Group Leader: Target Validation and Disease Positioning
Location: The Francis Crick Institute, London
Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week. (flexible working requests will be considered)
Closing date: Midnight 30 November 2020. Please do not delay applying, we will be shortlisting and interviewing on application.
Salary: £52,00 - £62,000 (may have some flexibility for the right candidate)
Application process: CV and application questions via our careers page.
Do you want to help deliver breakthrough medicines for cancer patients?
Cancer Research UK's Therapeutic Discovery Laboratories (CRUK-TDL) is the in-house CRUK drug discovery unit with a principal focus on establishing and prosecuting biologically-themed multi-project alliances with industrial partners. Based at the Francis Crick Insitute and the Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, TDL comprises over 90 staff from both industrial and academic backgrounds.
There is now an exciting opportunity available for a talented and ambitious drug discovery scientist to join the Therapeutic Discovery Laboratories in London as a Group Leader in the Target Validation and Disease Positioning (TVDP) team. The TVDP team is comprised of highly skilled cancer cell biologists and immunologists working across the entire drug discovery pipeline and alliance portfolio. Expertise spans target sourcing and validation, clinical positioning and bioinformatics, and the team routinely performs genetic manipulation, proof of concept and mechanism of action studies and novel cellular assay development.
What will you be doing?
Leading, mentoring and developing a team of 5-10 cell biologists.
Responsible for setting and maintaining the highest scientific standards
Providing flexible project support and motivating team members to maximise their potential.
Developing of future TVDP capability and expertise
Critical input into target and alliance prosecution rationale
Oversight of a themed area of biology and/or lead one or more projects and play a leading role in interactions with our academic and industry partners.
You can find out more about the role and TDL in our candidate pack
Who we’re looking for:
Innovative scientist with a strong background in oncology and a track record of delivery in drug discovery
Strong leadership skills with a passion for developing others
External network and scientific presence with the ability to forge relationships, and work in collaboration, with both academic and industrial stake-holders
Experience of driving operational and scientific innovations
Flexible mindset, with the ability to adapt to new challenges
If this sounds like a challenge you have the motivation and experience to take on, we would love to hear from you.
What will I gain?
You’ll be making a real difference to people’s lives - we’re the largest global Cancer Research charity.
There’s plenty of career progression and training opportunities, through internal and external L&D.
25, days annual leave (plus bank holidays and the ability to buy up to 5 days per annum) and 1 CRUK day.
Pension (employer contributions of up to 10%), life insurance and a great benefit discount platform.
If you’re as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.
Application process: CV and application questions via our careers page.