Hobson Prior are currently recruiting for a Principal Scientist - Bioanalysis to join a biotechnology organisation who are focused on saving lives and reducing healthcare costs by advancing early detection and precision medicine. This role will be on a permanent basis and will be located in Cambridge.

Please note that to be considered for this role you must have the right to work in this location.

Job Responsibilities:

• You will be managing the capability developments to control technical barriers, which may include additional cap exp. purchases, research studies, expertise, recognising partners and/or subcontracting.
• To be the point of contact for external collaborations and strategic partner engagement including, university research programmes, application of in vivo and in vitro discovery models, pharmaceutical testing and manufacturing and pre-clinical research activities at CROs.
• You will offer input on a diagnostic application technical feasibility as part of business case portfolio generation.
• To provide risk-based strategies for assessing applications technical feasibility and subsequent early-stage development.
• Communicating with research group leads, programme managers and technical leads, to continual review that approach is in line with business needs.
• You will have oversight of specific research activities for Departments and Programme to include the consultation and review of technical requirements specification, experimental briefs, plans, study protocols and reports.
• Provision of mentorship and development of the technical team in collaboration with the relevant Line Managers.
• In addition to this, you will play an active role in the success of the department. This could include acting as a technical reviewer for other projects, running or contributing to development seminars and deputising for more senior staff as required.

Key Skills:

• Leadership.
• Stakeholder management.
• Influencing.
• High attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible approach to changing priorities.

Requirements:

• Higher degree in Biochemistry, analytical chemistry or equivalent discipline.
• Analytical science experience preferably within a drug development or diagnostic environment.
• Demonstrable experience in providing technical leadership to a multi-disciplinary research team.
• Proven experience in determining and translating technical requirements into a viable development strategy.
• Experience in managing and prioritising a portfolio of research activities.
• Experience in identifying strategic partners and setting up collaborations in either academia or industry.

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