Vice President, Biologics Research
InsmedResearch Development Lab - New Hampshire$290k – $396kPosted 10 April 2026
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Job Description
At Insmed, every moment and every patient counts — and so does every person who joins in. As a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with serious and rare diseases, you’ll be part of a community that prioritizes the human experience, celebrates curiosity, and values every person’s contributions to meaningful progress. That commitment has earned us recognition as Science magazine’s No. 1 Top Employer for five consecutive years, certification as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S., and a place on The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list in the UK.
For patients, for each other, and for the future of science, we’re in. Are you?
About the Role:
We’re looking for a Vice President, Biologics Research to provide scientific, strategic, and organizational leadership for biologics discovery, engineering, and early-stage development at Insmed. You’ll report to the Head of Insmed’s east coast Research and work closely with senior leaders across R&D and the broader organization.
You will help set the scientific vision for biologics research, ensure strong execution for discovery across multiple therapeutic modalities, and serve as a key partner to collaborating functions and stakeholders as we translate discovery science into clinical programs. You will combine deep expertise in protein engineering and immunology with hands-on experience advancing biotherapeutics from discovery into the clinic.
The Biologics Research organization includes a growing group of >50 scientists and staff distributed across two research sites and comprising the following groups:
•5+ large molecule discovery and engineering teams
•AAV viral vector engineering team
•AAV gene therapy discovery team
•Immunology team
•Computational biology and data science teams
•Research bioprocess development team
•In vivo model team
What You'll Do:
Scientific Leadership and Strategy
Define and drive the long-term scientific strategy for biologics research, ensuring alignment with corporate and portfolio objectives.
Provide thought leadership for therapeutic targets, protein engineering, biologics modality selection, and biotherapeutic discovery, design, and development.
Ensure scientific rigor, innovation, and data-driven decision-making across all biologics programs.
Support expansion of laboratory automation and adoption of agentic AI-enabled workflows and decision-making.
Drug Discovery and Preclinical Development
Ensure seamless integration of computational biology, data science, and experimental efforts.
Oversee and support teams through key milestones including establishing screening cascades, molecular design, candidate selection, preclinical development, and IND-enabling studies.
Translation and Clinical Interface
Support first-in-human readiness and provide input into clinical study design considerations.
Partner with Technical Operations, Clinical, Toxicology, DMPK, Translational Bioanalytics, and Regulatory teams to support IND submissions and early clinical development.
Provide scientific leadership in understanding human immune responses (CD8, CD4, and B cell responses) to protein antigens and the impact on safety, efficacy, and durability.
People and Organizational Leadership
Recruit, lead, and develop a high-performing and collaborative biologics research organization.
Build strong scientific leadership at the director and senior director levels.
Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, inclusion, and cross-functional collaboration.
Cross-Functional and Executive Engagement
Serve as a key member of the R&D leadership team and a scientific advisor to senior executives.
Represent biologics research internally with cross-functional stakeholders and externally with collaborators, partners, and other 3rd parties.
Who You Are:
You have a
PhD or equivalent degree
along with
15
years o f experience in
biopharma or biotech R&D, with progressive leadership responsibility .
You
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