R D Program Director

Life Science Product and Program Director

Phone: 650-***-****

Address: Collegeville, PA, US, 19426

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camillediges Email: ******@*****.***

CAMILLE DIGES

Record of driving innovation at the intersection of product strategy, R&D transformation, and data-driven discovery. Adept at leading multidisciplinary teams, integrating digital and AI technologies into pharmaceutical pipelines, and translating complex scientific goals into scalable product solutions. Experienced in navigating both commercial and research environments—from biotech to pharma while building high-performing teams and delivering measurable results across sample management, multi-omics, and target discovery. Trusted partner to R&D leadership, known for aligning product direction with business impact.

SKILLS

R&D Digital Transformation AI & Multi-Omics Strategy Scientific Product Roadmapping Target Discovery Platforms Cloud Migration & Architecture Sample & Metadata Management Data Visualization & In Silico Tools Cross-Functional Team Leadership SAFe Agile Methodology Pharma & Biotech Operations Stakeholder Engagement Budget Oversight & Forecasting Scientific Search & Genomic Analysis Tools EXPERIENCE

GSK, Upper Providence, PA, US

GSK

PRODUCT DIRECTOR, TARGET DISCOVERY

2022 - 2025

Managed $5M budget delivering 5X improvement in R&D productivity over 2 years. Delivered multiple AI products focused on improving scientific target discovery and search. Developed a comprehensive vision and strategy for products, focusing on sample meta-data management, cloud migration, and multi-omics strategy across Pharma and Vaccines. Worked closely with R&D leadership and engineering teams to ensure a cohesive approach to product development and launch.

Managed team of 20, delivering the product roadmap, prioritizing key features and initiatives in areas such as sample management, proteomics, precision medicine, scientific search, and Vaccines NGS pipelines. Engaged with R&D Leadership and stakeholders to gather feedback and ensure alignment. Monitored product performance, collected data, and made necessary adjustments based on user feedback and changes in R&D strategy.

GSK

PRODUCT OWNER, DATA VISUALIZATION AND ANALYTICS

2020 - 2022

Developed data pipelines for Biopharmaceutical manufacturing, resulting in a saving of over 5000 hours of compute time and 1000 hours of R&D time per year.

SAFe Agile certified leader of matrixed team providing bespoke analysis products to R&D for single cell and multi-cell analysis.

Created in silico analysis platforms for genomic data analysis for non-computational R&D scientists, saving R&D over 3000 hours of analysis time annually.

Awarded the Global Recognition Award for Excellence in Customer Focus. UNISYS, Blue Bell, PA, US

GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF LIFE SCIENCES

2017 - 2020

Built and manage $10M commercial blockchain technology from the ground up. Commercial lead for successful blockchain pilot in the commercial fishing industry with a major aquaculture company and commercial fishing consortium. Created a blockchain platform to prevent illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing and to prevent human trafficking.

Direct cross-functional team to high productivity and performance levels. Assumed leadership for project following loss of critical funding and drive pre-sales process. Assumed leadership for project following loss of critical funding and drive pre-sales process. COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Bridgewater, NJ, US DIRECTOR, DATA SCIENCE

2014 - 2017

Advanced to serve as first Director and West Coast Lead for new Data Science horizontal channel. Managed complex projects to create analytical solutions for pharma, life sciences, and healthcare clients and led eight team members. Drove data science sales to $2M to achieve more than double $1M target within one year of group startup. As Project Manager, turned around failing enterprise-wide implementation of IT platform for globally tracking one of Top 10 pharma company's human biological samples. Defined acceptable scope and user requirements, led both RFI and RFP stages, and secured acceptance of solution. Succeeded when three others had failed. Built drug safety platform for leading pharma company, using non-technical language processing to track social media conversations and identify potential adverse events. Retained $5M, five-year contract by rescuing struggling project within four weeks as Program Manager for key pharma client, expanding support and headcount.

Led and directed seven data scientists to deliver projects for major healthcare provider. Projects included identifying drug- seeking behavior and segmenting customers for pharmaceutical client's targeted marketing campaigns. Designed and built data science / advanced analytics platform to identify new targets for oncology therapies. BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, Hercules, CA, US

ANTIBODY PORTFOLIO MANAGER

2010 - 2014

Developed 36 projects across portfolios, identified problem areas, and designed solutions, as well as identified novel ways to manage portfolio data.

Developed strategies for identifying key opinion leaders (KOLs) and leveraged technology-R suite with Apache Hadoopto target sales results, driving tenfold increase in click-through rates for marketing emails during new product launch. Designed proprietary Big Data market analytics platform for evaluating product portfolio's true value Led acquisition of AbD Serotec antibody manufacturer within six months of antibody strategy implementation. Acquired 10,000+ products and delivered $25M beyond expected revenue within first year of acquisition. Built and spearheaded advanced analytics team charged with gathering information from public databases, analyzing scientific trends, and identifying new genes of interest for multiple disease states. Generated 200+ market reports for distribution to all groups within company. Recognized with Spotlight Award for implementing portfolio program management platform that ensured all R&D projects underwent comprehensive, fact-driven review and aligned with company goals and profit targets. EDUCATION

Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, US Post-doctoral Fellow

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, US

PhD, Biochemistry

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, US

BS Chemistry

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