Biotechnology Jobs

• Oxford
• On-site
• Director · manages people
• Permanent

Builds and leads a molecular biology and synthetic biology function within a plant science institute, setting technical strategy for high-throughput assays, sequencing-based readouts, CRISPR guide design and multiplex editing. Acts as a responsive core facility, coaching scientists on experimental design and integrating with bioinformatics, tissue culture and phenotyping teams. Combines deep technical direction with people leadership rather than routine bench work.

AI · Automation · Microfluidics +3

• Oxford
• On-site
• Junior
• Permanent

Hands-on bench role executing microbial culture, identification, biobanking and broth microdilution antimicrobial susceptibility testing under BSL-2 conditions, compliant with EUCAST/CLSI guidelines. Works within a highly automated reference laboratory integrating robotics and data systems, with scope to help design and optimise high-throughput workflows alongside microbiologists, genomics scientists and automation engineers.

MALDI-TOF · Oracle · Long-Read Sequencing +1

• Zug, Switzerland
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• US$284,250 – US$473,750 pa
• Director · manages people

Leads a team of early clinical development medical directors and clinical scientists, owning Phase I/II clinical development plans including first-in-human, dose-escalation and proof-of-concept studies in lung and head/neck cancers. Bridges preclinical discovery and clinical development, driving translational and biomarker strategy with cross-functional and regulatory partners.

AI/ML

• London
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• US$284,250 – US$473,750 pa
• Director · manages people

Leads a team of medical directors and clinical scientists designing and executing early-phase oncology trials, including first-in-human and proof-of-concept studies, while bridging preclinical discovery and clinical development. Accountable for clinical development plans, translational and biomarker strategy, and regulatory submissions across a lung and head/neck cancer portfolio.

AI/ML

• United Kingdom
• Remote
• Mid-level

Independently manages basic project tasks including budgets, timelines and client correspondence, while supporting protocol and report development under senior supervision. Conducts qualitative data collection such as cognitive interviews and focus groups, performs literature reviews and data analysis, and assists with scientific publications. Requires 10-30% travel and works within a multidisciplinary patient-centered research team.

Microsoft Word · PowerPoint · Excel +5

• United Kingdom
• Remote
• Entry level

Supports patient-centered research projects by conducting literature reviews, cognitive interviews and focus groups, managing data collection and coding, and assisting with analysis and reporting. Works within a multidisciplinary team spanning psychometrics, epidemiology and health sciences, with some independent project task management.

MS Word · PowerPoint · Excel +7

• Cambridge, United States
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Mid-level

First Technical Program Manager for the Drug Design and Medical Research function, supporting small molecule discovery programs in Cambridge and integrating with the London office. Responsibilities span program planning, timeline monitoring, risk reporting, budget forecasting and spend tracking, CRO and partner liaison, and embedding operational processes across teams.

Jira · Confluence

• London
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Lead

Owns safety assessment strategy for drug discovery projects from inception to regulatory submission, working with small molecule and biologics platforms. Designs screening cascades, authors IND packages, and manages CRO relationships for outsourced wet-lab work. Also guides development of an AI predictive toxicology platform with ML researchers.

AI/ML · AlphaFold

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead

Leads statistical work for post-marketing clinical trials, observational studies and real world data investigations, serving as Statistics lead on assigned projects. Develops protocols, analysis plans and TFL specifications, collaborating with clinical development, medical affairs, health economics and real world evidence teams. Requires strong SAS and R skills with a drug developer mindset.

SAS · R

• Reading
• Remote
• Lead

Provides strategic medical and scientific subject matter expertise in hematology-oncology, advising internal stakeholders on protocol design, clinical development plans and proposals, and supporting client bid-defense meetings. Acts as an internal and external consultant across the research and development lifecycle, coaching project teams and collaborating with business development and operations. Greater independence is expected over time under the therapeutic area head.

• Burgess Hill
• Hybrid
• £49 – £86 ph
• Lead
• Contract

Leads authoring, review and lifecycle management of clinical and performance evaluation documentation for a global diagnostics organisation, including protocols, study reports, investigator brochures and regulatory submissions. Works cross-functionally with regulatory, quality, R&D and medical affairs teams, conducting literature reviews and synthesising complex clinical data under IVDR and GCP.

AI-enabled tools

• Belfast
• £35,000 – £37,532 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

A graduate-level KTP Associate role based at Norbrook Laboratories, working within the R&D team to develop a data-driven framework for pharmaceutical scale-up of liquid dosage veterinary medicines. The project focuses on predictive modelling of process parameters and product quality across scales, combining chemical engineering principles with statistical and hybrid data modelling, delivered in collaboration with Queen's University Belfast's School of Pharmacy.

• London
• £60,000 – £75,000 pa
• Senior · manages people

Lead the UK scientific affairs strategy for an international probiotic and functional food organisation, acting as senior scientific authority. Build KOL relationships across academia and healthcare, oversee human studies and research, ensure claims meet regulations, and manage a scientific affairs team while collaborating with European and global colleagues.

• Edinburgh
• Mid-level · manages people

Oversee a transgenic facility producing around 100 genetically modified animal models annually, advising researchers on project design and methodologies. Lead and develop three specialist technical staff while managing cryobanks, budgets, cost-recovery and regulatory compliance. The role combines hands-on molecular biology and transgenesis expertise with operational leadership in a university-linked biomedical research setting.

• Maidenhead
• Mid-level

Oversees vendor delivery of medical evaluations for individual case safety reports, applying medical and scientific judgment on causality, expectedness and seriousness. Trains Medical Evaluators, sets assessment frameworks and drives process improvements across Global Safety and Pharmacovigilance. Requires deep pharmacovigilance knowledge and cross-functional stakeholder work.