Global Product Manager · Cell & Gene Therapy

Michelle Yee

PhD scientist marketing off-the-shelf manufacturing workflows for CAR-T and TCR therapies — and partnering with R&D on new applications for current and emerging market trends. AI is a force multiplier for how I work — not the headline.

Get in touch Selected work

01 — Focus

Where I spend attention.

Off-the-shelf workflow marketing CAR-T / TCR applications R&D partnership Market trends Go-to-market Voice of Customer KOL engagement Clinical tech transfer AI as force multiplier

02 — Selected work

Impact over titles.

2025 — Now

Global Product Manager

Miltenyi Biotec · Bergisch Gladbach

Own global marketing and commercial promotion for off-the-shelf T-cell manufacturing workflows that power CAR-T and TCR programs.
Partner with R&D to develop new applications and developments that support current and emerging market trends.
Run structured Voice-of-Customer / KOL loops so market pain informs positioning and priorities — not just the pitch deck.
Lead cross-functional go-to-market (Sales, QA/QC, Regulatory, Digital, Brand) so launches land with enablement, not just a press note.

2021 — 2025

Global Technical Support Specialist

Miltenyi Biotec · Singapore

Part of the 24/7 global team supporting clinical cell-manufacturing runs and flow-cytometry analytics for manufacturing and release.
End-to-end troubleshooting on live GMP campaigns — instrument and application — to keep patient-critical batches moving.
Designated SME for technical transfer of new applications into the support organisation; trained field teams across regions.
Accredited Clinical Coach: built trainers and delivered customer trainings internationally — the same front-line insight library now feeds product decisions.

2019 — 2021

Research & Teaching Fellow

NUS — Life Sciences Institute & Tembusu College · Singapore

Stood up and ran multi-site animal and clinical studies with cross-institutional collaborators; mentored PhD and undergraduate researchers.
Designed and delivered Biomedicine in Singapore Society for second-year undergraduates; restructured the syllabus around interactive learning models.

03 — Lab

Tools that multiply my marketing and PM work.

Live demo

Data → deck pipeline

Excel (or Markdown) as source of truth; rebuild PPTX + HTML slides in seconds. Built for repeating science/KPI snapshots — not one-shot AI decks.

michelle-slides python-pptx · openpyxl

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Workflow narrative kit

Reusable story arcs for marketing off-the-shelf CAR-T / TCR workflows — problem → process → proof. Content TBD; labelled until real assets land.

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VoC insight index

Lightweight capture of site pain themes that feed roadmap prioritisation. Structure only for now — no invented metrics.

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04 — Path

Bench → global product.

2011 — 2020

Scientist

B.Sc. then Ph.D. in Cancer Biology at NUS — depth in tumour biology before industry.

2019 — 2021

Fellow

Research + teaching at NUS: studies, mentoring, and a full seminar module.

2021 — 2025

Clinical support

24/7 global tech support on live CGT manufacturing — the customer pain library.

2025 —

Global PM

Market the off-the-shelf T-cell manufacturing workflow portfolio at Miltenyi — partnering with R&D on applications for market trends.

05 — Background

Foundations.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Cancer Biology

National University of Singapore

Aug 2015 — Dec 2019

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Biomedical Science

National University of Singapore

2012 — 2015

Graduated with Honours (2nd Upper)

Molecular Biotechnology (Forensic Medicine Specialization)

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

2008 — 2011

Awarded Diploma with Merit, Director’s List and Silver Medalist of MBIO cohort

Activities: The Christieara Programme (TCP); Ngee Ann Student Sports Council (NPSSC); Ngee Ann Netball & Touch Rugby

Languages & craft

Domain: CAR-T / TCR · GMP manufacturing · flow analytics · clinical release. Focus: workflow marketing, R&D partnership on new applications, VoC, GTM, enablement. Based in Cologne, Germany — global scope.

06 — Contact

Say hello.

Happy to talk cell & gene therapy workflow marketing, R&D applications for market trends, clinical manufacturing reality, or scientific careers in industry.

mail@michelleyee.sg LinkedIn · handle TBD