In this episode of the Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Jeff Boyd sits down with Dr. Bruce Levine, the Barbara and Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy and the founding director of the Clinical Cell in Vaccine Production Facility in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Levine discusses the partnership between academia and industry and offers his perspective on what is important to attract the best technical, scientific, commercial, and leadership talent to the space of selling gene therapy. As an advisory board member for many companies, he also shares how he is advising these organizations, specifically with regard to their talent agenda and building out technical and CMC expertise. Finally, he discusses automation in medical manufacturing and advocates for the importance of leaders taking on mentorships and actively engaging in the development of their teams.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.