Lyell

Oncology Therapeutics · Cell & Gene Therapy
3open roles
$240kmedian advertised pay
2backers · Foresite Capital, venBio Partners
50+team · employees, estimated range

Overview

Learn about Lyell and how we are building an industry-leading clinical-stage pipeline of CAR-T cell product candidates for cancer.

Funding and backers

Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
5
+3 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Foresite Capital, venBio Partners
Momentum
39/100
hiring for its size, in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Jobs

$150k – $170k per year · Equity · In office · 10+ years exp · Bothell
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$220k – $300k per year · Equity · In office · 20+ years exp · Master's Degree · Bothell
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$220k – $240k per year · Equity · In office · Master's Degree · United States
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$240k
Typical range
$160k – $300k
Open positions
5
5 Jobs
Senior 60%
Staff 20%
Architect 20%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Senior 3 $300k $160k – $300k
Staff 1 $170k $170k
Architect 1 $240k $240k
Highest paying role Director or Senior Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications $300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Lyell By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
23/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
5
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 21% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Early Careers
40% ▲
Finance
20% ▼
Legal
10% ▲
Public Policy
10% ▼
Industrial Engineering
10% ▲
Biotech
10% ▼

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Lyell over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
10
Postings analysed
6
Stack modernity
60/100AI adopter
Cloud & platforms
GCP
AI & ML
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Shared investors2
venBio PartnersVia a fund
43 portfolio companies: Sanofi, Insamo, Axent Biosciences and 40 more
131 portfolio companies: Veracyte, UpDoc, Zura Bio and 128 more

News

News YahooFinance 2 months ago
Lyell Immunopharma To Participate in the Baird 2026 Global Healthcare Conference
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: LYEL), a late-stage clinical company advancing a pipeline of next-generation chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies for patients with cancer, today
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News markets.businessinsider.com 2 months ago
Lyell Immunopharma Completes Manufacturing Transfer for LYL273 and Provides Updated Timeline on Phase 1/2 Trial in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Technology transfer to LyFE Manufacturing Center completed following FDA review of improved manufacturing process and updated analytical methodsD...
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News Pulse 2.0 3 months ago
Lyell Immunopharma: Ronde-Cel Manufacturing Success Reaches 97% As Safety Data Supports Outpatient CAR-T
Lyell Immunopharma reported a 97% manufacturing success rate for its ronde-cel CAR-T therapy as safety data from more than 100 lymphoma patients supported the potential for treatment to be administered in an outpatient setting.
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News Yahoo News 1 year ago
Publishing exec, abuse survivor Jen Lyell remembered as Southern Baptist Convention meets
Jennifer Lyell uplifted others' stories in her Christian publishing career, and then her own story faced attacks. Her triumphs are being remembered.
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News Los Angeles Times 1 year ago
Here's looking at shrew: How college students got first-ever photos of elusive California mammal
Three college students found a way to take photos of the Mt. Lyell shrew, which has never been photographed in the 100 years since the mammal was discovered.
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News the Guardian 1 year ago
The framing of the shrew: California students photograph mammal never caught on film
Three young scientists set traps to capture and film species of special concern in move that can help conserve the shrew
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Press release Nasdaq 5 years ago
Lyell Immunopharma Announces FDA Clearance of its IND for LYL797, a CAR T-Cell Therapy Incorporating Novel Reprogramming Technologies for Solid Tumors
--Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.,, a T-cell reprogramming company dedicated to the mastery of T cells to cure patients with solid tumors, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its Investigational New Drug application to initiate
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Press release Nasdaq 5 years ago
Lyell Immunopharma Announces cGMP Qualification of LyFE Manufacturing Center in Advance of Initiating Clinical Programs
--Lyell Immunopharma, Inc.,, a T-cell reprogramming company dedicated to the mastery of T cells to cure patients with solid tumors, announced today that its LyFE Manufacturing Center in Bothell, Washington has been commissioned and qualified in compliance
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
4
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
South San Francisco
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South San Francisco United States
HQ
South San Francisco
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $230k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Legal
201 Haskins Way, Suite 101,, South San Francisco, CA 94080
seen since Aug 2026 company site, careers board, job postings
Bothell United States
Plant / site
Bothell
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $235k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers
seen since Jun 2026 careers board, job postings
Seattle United States
Regional office
South San Francisco
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $160k Avg Salary
hires for Legal
seen since Aug 2026 careers board, job postings
West Hills United States
Regional office
West Hills
careers board