Jessica Rios Esteves

Jessica Rios Esteves, Ph.D., serves as the Director of CMC Project Management and Technical Program Lead at Legend Biotech since December 2020, where responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams through the clinical advancement of pipeline assets and managing project deliverables. Prior experience includes project management roles at Novartis focusing on site-priority projects to enhance Kymriah® manufacturing, and positions at Vetter Pharma involving process development and technical transfers for clinical drugs. Earlier roles at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and various internships provided a solid foundation in cancer biology and technical operations, culminating in a Ph.D. from the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and a B.S. in Industrial Biotechnology from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez.