Synthetic Chemist

Job Title: Synthetic Chemist

Location: Cambridge, UK

Salary: Competitive + Excellent Employee Benefits! 

Applications Deadline: February 27

Introduction to role

At AstraZeneca, innovation is more than just research. As one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, we’re passionate about providing innovative, effective medicines that make a real difference in important areas of healthcare. We’re investing in a state-of-the-art research centre and corporate headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, and we seek to bring together the finest talent in business and academia. Join us, and you’ll be part of a brand-new vision for a critical industry, making an outstanding difference worldwide.

We are seeking a skilled and dedicated chemist to join an outstanding team working to discover and develop the next generation of small molecule therapeutics, making a life-changing difference to patients.

Accountabilities:

In this role, you will engage in early-stage drug discovery projects with a focus on the hit identification and lead generation phases. We are looking for someone who can implement innovative design strategies and solve complex chemistry problems to evolve hits into high-quality lead compounds. This laboratory-based position requires you to work independently within a research team to design, synthesise and characterise novel molecules while also encouraging close collaboration with other disciplines and engaging with global chemistry teams across all therapeutic areas.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• A Ph.D. in a relevant chemistry-related discipline or a degree with experience in a synthetic chemistry role.

• Expert knowledge of contemporary synthetic organic chemistry and ability to deliver innovative solutions to projects.

• Excellent skills in practical synthetic organic chemistry.

• Passion for organic synthesis, demonstrated expertise in multi-step synthesis, new synthetic routes design and optimisation.

• Excellent record-keeping, verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate across interfaces of scientific disciplines.

• Excellent team-working skills and ability to deliver to agreed timelines.

• Maintains the highest standards of safety practices and compliance.

• Keen curiosity about the drug discovery process and medicinal chemistry.

• Ability to improve reputation through peer-reviewed publications and oral/ poster presentations.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Several years synthetic experience in a pharmaceutical or biotech environment.

• Experience of synthetic technologies such as high efficiency experimentation, flow chemistry, and biocatalysis.

• Experience of working with and closely managing CRO resource.

• Competence in structure-based and ligand-based design.

• Appreciation of broader medicinal chemistry concepts and strategy.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash ambitious thinking with the power to encourage life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility.

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we are committed to making a difference. We have built our business around our passion for science. Now we are fusing data and technology with the latest scientific innovations to achieve the next wave of breakthroughs. Our combination of curiosity and courage drives us, passionate about the possibility of doing things that have never been done before. Empowered to step up, we free ourselves from fear of failure to dig deep into the biology of complex diseases and make bold decisions. Celebrating our successes and failures along the way.

Ready to make a significant impact? Apply now and join us on this exciting journey!

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

• Are you ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it’s yours.

• We encourage you to apply online before midnight on February 27

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