Executive Director, Biologics Design & Technology

Job title:

Government Director, Biologics Design & Expertise

Firm

AstraZeneca

Job description

Job Alternative: Government Director, Biologics Design & ExpertiseLocation: Cambridge – UK (Granta Park / Cambridge Biomedical Campus) / Gaithersburg, MD – USAt AstraZeneca, we’re not afraid to do issues in another way. We’re constructing a brand new form of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical firm will be. This implies we’re opening up new methods to work, pioneering ground-breaking strategies and bringing cross-functional groups collectively!We need to recruit an Government Director of Biologics Design & Expertise to steer our investments and groups in silico biologics design, bioinformatics and automation throughout AstraZeneca’s international Biologics Engineering division – answerable for biologics discovery throughout AstraZeneca’s therapeutic portfolio.You’ll be answerable for main our knowledge technique, subsequent technology automation workflows and investments in silico biologics design. It is a distinctive alternative to use these pioneering fields of analysis to the creation of future medicines to foster our increasing medical portfolio of biologics.Your workforce will incorporate devoted in silico design, automation and bioinformatics teams working along with our wider wet-lab capabilities and companions throughout AstraZeneca to reimagine our biologics knowledge, design and discovery workflows via inner innovation in addition to strategic exterior partnerships.Most important duties and dutiesYou’ll lead a direct line of ~25 scientists throughout our UK & US websites centered on Augmented Biologics Design, Bioinformatics and Automation. Additionally, you will lead massive matrix initiatives throughout AstraZeneca R&D incorporating colleagues throughout international AstraZeneca to implement subsequent technology design and discovery workflows together with de novo antibody design for AstraZeneca drug initiatives.As a senior chief inside our Biologics Engineering organisation, additionally, you will have a big function in main each line and international matrix groups to maximise particular person skills, in addition to develop impactful groups by function modelling and main by instance. You should have a ardour for scientific supply and innovation, growing science and know-how technique, shaping the way forward for Biologics Engineering, and constructing trusted relationships inside and out of doors our organisation. Meaningfully you should have a ardour for translating technical innovation into organic medicines and influence for sufferers.This chance lets you work inside a first-class biologics R&D setting to help drugs creation throughout all of AstraZeneca’s Therapeutic Areas. You’ll develop and keep a excessive stage of science and know-how information and proceed to construct world main specialist experience in biologics design and know-how.Important necessities

• PhD in a related scientific topic space or equal expertise
• Sturdy monitor file of implementing biologics design and discovery innovation, supported by publication file
• Sturdy understanding and monitor file of management in biologics discovery
• Confirmed capability to steer line organisations throughout a number of topic areas, cultures and geographies
• Demonstrable expertise in workflow, course of and methodology improvement associated to subsequent technology biologics design and discovery
• Demonstrable expertise in making use of automation, knowledge curation, bioinformatics approaches and/or in silico design to biologics discovery initiatives
• Expertise in main biologics and know-how initiatives and matrix administration of numerous groups throughout completely different areas / time zones
• Observe file of selling, motivating and empowering others to perform particular person, workforce and organisational aims
• Initiates and efficiently delivers worth from exterior collaborations
• Represents AstraZeneca externally as an invited speaker at main conferences
• Wonderful communication expertise
• Demonstrated capability to construct and maintain networks and glorious working relationships with scientific/management groups globally

Fascinating necessities

• Expertise in main change administration initiatives and interesting organisations in new methods of working
• Expertise in complicated challenge administration and supply

Why AstraZenecaAt AstraZeneca once we see a chance for change, we seize it and make it occur, as a result of any alternative regardless of how small, will be the beginning of one thing huge. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial – discovering these moments and recognising their potential. ? Come and be a part of our journey!What’s subsequentAre you able to deliver new concepts and contemporary pondering to the desk? Good! We now have one seat accessible, and we hope it’s yours.The place can I discover out extraOur Social Media, Comply with AstraZeneca on LinkedInComply with AstraZeneca on FbComply with AstraZeneca on InstagramSubsequent steps: Submit an utility at this time, or join with our Expertise Acquisition Associate – Sam Hunter: or Expertise Scout, Ellen Willcox: for a confidential dialogue to discover this chance additional. We’re wanting ahead to listening to from you.Date Posted 03-Apr-2024Closing Date 03-Might-2024Our mission is to construct an inclusive and equitable setting. We would like folks to really feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, beginning with our recruitment course of. We welcome and think about purposes from all certified candidates, no matter traits. We provide cheap changes/lodging to assist all candidates to carry out at their greatest. In case you have a necessity for any changes/lodging, please full the part within the utility type.

Anticipated wage

Location

Cambridge

Job date

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 23:21:58 GMT

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