Biotechnology Jobs

CureAge Therapeutics · London

Lead the computationally guided design of a lipid nanoparticle delivery platform, applying chemical and biophysical principles to optimise LNP composition and formulation. Use AI-enabled chemistry, cheminformatics, predictive models and molecular modelling to prioritise formulation components, working closely with the experimental team and founding team in a small start-up.

Lypo · Edinburgh · £31,000 – £36,000 pa

Implement high-throughput plasmid assembly, colony PCR, Minipreps and pathway construction to build strains for hypothesis testing and model training. Work across disciplines in a lab-based, cross-pollinating team, with fortnightly research updates, mentorship and organised labbook/data keeping. Golden Gate assembly, Benchling in silico cloning and DNA sequencing are core.

Basecamp Research · London

Lead research on the capabilities and risks of frontier biological AI models, designing evaluations, red-teaming studies and threat models, and developing safeguards across training, model behaviour and access. Work sits inside the model-development team with direct access to proprietary genomic data and biological expertise, with scope to publish and shape research priorities.

Basecamp Research · London

Owns R&D extraction workflow development, adapting and optimising metagenomic DNA/RNA extraction methods across diverse, low-biomass and inhibitor-rich sample types, including HMW extractions for long-read sequencing. Designs controlled experiments, transfers validated methods to production and a global partner network, and works in a data-first lab environment feeding a large gene atlas.

Mytos · London

Hands-on lab role in a biology team, running experiments across process development, product testing and platform R&D, maintaining iPSC lines and differentiation cultures, and sharing lab operations duties. Data generated feeds directly into how processes and platforms evolve, with structured training from SOP-based work towards independent execution.

Mytos · London

Provides technical leadership in setting up and operating a CDMO site, leading process development and analytical method development projects for cell therapy manufacture. Plans technology transfers, ensures regulatory compliance, drives continuous improvement, and mentors colleagues while engaging directly with clients.

Moderna · Oxford

Provides scientific and hands-on leadership for immunogenicity and ligand binding assay bioanalysis supporting mRNA-LNP therapeutic programs, spanning assay development, validation, clinical sample testing and regulatory submissions. Ensures GcLP compliance and partners with cross-functional teams, with opportunities to work alongside data and AI-enabled analytical approaches.

Moderna · Oxford

Sole-contributor scientist role developing and executing biochemical and molecular biology assays for PK/PD analysis, spanning genomic DNA/RNA isolation, qPCR, ddPCR, RNA sequencing, MSD, ELISA and immunoblotting. Works within Moderna's Clinical Bioanalytical team at Harwell, Oxfordshire, ensuring GcLP-compliant assay qualification and validation, troubleshooting with external CRO partners, and building internal and external mRNA-based bioanalytical capability.

Orchard Therapeutics · London

Acts as subject-matter expert for the organisation's ELN platform, owning its configuration, governance and continuous improvement across R&D laboratories. Builds workflows, templates and integrations, supports superusers, and leads development of a centralised Technical Development data repository using SQL and analytics to enable data-driven scientific decisions.

CSL · Opfikon, Switzerland

Leads safety review and end-to-end signal detection across a product's lifecycle, using quantitative and qualitative methods alongside Global Safety Leads. Contributes to aggregate safety reports, risk management plans and regulatory responses, and mentors junior PVS staff. Works cross-functionally with Development, Medical Affairs and Regulatory teams on vaccine and national-significance products.

CSL · Maidenhead

Leads safety surveillance and signal detection across a product's lifecycle, reviewing clinical and post-marketing data and contributing to aggregate safety reports and risk management plans. Partners with Global Safety Leads and cross-functional teams, mentors junior scientists, and supports regulatory responses.

Orchard Therapeutics · London

Leads global pharmacovigilance operations, overseeing case intake, ICSR processing and regulatory reporting across clinical and post-marketing portfolios. Acts as business administrator for the Veeva Safety database and primary interface with PV vendors, while driving SOPs, inspection readiness and safety data exchange agreements.

AstraZeneca · Cambridge

Sits between frontier AI research and oncology R&D, mapping where foundation models and agentic systems can address drug discovery questions from target identification to trial design. Acts as scientific lead orchestrating cross-departmental projects, designing evaluation harnesses, benchmarks and red-teaming for generative systems, and translating hypotheses into time-bounded delivery work.

Autolus · Stevenage

Serves as the primary point of contact for Advanced Therapy Treatment Centres across South UK, driving appropriate utilisation of CAR T therapies and coordinating site qualification, setup and patient treatment logistics. Works cross-functionally with Marketing, Medical Affairs and Market Access, and is 80% field based with UK travel.

Autolus · United Kingdom

Field-based commercial role owning relationships with Advanced Therapy Treatment Centres across the South UK, acting as the primary point of contact for CAR T therapy accounts. Responsibilities span site onboarding and qualification, coordinating patient treatment logistics and chain of identity, compliance audits, and strategic account planning with Marketing, Medical Affairs and Market Access. Requires deep haematology/oncology and cell therapy expertise, with around 80% travel.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals · London

Oversees quality control testing for a genetically edited cell therapy, acting as lead point of contact for external CDMOs and QC labs on GMP release, stability and method lifecycle work. Leads OOS/OOT investigations, reference standards and assay controls programmes, authoring and approving SOPs, COAs and protocols. Hybrid role based in London requiring close collaboration with contract test labs and management on compliance risks.

Gilead Sciences · Uxbridge

Coordinates end-to-end cell therapy logistics for pivotal clinical trials, covering patient enrolment readiness, apheresis collection, manufacturing tracking and final product delivery. Maintains chain of identity and custody, manages orders and critical supplies, and liaises with clinical sites, manufacturing, trade compliance and 3PL couriers, including a 24/7 on-call rotation.