Development
LawLaw
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1: Brilliantly creative types
Bio-IT
Law
Operations & Manufacturing
Management Consulting
Quality
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
Product Support
MarketingMarketing
Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Clinical Development
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
Project Management
Recruiting
Corporate Communications
Sales
Discovery ResearchDiscovery Research
Venture Capital & Banking
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Interests
• What motivates you?• What do you want to do at your job?
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4: Enjoy Bench ResearchDiscovery ResearchDiscovery ResearchRecruiting
LawVenture Capital & Banking
Management Consulting
Bio IT
QualityQuality
Operations & Manufacturing
Business Development
Corporate Communications
Product Support
Sales
Marketing
Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Clinical Development
Project Management
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical ResearchPreclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
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5: Working with People
Bio-IT
Operations & Manufacturing
Quality
Venture Capital & Banking
Venture Capital & Banking
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
Product Support
MarketingMarketing
Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Clinical Development
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
Project Management
Recruiting
Corporate Communications
Sales
Management ConsultingManagement Consulting
LawLaw
Discovery Research
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6: Careers in LawDiscovery ResearchRecruiting
LawLawVenture Capital & Banking
Management Consulting
Bio IT
Quality
Operations & Manufacturing
Corporate Communications
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
Product Support
Sales
Medical Affairs
Regulatory AffairsRegulatory Affairs
Project Management
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
Clinical Development
Marketing
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7: Passion for TeachingDiscovery ResearchRecruiting
SalesSales
Venture Capital & Banking
Management Consulting
Bio IT
Quality
Operations & Manufacturing
Corporate Communications
Regulatory Affairs
Law
Medical Affairs
Product SupportProduct Support
Project Management
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
Clinical Development
Marketing
Business Development
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9: Easier train scientists about business than reverse/biz of science fascinating
Discovery ResearchRecruiting
Bio ITBio IT
Quality
Operations & ManufacturingOperations & Manufacturing
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
Corporate CommunicationsCorporate Communications
Product Support
SalesSales
MarketingMarketing
Regulatory Affairs
Clinical Development
Project ManagementProject Management
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
Management ConsultingManagement Consulting
Venture Capital & Banking
Venture Capital & Banking
Medical AffairsMedical Affairs
LawLaw
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10: If you enjoy writingDiscovery ResearchRecruiting
LawLawVenture Capital & Banking
Management Consulting
Bio IT
Quality
Operations & Manufacturing
Business Development
Corporate CommunicationsCorporate Communications
Product Support
Sales
MarketingMarketing
Medical Affairs
Regulatory AffairsRegulatory Affairs
Clinical DevelopmentClinical Development
Project Management
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
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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?
Discovery ResearchDiscovery ResearchRecruiting
LawLawVenture Capital & Banking
Venture Capital & Banking
Management ConsultingManagement Consulting
Bio IT
Quality
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
Corporate Communications
Product Support
SalesSales
MarketingMarketing
Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Clinical DevelopmentClinical Development
Project ManagementProject Management
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
Operations &
Manufacturing
Operations &
Manufacturing
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13: Careers where you can earn the most money
Discovery ResearchRecruiting
LawLawVenture Capital & Banking
Venture Capital & Banking
Management ConsultingManagement Consulting
Bio IT
Quality
Operations & Manufacturing
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
Corporate Communications
Product Support
SalesSales
MarketingMarketing
Medical AffairsMedical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Clinical DevelopmentClinical Development
Project Management
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
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14: Travel Intense CareersDiscovery Research
Bio-IT
Law
Operations & Manufacturing
Quality
Venture Capital & Banking
Venture Capital & Banking
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
Product Support
MarketingMarketing
Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
Project Management
Recruiting
Corporate Communications
Clinical DevelopmentClinical Development
Management ConsultingManagement Consulting
SalesSales
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14: Careers requiring less travelDiscovery Research
Law
Operations & Manufacturing
Management Consulting
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
Product Support
Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
Project Management
Recruiting
Corporate Communications
Bio-ITBio-IT
Venture Capital & Banking
QualityQuality
Sales
Marketing
Clinical Development
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Summary: Highest Ranking W/L Balanced Jobs
• 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
15: Drug Development: A Risky Endeavor
Discovery Research
Lead Optimization of Drug Candidates
Preclinical Studies
Bio/Chemical Process Development
IND filing
Clinical Trials
Scale-Up / Manufacturing
NDA or BLA filing
FDA review
Product Launch!
Commercial Operations and Sales
Phase IIIB/IV Trials
Discovery Research Preclinical Studies Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs
Millions of compounds 71-2 1 in 10
About 15 years and > $1B!
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Hot JobsDiscovery ResearchRecruiting
LawVenture Capital & Banking
Management Consulting
Quality
Business Development
Corporate Communications
Product Support
Regulatory AffairsRegulatory Affairs
Clinical DevelopmentClinical Development
Project ManagementProject Management
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical ResearchPreclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
Operations & Manufacturing
Medical AffairsMedical Affairs
Bio-ITBio-IT
SalesSales
MarketingMarketing
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Highly coveted jobsDiscovery Research
Bio-IT
Law
Operations & Manufacturing
Management Consulting
Quality
Venture Capital & Banking
Venture Capital & Banking
Business DevelopmentBusiness Development
Product Support
MarketingMarketing
Medical Affairs
Regulatory Affairs
Clinical Development
Bio/Pharmaceutical Product Development
Preclinical Research
R&DServices
Operations
Commercial Operations
Project Management
Recruiting
Corporate Communications
Sales
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Jobs for Graduates
Scientist I
Project coordinator
MSL, Scientific affairs
Market research
Medical writer, IT
Technical sales rep, FASTech Support, FAS, Trainer
Marcom, AAAS Fellow
OTT, Portfolio
Operations
Research Analysts/AssocKauffman Fellow
Patent agent, advisor, USPTO
FDA, Liaison
QC chemist
Bioinformatics
Consultant
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Government Careers
FDA Research Scientist, FellowCDRH Engineer
FDA
FDA Medical Reviewer, Epidemiologist
Public Policy
USPTO, Reg Law
FDA Reviewer
Auditing
FDA PM
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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
Biotechnologytherapeuticcompanies
Vaccines
Drug delivery
MolecularDiagnostics
Reagents and Chemical suppliers
Instruments (e.g., microscopes)
Platform companies (e.g., genomics, proteomics, nanotechnology)
Bio-IT
Software and hardware
Molecular diagnostics
Management consulting and accounting firms
Law firms
Venture capital and investment banking
Recruiting firms
Contract research organizations (CROs)
Contract manufacturers (CMOs)
Research and clinical testing: clinical labs, customized antibodies
Bio-IT
Other agencies and niche providers: PR, advertising, market research, medical communications
Consultants
Agricultural
Industrial biotechnology
Molecular diagnostics
Veterinary companies
Foundations, non-profits, social philanthropy
Clean tech/energy
Nanotech
Journalism
Viticulture
Food Tech
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CBER
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Depts of Ag, Energy, Veterans Affairs, Defense
Homeland Security & Defense
CIA, FBI, NASA, Air Force
Trade commissions
Crime labs forensics
Medical devices
Diagnostic companies
eHealth
HC Informatics
Telemedicine
Tech transfer
Industry-supported labs and institutes
Education
Program management
Incubators
Career development/
Postdoc affairs
Grant writing
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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 Melanoma Research Alliance
Michael J Fox Foundation
American Cancer Society
Alzheimer’s Association
Leukemia Society
CRI
WHO
Gates Foundation
Skoll Foundation
Doctors Without Borders
ACS
ASCB
DIA
PhRMA
BIO
NIO
BIO
MassBio
SoCal
BayBio
American Cancer Society
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
Chiropractors
Dentists
Optometrists
Podiatrists
Veterinarians
Licensed nurses
Registered nurses
Nurse anesthetists
Nurse midwives
Nurse practitioners
Home health aides
Surgeon assistants
Nurse’s aides
Acupuncturists
Audiologists
Dental hygienists
Dietitians and nutritionists
Genetic counselors
Pharmacists
Psychologists
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
AnesthesiologistsBlood bank techsCardiovascular techsRadiology techsClinical lab techsCytotechnologistsCardiovascularNuclear medicineDental assistantsDental lab techsDiagnostic medical sonographersDiagnostic imagingDietetic techsElectroencephalographEmergency techsParamedicsFood techsHistology techsOphthalmic techsOptometric techsPerfusionistsPhlebotomistsPulmonary techsRadiation therapy techsSurgical techsVeterinary assistants
Art therapists
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 counselors
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
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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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
• 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
Photo: Wikipedia Commons
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Career Ladder in Discovery Research for Research Associates
Student
Research Associate
SRA
SRA
SRA
SRA
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Career Ladder in Discovery Research: Ph.D.s are not technicians
Postdoc
Scientist I - III
Group Leader
Fellow or Principal Scientist
Track
Director
VP Research or CSO
VP R&D
CEO
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Making the Transition is Not Easy
• Luck• Serendipity• Flexibility• Be of value• Supply/demand—be practical of job market
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Areas Easier to Transition Into
Scientist I
PM certificate MBA
MSL, Communications
Market research
Medical writer, IT
Technical sales rep, FASTech Support, FAS, Trainer
Marcom, AAAS Finance
OTT, Portfolio, MBA
Operations, MBA
Research Analysts/AssocKauffman Fellow
Patent agent, advisor, USPTO
FDA, RA certificate
QC chemist
Bioinformatics, IT
Consultant, MBA
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What can you do now?
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What you can do now to make yourself more marketable
• 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
• 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
• 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
Something Completely Different
Sometimes you need to do something completely different to distinguish yourself
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Land a job on the business side
• Work at the OTTBD• 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
• 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
• 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
• WIB MAPS program, www.womeninbio.org• AWIS, www.awis.org• CABS mentoring program, www.cabsweb.org• www.mentornet.org
• 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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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
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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
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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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‘Strategic Networking’
• Attend/volunteer society events--info interviewing or networking
• Regulatory affairs: RAPS• Clinical development: ACRP, many more• Analytical chemistry: CACO• Blog/discussion groups
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• 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
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• 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
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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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One Person Can Make Big Difference
• 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
• 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
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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
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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
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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
LinkIn with Me!
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Thank you!
Start companies, be successful,
and may you find a cure for cancer!
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Results: So Many Careers To Choose!
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
• 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?
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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
• 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,
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