Senior Scientist, Genomics

If you are looking to join a fantastic scientific team and are passionate about delivering high quality assay data to enable preclinical and clinical development, please take a look at the posting below - we'd love to talk to you.

Great company, great people, great opportunity...

We have an exciting opportunity - Precision for Medicine are hiring an experienced Senior Scientist to join our well-established scientific team in Royston UK who have been supporting biopharmaceutical research for over 25 years.

The biopharmaceutical industry continues to undergo transformational change with new and exciting developments in biotherapeutics, immune oncology, companion diagnostics and personalised healthcare. As a global leader in the provision of clinical biomarker based solutions to the biopharmaceutical industry, we are developing and expanding our research and clinical services in the UK to serve this expanding market and are looking for a dynamic, self-motivated genomics scientist to join the team and contribute to the growth of the company.

The senior scientist role will be responsible for developing, performing, analysing and delivering high quality data across a range of molecular biology platforms, in particular PCR-based approaches. The successful candidate should have a PhD in biological sciences or equivalent, with at least 6 years experience or MSc with at least 10 years current laboratory experience in genomics, ideally gained working in a commercial and / or regulated laboratory (GLP and/or GCLP) environment with experience in assay validation to support decision making in clinical trials. Experience with RNAscope ISH or Nanostring is highly desirable. The successful candidate will also have a proven track record of process management and training, coaching and developing technical staff.

We are looking for an efficient, experienced candidate who is proactive and an independent thinker, willing to work within and support a close-knit team.

In addition to your daily laboratory activities you will be expected to establish a rapport with clients, learn to understand their technical and scientific requirements and work with the team to offer them customised and creative solutions. As such, previous experience in a customer-oriented research environment (CRO) is desirable.

Further details on the role can be seen via the link below

https://boards.greenhouse.io/precisionmedicinegroup/jobs/4868325004