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Sarah Gould

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Sr Director Head of Manufacturing at Umoja Biopharma
📍 Boulder, Colorado, United States

Sarah Gould is the Head of Manufacturing at Umoja Biopharma, where she leads the GMP manufacturing team for gene therapy viral vector products. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder and specializes in process development, GMP site start-up, and team leadership in clinical manufacturing.

Her posts show a strong focus on finding meaningful purpose in her work, specifically in developing new cancer therapies and building teams that share this mission. She actively encourages others to join the life sciences field.

She once built a genetic algorithm optimization program to improve fermentation media development for over 2,000 distinct microbe strains.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Sr Director Head of Manufacturing
Job Level
Senior
Location
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Gene Therapy Manufacturing
She leads the entire GMP manufacturing process for drug substance and drug product for Umoja Biopharma's viral vector gene therapies.
Team Building & Hiring
She is actively hiring and building out her team, frequently posting about finding passionate people and leaders for downstream purification and GMP operations.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Sr Director Head of Manufacturing
Umoja Biopharma
1-2023 - 3-2025
Director Head of MSAT & Manufacturing
Umoja Biopharma
10-2020 - 1-2023
Associate Director MSAT
Umoja Biopharma
1-2018 - 9-2020
Senior Scientist I
Novozymes
7-2016 - 12-2017
Scientist II
Novozymes
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Education
2008 - 2013
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Colorado Boulder
2004 - 2008
Bachelor's of Science
North Carolina State University
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