Associate Principal Scientist

Associate Principal Scientist - Respiratory in-vivo specialist

Business Area - Research and Development
Specialism - Drug Safety Metabolism Imed
Department - Translational Safety
Location - Molndal

Description

Join AstraZeneca as an Associate Principal Scientist - Respiratory in vivo specialist, and you'll be at the cutting edge of in vivo respiratory sciences as we build a new translational safety department. Focusing on the respiratory system, you?ll be able to develop deep expertise and apply it to a clinical setting, with the support you'd expect from a global leader.

AstraZeneca - Health Connects Us All

As one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, our business is focused on providing innovative, effective medicines that make a real difference in important areas of healthcare. At AstraZeneca, innovation is about more than just research. We aim to stimulate continued creativity throughout our organisation by maintaining a culture in which our people feel valued, energised and rewarded for their ideas and contribution to our success - ideas which can make a difference in all aspects of our business. And we support and encourage our people in discovering their own potential, through excellent learning and development opportunities that are available to them throughout their careers.

As an Associate Principal Scientist - Respiratory in vivo Specialist your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

-A PhD-level education (or equivalent) in pharmacology, toxicology or related life science discipline
-A detailed understanding of current principles and concepts in safety assessment
-Expertise in in vivo respiratory organ system toxicology
-Extensive experience of preclinical research in a pharmaceutical environment
-An understanding of regulations and relevant compliance systems
-A working knowledge of patent and IP strategies

As an Associate Principal Scientist ? Respiratory in vivo Specialist your main responsibilities will involve:

-Taking a scientific leadership role in designing and delivering in vivo respiratory studies to support projects across the portfolio
-Maintaining a thorough understanding of safety assessment, the research and development process and how they contribute to achieving successful product launches
-Keeping abreast of trends within the external scientific world
-Sharing experience, knowledge and industry developments with peer scientists
-Determining which processes and methodologies should be pursued, and making decisions about how much to invest in them

What we will be looking for in you:

We'll need to see flexibility, innovation and commitment to customers.

To apply for this position - please use this link:
http://gs.globalsuccessor.com/fe/tpl_astrazenecav2.asp?newms=se