About GenScript

Founded in 2002 in New Jersey, GenScript Biotech Corporation accelerates innovation in biotech and healthcare by providing researchers and companies with the building blocks needed to develop groundbreaking treatments and products. Guided by its mission to Make People and Nature Healthier Through Biotechnology, and its role as a well-recognized biotechnology company, GenScript has a team of approximately 6,165 employees and has served more than 200,000 customers across over 100 countries and regions.

Position Summary

GenScript is seeking a highly motivated and experienced scientific leader to lead its Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) R&D team in Seattle. The successful candidate will bring multidisciplinary expertise in lipid nanoparticles, nucleic acid delivery, formulation development, and RNA therapeutics, together with demonstrated scientific leadership and people-management capability.

This role will lead the development and commercialization of innovative RNA and nucleic acid delivery technologies, with a focus on LNP platforms for mRNA, DNA, small RNAs, and other emerging nucleic acid modalities. The team will translate new delivery technologies, formulations, workflows, and operating capabilities into differentiated GenScript products and services for global research and drug-development customers.

The ideal candidate is both a scientific innovator and a people leader who can convert emerging delivery technologies into scalable, reproducible, and commercially relevant solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Scientific and Technology Leadership

Lead the development of innovative LNP and nucleic acid delivery platforms for mRNA, DNA, small RNAs, and other therapeutic payloads across diverse research and therapeutic applications.
Drive next-generation LNP development, including novel ionizable lipid design and synthesis, formulation optimization, targeted LNPs, extrahepatic delivery, and tissue- or cell-specific delivery strategies.
Establish technology roadmaps and development strategies that create differentiated LNP capabilities, products, and services.
Partner with the RNA R&D team to develop integrated RNA and delivery solutions for vaccines, gene editing, protein replacement, cell engineering, and other emerging applications.
Provide scientific leadership for LNP formulation design, screening, characterization, optimization, and delivery-performance evaluation.
Monitor emerging technologies, scientific publications, competitive platforms, intellectual-property trends, and industry developments in nucleic acid delivery.

Team Leadership and Development

Build, lead, and develop a high-performing LNP R&D team, with responsibility for workforce planning, hiring, resource allocation, budgeting, performance management, and employee development.
Foster a culture of scientific rigor, innovation, accountability, collaboration, transparency, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
Mentor scientists through regular one-on-one meetings, technical guidance, career-development discussions, and timely, constructive feedback.
Allocate resources effectively to achieve project milestones, platform-development objectives, and organizational priorities.

Cross-Functional and Project Leadership

Serve as the primary technical and organizational leader for LNP R&D and partner with RNA R&D, Operations, Production, Quality, Marketing, Sales, and Program Management.
Define project scope, technical strategy, milestones, resource requirements, risks, and timelines for key R&D programs.
Monitor project and team performance and communicate progress, risks, scientific findings, and recommendations to senior leadership through project reviews and presentations.
Review and approve key R&D deliverables, including research reports, experimental protocols, SOPs, technical procedures, production records, presentations, and scientific publications.

Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Lead the translation of new LNP technologies from early-stage R&D into robust, scalable, customer-facing products and services.