Research and Development Department, Pipeline Team (Team Leader Candidate)

Integriculture is a startup that utilizes its cell culture technology “Culnet System®” to promote the social implementation of sustainable alternative resources.
Aiming to solve global challenges such as food and environmental problems, we are a company that cultivates the “culture of the future” through our daily business at the frontier of the technological field of “cellular agriculture.”

■ About This Position
You will be in charge of leading a team (pipeline team) that is responsible for commissioned joint research and development with clients (mainly startups and large corporations). Your
mission is to understand the needs of clients who want to enter the cellular agriculture market, and to support their technological development by collaborating with them to advance projects.

■ Job Overview
You will gain business promotion skills by experiencing the process from having partner companies consider adopting our unique technology to implementing the product in society.

■Specifically…
Designing commissioned research and development projects from domestic and international partner companies
, designing research outlines/protocols, conducting research and development and testing, writing and guiding report writing
, managing the team’s project progress,
and team management ⇒ We value experience in member development and project progress management as a role.

■Recruitment background
　This is a replacement recruitment

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Our company aims to develop a new market for food supply using cell culture technology, and we are constantly working on research and development of environments and materials in which cells can grow healthily. We are a company that can provide new products to the market by combining the new needs of our customers with the results obtained from our research and development. You can work together to build the future culture of “cellular agriculture” while taking on the challenge of solving the problems facing animal resources in the world.

Recruitment Information

Required skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Engaged in life science research
• Ability to present research findings and participate in meetings in English

Desired skills and experience

Candidates with experience in the following areas will be given preferential treatment:

• Experience in regenerative medicine, drug discovery, or the food industry
• Experience with various animal cells, especially primary cell culture
• PhD holders

Desired candidate profile

We are looking for individuals who:

• Can view things objectively and think logically.
• Value teamwork more than individual performance.
• Want to take on challenges in technologies and businesses that can change society.
• Are cheerful, outgoing, and socially adept, and are willing to take on uncharted territories.
• Can identify the challenges necessary to achieve their goals and proactively work towards solving them.

Employment type: Full-time employee
Expected annual salary: 7-8 million yen
Working hours: 9:00-18:00, flexible working hours (with core time: 13:00-15:00), standard working hours: 8 hours, 60-minute break
Holidays/vacations: 122 days per year, including Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and summer special leave (5 days), paid leave: 10 days in the first year (number of days may change depending on the month of joining, maximum of 20 days granted)
Health insurance: Yes
Pension insurance: Yes
Employment insurance: Yes
Workers’ compensation insurance: Yes

Other requirements

*Reference videos:
　
• About the Cellular Agriculture Initiative / Featuring CEO Yuki Hanyu
　　https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thtfdgJTQRs
　
• ICC Summit KYOTO 2018 / Featuring CEO Yuki Hanyu
　　https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XYKVEz5BqQ
　
• Getting to Know Cell Culture Technology Companies / Featuring CTO Kazuhiko Kawashima
　　https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3rkCJN_OMw

Work place
Kanagawa Prefecture

Recruitment locations

RD
Shonan iPark A32F-3111, 2-26-1 Muraoka-Higashi, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture