Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill is the Chief Operating Officer at Lyell. He is responsible for research and end-to-end development and supply of cell therapies to support Lyell's clinical and commercial aspirations. Hill was formerly Head of Biologic Operations at AstraZeneca where he was responsible for end-to-end supply of the commercial and late-stage clinical portfolio for Biologics that included oversight of six manufacturing sites across the US and Europe and five commercial products. As Vice President Operations, Site Head at the AstraZeneca Frederick Manufacturing Center, Hill was responsible for the largest biologics manufacturing facility within the company’s global network. The site consists of a licensed, large-scale cell culture facility and recently commissioned small-scale facility. Prior to AstraZeneca Hill served as Vice President Bulk Manufacturing at Amgen's Puerto Rico facility and as Executive Director leading commercial formulation and filling and commercial drug substance operations. Hill also served prior roles as Executive Director, Manufacturing Technologies leading manufacturing global networks and as Executive Director, Plant Manager leading clinical drug substance operations. In his corporate role he led manufacturing of the future, operations strategy, high reliability performance and manufacturing global network initiatives. In his plant manager role he was an effective change agent driving productivity improvement to deliver multiple pipeline new product introductions annually. Hill joined Amgen from ICOS Corporation where he executed GMP clinical plant start-up and led manufacturing, ultimately transitioning the operation into a contract manufacturing business. Hill started his career at Immunex Corporation as an operator manufacturing Enbrel. Hill holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor's in Microbiology (BS) and Political Science (BA) from the University of Washington.