Biomanufacturing for planetary health.

Building the

bioeconomy,

together.

planetary was founded by a group of leading biotechnologists and engineers with an ambitious mission to develop biomanufacturing facilities, enabling sustainable bio-based production at an industrial scale.

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planetary leadership

Synthetic biology can produce up to 60% of all physical matter
Prof. Dr. Ian Marison
Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Ian holds over 40 years’ experience in industrial fermentation for food and biopharma, both academic and industrial. He has worked for many years with key fermentation related companies and brings considerable knowledge on science and engineering to enable efficient facility design and scientific operation.
David Brandes
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
David founded planetary out of conviction to 'do well and do good'. Previously Chief Commercial Officer at Migros Online, engagement manager at McKinsey & Co., and co-founder of Peace of Meat (exit through acquisition & NASDAQ IPO), David leads planetary's business strategy and execution.
Dr. Muyiwa Akintoye
Chief Product Officer
Muyiwa has worked in diverse areas of food product research including brewing, canning, breakfast cereal manufacture, and dairy production for over 30 years. Muyiwa is the former head of R&D at Quorn foods, and provides guidance, direction, and development of fungal biomass by fermentation, characterization, and use in plant-based meats and dairy free milks at planetary.
Dr. Joachim Schulze
Chief Technology Officer
Joachim holds over 30 years’ experience in chemical and biochemical engineering. He is the former Managing Director of a GEA company, former executive at ThyssenKrupp, and has designed, constructed, and operated multiple large scale manufacturing facilities. Joachim brings his expertise to the planetary engineering team to construct efficient, built for purpose facilities.
Management

team

Synthetic biology can produce up to 60% of all physical matter
Charles Pontvianne
Head of Corporate Finance
Julian Iacovelli
Director of Business Operations
Eleanor McSweeney
Senior Business Development Manager
Tanja Buch
Fermentation Group Leader
Hugo Hoenink
Bioprocess Engineer
Myrtille Guibal
Bioprocess Engineer
Samuel Garcia
Bioprocess Engineer
Saad Fenjiro
Bioprocess Engineer
May Scheffler
Head of Accounting
Tayson Burdini
Engineering Consultant
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Bioprocess engineer
Geneva, Switzerland

100% remote

Full-time

Planetary is looking for an experienced Bioprocess Engineer with expertise in factory and plant design, infrastructure, regulations, and finished product formulations.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Successfully completed university studies in chemical or bioprocess engineering or related disciplines
  • +5 years of experience of process engineering design possibly within the biotech industry.
  • Experience and familiarity with designing for delivery/implementation and associated project construction and execution.
  • Professional experience in industrial biotechnology, especially in the area of process development/scaling
  • Ability to perform process development involving multiple disciplines (e.g., product isolation and purification,) in cross-functional and cross-site teams
  • Familiarity with modern CAE packages and interfacesfor process plant design.
  • Evidence of working as part of a multi-disciplineteam.
  • English is required, German is a plus
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Executive assistant
Geneva, Switzerland

100% remote

Full-time

To support the development of our business, planetary is searching for an Executive Assistant to join with a 50% - 80% time commitment.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum 3 years of related experience
  • Ability to communicate in English, German and French required
  • Proficient in visual communication including slide design, editing, and creation
  • Proficient in PowerPoint, Slides, InDesign, or similar
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and Google suites
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to multitask efficiently and productively
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Project manager officer
Fribourg, Switzerland OR Geneva, Switzerland

100% remote

Full-time

To support the construction of our first plant, Planetary is searching for an experienced project manager to support our engineering team.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Masters degree in Engineering, Business Management, or related
  • 10+ years of business experience across multiple disciplines and large CAPEX project management experience in pharma, biotech, engineering, or similar
  • Knowledge of process engineering, food plant construction, planning, and process technology strongly preferred
  • Previous project management experience and leadership of teams which are diverse and cross-functional
  • Full working proficiency of both English and German
  • Demonstrated ability to apply independent judgment to solve problems; inspires loyalty and trust; handles oneself ethically, ability to motivate, ability to lead without formal authority; ability to influence outcomes; ability to get things done through others; agile mindset.
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Accounting specialist and team manager
Geneva /Fribourg / Vaud/ Bern Switzerland

100% remote

Full-time

To support the development of our financial planningand business operations, planetary is searching for an Accounting specialist & office manager to join with a 80-100%time commitment.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Ability to communicate in English, German and French required
  • Proficient in Bexio, Excel, PowerPoint
  • Minimum Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of related experience
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to multitask efficiently and productively
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