Medical Scientist

Overview

In this role you will lead multidisciplinary immunology and inflammation programmes to advance novel biologics from discovery to preclinical development. You will mentor scientists, shape therapeutic strategies, and collaborate across translational medicine, protein engineering, biomarkers and clinical development. Your work will drive target identification, pharmacology and antibody discovery to enable pipeline progression. This position offers the chance to influence strategic decisions and contribute to publications and external collaborations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of laboratory scientists, supporting scientific delivery and career development
• Design and oversee complex in vitro and in vivo pharmacology studies
• Drive development of novel autoimmune and inflammatory disease therapies
• Design and optimise immune-based assays for target validation and antibody discovery
• Collaborate with experts across immunology, translational medicine, protein engineering, biomarkers and clinical development
• Coordinate efficacy and pharmacology studies with CRO partners
• Develop endpoint and mechanism-of-action studies including ex vivo immune profiling
• Identify project risks and influence programme strategy for key decisions
• Contribute to publications, patents, regulatory documentation and due diligence
• Represent research programmes at conferences and external collaborations

Key requirements

• PhD in Immunology, Life Sciences or related discipline
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in immunology, inflammation research or biologics drug discovery
• Strong understanding of autoimmune disease biology and immune mechanisms
• Proven experience leading scientific projects and mentoring teams
• Expertise in in vitro pharmacology, assay development and immune profiling
• Experience supporting biologics, antibody or therapeutic development programmes
• Strong publication record in peer-reviewed journals
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and leadership skills
• Biotech or pharmaceutical industry experience
• In vivo pharmacology programme leadership
• Translational research and target validation experience
• Experience working with CROs and external partners
• Contribution to IND-enabling studies, patent applications or due diligence
• Exposure to strategic portfolio or pipeline decision-making

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• mentoring
• in vitro pharmacology
• assay development
• immune profiling

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