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title: 'Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning & Operations at BrainChild Bio'
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# Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning & Operations at BrainChild Bio

- **Company:** BrainChild Bio
- **Location:** Seattle, WA
- **Compensation:** $150k–$180k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/brainchildbio/12200832-e6b8-4877-8dba-7c8bb65919b8

## Job description

Position Summary BrainChild Bio is seeking a highly motivated hands-on Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning & Operations to join our growing team. This pivotal role will drive the supply planning, material management, sourcing, supplier management, systems, and partnerships required to support BrainChild's clinical-stage cell therapy programs and internal research operations. The Senior Manager will serve as the primary business partner across BrainChild's external manufacturing network, critical suppliers, storage providers, and logistics partners. Working closely with Program Management, Quality Assurance, Patient Operations, Clinical Operations, MSAT, Research, Process Development, Analytical Development, and Finance, this individual will ensure uninterrupted supply, operational readiness, and efficient support of both clinical and laboratory activities. As BrainChild's lead supply chain professional, this role will provide broad oversight across forecasting, supply planning, external manufacturing coordination, supplier management, and laboratory inventory planning. The successful candidate will be comfortable moving seamlessly between operational planning and hands-on execution while serving as a key supply chain partner across the organization. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape and optimize BrainChild's supply chain capabilities within a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment. The ideal candidate is a proactive and adaptable professional who thrives in ambiguity, takes ownership of complex challenges, and delivers practical solutions that support scientific innovation and improve patient outcomes. Responsibilities: Supply Planning & CDMO Oversight Lead demand forecasting and supply planning activities in partnership with internal stakeholders and external manufacturing partners.

## About BrainChild Bio

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: BrainChild Bio is a clinical-stage biotech company developing CAR-T cell therapies for central nervous system (CNS) tumors, with an initial focus on the childhood cancer DIPG.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Seattle, WA, USA
- **Founded**: Not publicly available (launched out of Seattle Children’s, built on Dr. Michael Jensen’s research)
- **Founders**: Dr. Michael Jensen (Founder & Chief Scientific Officer)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Biopharmaceuticals / Cell Therapy / Oncology
- **Target customers**: Pediatric and adult cancer patients, clinical partners, regulatory agencies, healthcare providers
- **Mission**: To develop safe and effective therapies for children with brain cancer — “we must get more cures to kids with cancer” ([brainchildbio.com - Careers](https://brainchildbio.com/careers/))

## Products & Services
- **BCB-276**: Clinical candidate for DIPG (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma), an incurable childhood brainstem cancer; plan is to proceed directly to a single pivotal registrational trial designed to support a Biologics License Application (BLA) after FDA alignment ([brainchildbio.com - Pipeline](https://brainchildbio.com/pipeline/))
- **CNS CAR-T Platform**: Integrates synthetic technologies with three pillars — multiplexed targeting, potency enhancement, and remote control — to optimize CAR-T therapies for CNS tumors ([brainchildbio.com - About](https://brainchildbio.com/about/))
- **Expanding Pipeline**: Future planned expansion to other pediatric and adult brain tumors, including glioblastoma and brain metastases ([brainchildbio.com - Pipeline](https://brainchildbio.com/pipeline/))

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding not publicly available; key milestone is FDA alignment to proceed with a pivotal registrational trial for BCB-276 ([brainchildbio.com - Pipeline](https://brainchildbio.com/pipeline/))
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available; company is closely tied to Seattle Children’s and the research legacy of Dr. Michael Jensen ([brainchildbio.com - About](https://brainchildbio.com/about/))
- **Growth Signals**: Clinical advancement to pivotal trial, active hiring across process development, regulatory affairs, and supply chain, and an expanding leadership team ([jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/brainchildbio), [brainchildbio.com - Team](https://brainchildbio.com/team/))

## Competitive Advantages
- Built on over a decade of translational research, including FDA-authorized INDs covering four CNS CAR-T cell products ([brainchildbio.com - About](https://brainchildbio.com/about/))
- Deep specialty in CNS tumors — a difficult niche where established CAR-T approaches face unique challenges
- Mission-driven “kids first” positioning, leading to distinct patient-centric drug development priorities
- Proprietary platform combining multiplexed targeting, potency enhancement, and remote control technologies ([brainchildbio.com - About](https://brainchildbio.com/about/))

## Strategic Focus
- Accelerate BCB-276 through a pivotal registrational trial and toward BLA submission ([brainchildbio.com - Pipeline](https://brainchildbio.com/pipeline/))
- Expand the platform to additional CNS tumors in adults and children
- Build a best-in-class team across immunology, synthetic biology, manufacturing sciences, translational medicine, and clinical development ([brainchildbio.com - Team](https://brainchildbio.com/team/))

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Strong mission and values explicitly labeled “Kids First,” “Inventive,” and “Team” ([brainchildbio.com - Careers](https://brainchildbio.com/careers/))
- **Work Environment**: Offers hybrid and remote roles (e.g., remote Process Engineer; hybrid Scientist roles in Seattle) ([jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/brainchildbio))
- **Unique Impact**: Rare opportunity to help advance therapies for pediatric brain cancer “that other biotechnology companies have not done” ([brainchildbio.com - Careers](https://brainchildbio.com/careers/))
- **Hiring Transparency**: AI tools may support aspects of the hiring process, but final decisions are made by humans ([jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/brainchildbio))

## Sources
1. [brainchildbio.com - About Us](https://brainchildbio.com/about/)
2. [brainchildbio.com - Careers](https://brainchildbio.com/careers/)
3. [jobs.lever.co - BrainChild Bio](https://jobs.lever.co/brainchildbio)
4. [brainchildbio.com - Pipeline](https://brainchildbio.com/pipeline/)
5. [brainchildbio.com - Team](https://brainchildbio.com/team/)

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