Epilepsy Society

Board Trustee

LifeArc

Accountable for setting LifeArc’s portfolio strategy in line with charitable objectives and delivering the portfolio through effective project leadership and management. Develop and lead the Translational Challenges as a core element of strategy; these programmes accelerate healthcare innovation by transforming promising life science ideas into life-changing medical breakthroughs for patients. They consider the entire patient pathway – from diagnosis through to treatment and lifestyle support in complex areas of healthcare need. LifeArc provides translational insight, spanning our core offerings of science, funding and advice and connect these collective strengths and resources with the expertise, capabilities and funding of other life sciences partners to catalyse the translation of innovation.

Chief Project and Portfolio Officer

Accountable for LifeArc’s Translational Challenges to accelerate healthcare innovation by transforming promising life science ideas into life-changing medical breakthroughs for patients.

Head of Translational Challenges

Accountable for ensuring effective governance, processes, systems and resource are applied across the entire company including our scientific research programmes, IT improvements, strategic and infrastructure, together with those utilising LifeArc’s offerings of advice and funds.
Developing and implementing strategy, translating LifeArc’s strategic ambitions into well-crafted and achievable operational plans, managing the portfolios, ensuring focus on the highest-level company priorities. Leading major change initiatives to support integration of emerging technologies and adapting operating model design for delivery and agility.

Head of Corporate and Portfolio Project Management

Accountable for building and maintaining productive collaborative relationships with major research partners. Managing the Tech Transfer of antibody technology platforms into LifeArc (transgenic mice, B cell sorting and screening, and in silico bioinformatics for candidate selection) ensuring all facilities, equipment and resources in place to optimise use for therapeutic discovery.

Consultant, Alliance Manager

KQ Labs

Accelerator programme run by the Francis Crick Institute, supporting innovative early-stage data-driven health start-ups to validate their ideas and put their exciting companies on the path to receive further investment.

Governance Board Member

PIPMG

The aim of PIPMG is to support development of the Project Management profession in the global pharmaceutical, biotech and associated industries by:
1. Encouraging recognition of the key role of project management in the industry
2. Enabling learning and sharing of best practices in portfolio, programme and project management
3. Providing Training, Coaching and Continual Professional Development
4. Providing a forum for communication and information exchange between members
5. Introduction, participation in and support of initiatives intended to improve the practice of project management internationally

Executive Committee Member

BTG plc

Global Head of Immuno-Oncology 
Accountable for the strategic direction and commercial success of our Immuno-Oncology platform, managing collaborative partnerships with global pharmaceutical companies, leading research institutions and societies. 
Lead a broad portfolio of pre-clinical and clinical research projects investigating the ability of our interventional oncology therapies (selective internal radiation, ablation solutions, embolics) to drive immune responses, both alone and in combination with immunotherapeutics (check point inhibitors, next generation immunotherapies).

VP Immuno-Oncology

Head of Global Project Management organisation  
Managed R&D governance process, annual portfolio review, and business analytics to track and improve performance, prioritising budget and resource on a risk-balanced pipeline of R&D projects that maximise business value.

VP Project Management

Head of Global Project Management organisation 
Line management of a global team (US, EU, APAC), set project management vision and strategy, ensuring effective project management resource, processes and systems applied across the business, with high standards for delivery.

Group Manager of Project Management

Clinical lead of multiple out-sourced clinical trials with small molecules, peptides, biologics and medical devices (spanning Phase I, II, III and IV).

Clinical Development Executive

Merck

Directed exploratory neuroscience research project teams, selecting multiple candidates for clinical development using pre-clinical models.

Research Manager

Directed learning and memory disorder program, heading GABA α5 inverse agonist pre-clinical research project for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.

Project Director

Headed an exploratory research team of technical personnel running electrophysiological assays for Neuroscience disorders (CHO cell lines, Xenopus oocytes, mouse brain slices) for structure-activity relationship assessment of novel small molecules and drug candidate prioritisation.

Team Leader

Conducted exploratory research, characterising the pharmacology of tachykinin receptors in the brain (nucleus tractus solitarius, dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus, amygdala, entorhinal cortex).

Senior Research Biologist

Karen Skinner is Chief Project & Portfolio Officer at the medical research organisation, LifeArc with accountability for their portfolio of Translational Challenges. These ambitious programmes focus primarily on Rare Disease (including ultra-rare diseases, MND and rare dementias, rare respiratory conditions and childhood cancer), and Global Health. In addition to her role at LifeArc, Karen is a Board Trustee of the Epilepsy Society and member of PIPMG Executive team. 

She has over 30 years of experience within the life sciences industry, having held numerous leadership roles in blue chip big pharma, specialty pharma, biotech and nonprofit organisations. 
She is passionate about biomedical science and technology, applying that knowledge to create innovative products that make a real difference for patients. She believes that collaboration is the key to accelerate the progress of scientific discoveries to create medical breakthroughs that transform the lives of those living with disease. 

Life Sciences | Director | Transformational Leader | Portfolio Management | Keynote Speaker

Karen Skinner

Skills Alliance

I recruit for Senior/Exec level roles in clinical operations, clinical development and project management, placing over 300 life science professionals since 2010.  I also overseeing the well established and growing Global Clinical & PM Division at Skills Alliance. We have 3 brands - Staffing, Consulting and Executive to support innovative Pharma, Biotech, CRO and Medical Device clients, all all stages of development.

Director - Global Clin Ops & PM Division

Manager for the UK permanent division at Skills Alliance, a team of experienced consultants recruiting for positions in the UK and across Europe. The team recruits for roles in clinical, regulatory, PV, QA, medical, sales and marketing.

Line management of the UK permanent team in addition to placing senior level clinical candidates in the UK with Biotech, Pharma and CRO clients from small start-up to top 10 Global companies. We work on both a contingent and search/retained basis depending on the project.

Manager - UK Permanent Division

Manager for the permanent clinical division at Skills Alliance, a growing team of experienced consultants recruiting for positions in the UK and across Europe.  We have been leading the way in clinical operations recruitment in the UK for over 10 years.

Line management of the clinical team in addition to placing senior level clinical candidates in the UK with Biotech, Pharma and CRO clients from small start-up to top 10 Global companies.  We work on both a contingent and search/retained basis depending on the project.

Please call +44 207 220 6209 or email mark.anderson@skillsalliance.com to discuss job opportunities or resourcing requirements. 

Specialties:  Clinical / VP / Director of Clinical Operations / Head of Clin Ops / Portfolio Director / Project Director / Program Manager / Project Manager / Study Manager / CTM / Junior Study Manager / Clinical Research Associate / CRA / Start-up / Feasibility / Clinical Trial Administrator / CTAs / Patient Recruitment / Clinical Contracts & Proposals / Permanent / Search / Retained

Manager - Clinical, UK & Europe

Team Leader for the permanent clinical division at Skills Alliance, managing the team UK and European clinical team and recruiting for senior level positions, predominantly in the UK.

Team Leader - Clinical

Principal Consultant, Clinical Research Division

Senior Consultant, Clinical Research Division

Consultant, Clinical Research Division

Touch Briefings

Account Manager

TWGroup Ltd

Senior Sales Executive

Reed Business Information

Skills Alliance Group is a Global Life Science, Medical Device & Technology, and Animal Health recruitment company encompassing three business units: SA Staffing, SA Executive & SA Consulting. 

Staffing - Permanent, interim and contract hiring solutions providing quality and speed to market. 
Executive - A progressive executive search service for the life science and animal health industries. 
Consulting - Tailored workforce solutions enabling our clients to engage with outsourced talent. 

Since 2004, we have been providing innovative and bespoke recruitment solutions that facilitate our clients need to hire exceptional talent quickly. To date we count many of the leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and CROs as our partners, and we are proud to be contributing to the discovery, development and distribution of safe and effective therapeutics across the globe. 

Office locations:
• Europe - London, Zurich & Frankfurt
• North America - New York, Newport Beach & Seattle

Mark has recruited in the Pharma space since joining Skills Alliance in 2010, placing over 300 Mid/Senior/Exec professionals in clinical operations, development, project management and R&D in the UK, Europe and the US with a specialist focus on helping innovative Biotechs grow.

Mark also oversees the well established and Global Clinical Operations, Clinical Development and PM Division - we have specialised in this market since our inception in 2004. We have a team of experienced and vertically aligned 360 consultants who work on a retained, contingent and project basis with innovative Pharma, Biotech, CRO and Medical Device clients. Our core markets are Clinical Operations and Development, PMO, R&D, Quality and Manufacturing, Tech Ops, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, Commercial, HR and Talent Acquisition, Procurement and Supply Chain and Medical Devices. 

Please get in touch for a confidential discussion regarding career opportunities or hiring requirements: +44 207 220 6209 / mark.anderson@skillsalliance.com

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