Associate Director/Team Lead - in vitro Target Validation team

Are you an expert in exploring novel target biology and hold a passion for people and science? Would you like to combine your scientific curiosity with your people, strategic and operational leadership skills? If yes, we have the perfect role for you!

Welcome to join us now as our new Associate Director/Team Leader to lead the in vitro Target validation team - Applied Stem Cell Sciences in Translational Genomics, Discovery Sciences, Biopharmaceuticals R&D. You will be based at AstraZeneca´s dynamic R&D site in Gothenburg, Sweden. Leading an excellent team of skilled stem cell scientists and working alongside disease areas specialists to drive Target Validation projects that will power the development of new medicines for Cardiovascular, Metabolic, Renal and Respiratory diseases.

Using your strong communication skills, scientific knowledge and expertise in stem cell biology, you will have the opportunity to develop a team responsible for designing and delivering target validation data packages using physiologically relevant cellular models across different disease areas.

Thrive in a place where the brightest and most curious minds seamlessly come together in our inclusive environment.

What you'll do:
With your scientific expertise and leadership qualities you'll provide strategic leadership for the Target validation team, retaining a strong alignment and engagement between the Applied Stem Cell Sciences teams and therapy area functions. Through your leadership and support to the team you will be delivering a portfolio of projects by providing direction to the reporting team, the department's leadership team, senior leaders and key partners.

We also rely on you to;

* Plan, design and analyze data from experiments to generate high quality results to support project decisions and breakthroughs.
* Recruit, retain and develop yourself and your colleagues to continuously improve individual and team contributions.
* Identify and develop external partnerships with industrial and academic partners and leaders in the target validation field.

Essential for the role
This role requires a strong scientific drive together with expertise in stem cell models, proven experience in target discovery and validation and mechanistic biology studies combined with a strong strategic and people leadership profile. You also need:

* Engaging line management experience with clarity of purpose, excellent communication skills and a passion for science, project delivery and personal and team development.
* Ph.D. in Cell Biology or equivalent with +8 years of industry or academia experience.
* Track record on leading mechanistic target biology studies in Cardiovascular, Metabolic, Renal or Respiratory disease areas.
* Demonstrable impact and innovation capacity through strong publication record and external scientific reputation within the stem cell field.
* Experience with using bioinformatics platforms to inform target validation approaches.

We truly believe that everyone contributes with a unique set of competence. Your curiosity and passion for personal development combined with support from colleagues and other leaders, will ensure you maximise your skills, abilities and contribution.

Why AstraZeneca?
Here, you'll be encouraged to grow and progress in your own way, building connections with the people around you and sharing in our sense of belonging. Your life at AstraZeneca is defined by you and guided by us. Ultimately, it's more than a job. We know that our work impacts people with serious conditions, many of whom have no other alternatives. That's what drives us - the potential to impact over one billion patients worldwide.

So, what's next? If you're passionate about the possibilities of science to make a difference, welcome to join us!

We look forward to get to know you and invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, but no later than the 6th March, 2022.

For more information about the position please contact Hiring Manager, Bilada Bilican at bilada.bilican(at)astrazeneca.com.

Additional information:
Our Gothenburg site: https://www.astrazeneca.com/our-science/gothenburg.html
Relocating to Gothenburg: https://www.astrazeneca.se/om-oss/verksamheten-i-sverige/goteborg/relocate-to-gothenburg.html
About BioPharmaceuticals R&D: https://www.astrazeneca.com/r-d.html