Time left to apply: End Date: February 1, 2025 (11 days left to apply)
Job Requisition ID: R029998
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Reports to: Principal Bioinformatician
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week (other flexible-working requests will also be considered if it meets business needs)
Location: Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge (we would expect you to be in the office a minimum of 3 days per week).
Closing date: Friday 31st January 2025 at 23:55. This vacancy may close earlier if a high number of applications are received or once a suitable candidate is found, so please do not delay submitting your application to avoid any disappointment.
Visa sponsorship: Cancer Research UK can consider visa sponsorship for this vacancy. If this applies to you, please ensure that this is clearly marked on your application.
This is a new and exciting role within our Cancer Research Horizons (CRH) Quantitative Biology team based in Cambridge. In this role, you’ll set the vision and lead our biological statistics strategy, helping to identify and implement quantitative approaches to address key biological questions.
You’ll bring a wealth of knowledge of biological statistics to impact drug discovery projects and represent the department across a broad range of therapeutic projects and cross-site initiatives.
What will I be doing?
1. Provide deep expertise in biological statistics and its role in pre-clinical drug discovery.
2. Provide Scientific leadership across the department.
3. Work at the intersection between Biosciences, Molecular Sciences, and Chemistry & DMPK to deliver statistical insight across a range of challenging target classes, from initial target characterization through to clinical dose prediction.
4. Communicate effectively, to influence multiple stakeholders and collaborate across projects and sites.
5. Promote scientific excellence, through external publication and presentations.
6. Play a pivotal role in training and developing colleagues, including through practical contributions from the bench.
What skills will I need?
1. PhD in statistics, mathematics, data science or equivalent experience.
2. Deep expertise in biological statistics and its role and application in a pre-clinical drug discovery environment.
3. Proven scientific leadership, including through matrix management.
4. Experience in analyzing a range of data generated during the discovery phase, for example large and complex datasets (e.g. high-throughput compound screening), bespoke analysis of enzymology and pharmacology data.
5. Knowledge of Bayesian methods and statistical modeling, experimental design (including DOE).
6. Programming experience with tools such as R and Python.
7. Excellent communication skills, ability to describe complex science in an engaging and inclusive manner. Ability to influence multiple stakeholders and collaborate across projects and sites.
8. A passion for promotion of scientific excellence, through external publication and presentations.
Our organization values are designed to guide all that we do:
1. Bold: Act with ambition, courage, and determination.
2. Credible: Act with rigor and professionalism.
3. Human: Act to have a positive impact on people.
4. Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively.
We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organizational values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.
What will I gain?
We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.
We operate an anonymized shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.
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Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from, and participates in the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process, and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
About Us
As the world’s largest independent cancer research charity, we conduct research into the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease. Our aim is to see 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034 and our staff are integral to achieving that ambition. Cancer Research UK offers you excellent prospects to expand your career as well as the ability to make a real difference to the lives of others. We're always looking for sharp, brave, and collaborative people to join Cancer Research UK and continue to make it a great place to work. Find the career you're looking for and let us change lives together.
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