Biotechnology Jobs

• Stevenage
• Hybrid
• Director

Senior individual-contributor role providing scientific leadership across an existing preclinical and clinical cardiovascular portfolio, defining human-relevant mechanistic hypotheses and translational strategies using human genetics, multi-omics and reverse translation. Partners across disease-area, clinical, biostatistics, DMPK, pathology and safety teams, and shapes external collaborations, business development diligence and biomarker strategy within a matrixed research unit.

• Stevenage
• Director · manages people

Leads product vision and a multi-year roadmap for a group of LabWare LIMS and lab execution systems supporting R&D laboratories, owning backlog, budget, milestones and quality. Accountable for service management, governance, compliance and line-managing a mixed team of employees, contingent workers and suppliers across roughly 150 applications.

LabWare LIMS · LabWare ELN · Jira +1

• Manchester
• Mid-level

Monitors clinical trial sites through selection, initiation, monitoring and close-out visits in line with GCP and ICH guidelines, while driving subject recruitment and tracking regulatory submissions, CRF completion and data queries. Works within a full-service, multi-sponsor site management team, training site staff and maintaining Trial Master File documentation.

• Livingston
• Mid-level

Leads strategic sourcing of animal models, especially rodents and genetically engineered strains, for an early-phase discovery business. Manages supplier relationships, RFIs/RFPs, contract negotiations and performance reviews, while partnering with scientific, veterinary and quality teams on capacity planning, welfare and regulatory compliance.

• Liverpool
• On-site
• Permanent

Perform method development and proof-of-concept validation on pharmaceutical raw materials, intermediates and drug substances, mainly APIs, using HPLC, GC and MS. Support technology transfers for novel substances, review data for compliance, investigate OOS/OOE results and document work to client procedures. Based on-site at a client facility as a managed PSS scientist, liaising with client representatives and supporting audits and continuous improvement.

HPLC · GC · MS +7

• Macclesfield
• On-site
• Permanent

Collects environmental monitoring and cleaning validation samples in sterile manufacturing facilities, then performs microbiological and QC testing such as bioburden, endotoxin, concentration and conductivity analysis. Manages the full sample lifecycle in LIMS, reviews monitoring plans, investigates out-of-specification results and GMP-assesses data. Works a continuous two-week rotating pattern of 11-hour day shifts.

LIMS

• United Kingdom
• Remote
• Senior

Clinical Research Associate role within PPD's Functional Service Provider division, dedicated to a client and embedded in multi-national project teams. You perform and coordinate all aspects of clinical monitoring, conducting monitoring activities independently across challenging projects. Requires ICH-GCP, EU and FDA knowledge, with award-winning training provided.

• Oxford
• Hybrid · 3–4 days in office
• Senior
• Permanent

Develops, validates and runs ligand-binding and cell-based bioanalytical assays generating pharmacodynamic and immunogenicity data for clinical mRNA programmes. Works in a GcLP-regulated lab using Thermo Watson LIMS and electronic notebooks, handling clinical samples, critical reagents, SOPs and validation reports while partnering with Clinical Operations and Sample Management.

Thermo Watson LIMS · Watson LIMS · LabVantage eLBN +1

• Oxford
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Temporary

Hands-on individual contributor role operating production equipment for mRNA vaccine manufacturing at the Harwell site, following cGMP, SOPs and safety requirements. Involves troubleshooting equipment and digital issues, basic maintenance, documentation with Quality Assurance, and RCA/CAPA investigations, with exposure to continuous improvement and Generative AI tools.

Generative AI

• Sheffield
• Remote
• Lead

Configures, tests and maintains electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment studies in platforms such as Medidata Designer eCOA, translating protocols and licensed instrument requirements into questionnaires, schedules and branching logic. Acts as technical contact for sponsors and vendors, coordinates eCOA-to-EDC integration and deployment, and mentors less-experienced study designers across multiple global trials.

Medidata Designer eCOA · Medidata Rave

• London
• £55,300 pa
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead specialist health and safety advisory work within one of three functional teams covering human safety, physical safety, or systems and compliance. Act as escalation point for complex safety issues, review risk assessments, coordinate advisors, and deliver inspections, investigations and specialist training across a large biomedical research institute.

• London
• On-site
• £47,500 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Lead a research project investigating how cortical cell types respond to 3D visual stimuli, using multiphoton calcium imaging in virtual reality, correlative in situ sequencing and molecular connectomics. Combines systems and molecular neuroscience approaches, with responsibility for experiment design, data analysis in Python or MATLAB, and supervising junior staff.

Python · MATLAB

• Cambridge
• Senior
• Temporary

Hands-on upstream process development role delivering mammalian cell culture studies, including CHO-based fed-batch and perfusion processes, media and feed optimization, and bioreactor operation from ambr systems to bench-scale stirred tanks. Works under minimal supervision within a matrix CMC team, applying DoE and statistical analysis, supporting scale-up and tech transfer to GMP and CMO partners, and providing day-to-day technical coordination to technicians and operators.

ambr · ambr250 · Stirred-Tank Bioreactors +6

• Saffron Walden
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• £4,395 pm
• Lead · manages people
• Contract

Lead the scientific data programme behind FENIX, a unified platform for archiving and exploring functional genomics datasets. You will line manage bioinformaticians and curators, own data standards and quality controls, and guide reproducible Nextflow workflow development while acting as principal scientific liaison with teams such as ENA, Ensembl and UniProt.

Nextflow · Python · R +7

• Saffron Walden
• Hybrid
• £3,452 – £3,861 pm
• Contract

Develops and maintains Python and Java data pipelines that generate ChEMBL releases, plus other chemogenomics services like SureChEMBL, UniChem and ChEBI. Involves database administration, integrating external chemical databases, and collaborating with interdisciplinary scientists and engineers on curation and quality issues.

RDKit · Open Babel · InChI +7