About us

The King’s College London Gene Therapy Vector Facility (GTVF) provides comprehensive GMP-grade viral vector manufacturing services. This includes Lentiviral Vector (LV), Retroviral Vector (RV) and Adeno-Associated Viral Vector (AAV) production for early-phase clinical trials, alongside substantial programmes in process innovation, knowledge transfer and training to address critical skills shortages.

​​The GTVF is run by a large, industry-leading team of >50 people who have extensive experience in delivering end-to-end viral vector manufacture for both academic and commercial clients, with a focus on early-stage clinical trials. ​ ​

About the role

The Project Manager for the Gene Therapy Vector Facility (GTVF) group at King's College of London (comprising of the facilities, at Guys and St Thomas, Kings College London and Kings College Hospital), will have responsibility for leading internal and external projects.  The GTVF group is part of Core Research Platforms within the university’s Research Management & Innovation Directorate (RMID) the post holder will work closely with colleagues in this section and also with other professional services directorates as necessary.

This role will report to the Associate Director Commercial  and will be working closely with GTVF Management Team, including the Operations Director, Quality Director, Technical Director and Heads of Production, Analytics, QA, QC, Process Development, MSAT and Business Development among others.

The Project Manager will lead on assigned projects which can be a mix of client projects or internal projects, working closely with colleagues from across the GTVF group, leading a matrix multi-disciplinary team with direction from the Operations Director + Associate Director Commercial and working closely with senior leadership to ensure projects are delivered successfully.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing the project management plan for assigned projects with input from the matrix team assigned to that project, which incorporates the deliverables required by the client as agreed in the contract. They will be responsible for monitoring the plan, and tracking of deliverables, coordinating regular project updates to clients and stakeholders, chairing meetings with clients and documenting minutes and actions.

The job holder must possess a proven work experience or professional knowledge in the field of manufacturing and/or testing of biological products to comprehend and communicate highly complicated information clearly and precisely, helping our customers and stakeholders to understand the whole context of the project and to take both collaborative and independent project decisions of a high impact.

This is an unique and impactful role in which the successful candidate will be a key member in delivering innovative advanced therapies for clients and collaborators and contributing to the success of the Advanced Therapies cluster.

This is a full time (35 per hours per week) post and you will be offered an indefinite contract

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. BSc or MSc in a relevant science or engineering discipline
2. Experience in working within a GMP environment, preferably in cell and gene therapy or biopharmaceutical industry in functions as such as process development, analytical development, QC or manufacturing
3. Familiarity with regulatory guidance governing cell-based and biopharmaceutical development
4. Experience in communicating highly technical information clearly and precisely, leading technical discussions and assess the information to resolve the problems, and progress with the project
5. Experience in working in a matrix organisation structure, to direct multi-disciplinary team members accountable to deliver the project
6. Experience in leading internal and external project team meetings to ensure that all stakeholders and the customer are well informed and working in accordance with the agreed project plan.
7. Ability to act as a single point of contact for operational aspects of the project and to work independently and build professional networks
8. Strong level of work organization, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach and attitude and the ability to manage multiple priorities

Desirable criteria

1. PMP or Prince2 desirable. Training/ continual development can be provided to successful candidate.
2. Good understanding of viral vector and cell biology
3. Experience in use of MS Project.
4. Experience in managing projects, leading projects following a framework including project definition, project initiation, planning, execution and control (cost, time, quality and risk)
5. Working knowledge of identifying risks and communicating these to ensure risk mitigation plans are in place

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.

Grade and Salary: £53,149 - £62,422 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 115286
Close Date: 11-Jun-2025
Contact Person: Dr Henry Pegram
Contact Details: henry.pegram@kcl.ac.uk