Latest Research Associate Jobs

Clinical Development Medical Director - Cardiovascular

Provides clinical and scientific leadership across cardiovascular clinical development programmes, shaping study designs, translational plans and regulatory documents within the Respiratory, Immunology & Inflammation Research Unit. Leads a Clinical Matrix Team, oversees participant safety and medical monitoring, and works cross-functionally with biology, regulatory, statistics and commercial partners. Hybrid working with at least two days per week on-site.

GSK London US$222,750 – US$371,250 pa

Hybrid

Clinical Development Medical Director - Cardiovascular

Leads clinical development strategy for cardiovascular assets within the Respiratory, Immunology & Inflammation Research Unit, designing clinical development plans, protocols and regulatory documents while providing medical monitoring and safety oversight. Chairs the Clinical Matrix Team and serves as primary clinical contact for regulators, investigators and key external experts across early and late-stage programs.

GSK Waltham, United States US$222,750 – US$371,250 pa

Hybrid

Director, Regulatory Affairs, Labelling

Lead global labelling strategy for assigned products across early and late-stage development, lifecycle management and marketed portfolios, serving as Therapeutic Area Lead. Drive core labelling documents including CCDS, USPI and EU PI, lead health authority negotiations, and shape a future USPI operating model while championing digitalisation and AI-enabled labelling solutions.

Ipsen London

Innovation Capability Director - Global Clinical Operations (GCO)

Leads the identification, implementation and scaling of innovative patient recruitment and engagement solutions across global clinical trials. Partners with study teams, technology providers and cross-functional stakeholders to turn ideas into scalable capabilities, evaluating digital, data-driven and AI-enabled approaches to improve patient identification and participation. A highly visible leadership role shaping strategy while driving execution in a complex global matrix environment.

Novartis Home Worker - England/Wales £83,510 – £155,090 pa

Hybrid

Head of Molecular Engineering, Plant Biology Institute

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.

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford

On-site Permanent

Data Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Forward-deployed data engineer embedded with research teams across AI, robotics, biology and pathogen surveillance, turning raw scientific data into reproducible, version-controlled datasets ready for ML. Owns ingestion, storage, curation and transformation of diverse formats (tabular, text, LMDB/Arrow/HDF5, fastq/fasta, cif) and packages pipelines with Docker, Kubernetes, Slurm, Spark or Ray.

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford

Hybrid Permanent

Innovation Capability Director - Global Clinical Operations (GCO)

Leads the identification, implementation and scaling of innovative patient recruitment and engagement solutions across global clinical trials. Partners with study teams, technology providers and stakeholders to turn digital and AI-enabled approaches into scalable capabilities, with governance and risk management. Requires deep digital patient recruitment and clinical drug development expertise.

Novartis London £83,510 – £155,090 pa

Hybrid

Clinical Data & Systems Lead

Lead complex clinical technology transformation and data migration programmes across the clinical trial ecosystem, covering CTMS, eTMF and study startup systems. Drive data mapping, validation, reconciliation and cutover while partnering with Clinical Operations, Quality, Regulatory, CROs and vendors globally. Highly visible role supporting acquisitions, integrations and system consolidations with a focus on compliance and data integrity.

HAYS Specialist Recruitment Cambridge £80,000 – £120,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent

Staff Software Engineer (Inference Platform), London

Lead the hardening and scaling of an inference platform serving fleets of cutting-edge ML models for scientific applications. Set strategy and roadmaps, architect next-generation services to solve scaling limits, and partner with research, product and operations teams to align infrastructure with biotech R&D cycles.

Isomorphic Labs London

Hybrid

TCTU Portfolio Trial Manager (BE-GENOMICS)

Lead and support clinical trial management across TCTU's portfolio of drug and complex intervention trials, including regulatory approvals, documentation, monitoring and data quality. Takes a lead role on the multicentre BE-Genomics trial of genome sequencing for treatable rare disease in bronchiectasis, liaising with Chief Investigators and site staff. Based at Ninewells Hospital, with UK and international travel possible.

University of Dundee Dundee

On-site Contract Part-time

Machine Learning Scientist

Architect novel generative models to design functional proteins, working in an interdisciplinary team of ML researchers, protein engineers and biologists. Split roughly 90/10 between building and evaluating models against wet lab results and self-development, with heavy emphasis on data pipelines, cloud training and production-quality code.

Latent Labs London

Hybrid Permanent

Technician in Protein Biochemistry and Molecular Glue Discovery

Supports the production and characterisation of recombinant proteins for molecular glue discovery, focusing on expression, purification and characterisation using mammalian cell systems. Contributes to biochemical or biophysical assay development and helps run the laboratory day to day, including equipment upkeep, consumables and waste disposal, within a multidisciplinary chemical biology and proteomics team.

Imperial College London London £48,246 – £58,318 pa

Contract

PhD Studentship: Engineering protein nanocages for biotechnology applications

A four-year PhD project using engineering biology to develop bacterial and human ferritin nanocages for encapsulating small molecules, peptides and proteins, with applications in biocatalysis and therapeutics. The work spans protein purification, bioanalytical methods, spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and microscopy, targeting enzymes such as hydrogenase and targeted molecular delivery. Based in the Le Brun lab at UEA's School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology.

University of East Anglia Norwich £21,805 pa

Contract

Lecturer in Biomedical Science (Blood Sciences) - Teaching & Scholarship)

Deliver teaching, assessment and curriculum development in Biomedical Science with a focus on Blood Sciences, while supporting students and contributing to scholarly activity. The post also involves outreach, widening participation and collaboration with external partners and the professional statutory regulatory body.

London South Bank University London

Permanent

General Application - Register Your Interest

A general expression-of-interest pipeline for experienced software engineers, ML researchers and engineers, computational chemists and technical program managers. The interdisciplinary team builds predictive and generative AI models for drug design, working across therapeutic areas and modalities. Hybrid working requires three days a week in the London office.

Isomorphic Labs London

Hybrid