Associate Principal Informatician

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Do you enjoy collaborating across different departments? Do you have expertise in driving digital transformation? Do you want to shape the technology that supports our Research & Development cycle to become digitally enabled? Then we might have the position for you!

Our Digitisation department is brand new and focuses on digitally transforming ways of workings: delivering solutions that improve efficiency and ensuring the complex experimental data Pharmaceutical Science teams and partners generate flows seamlessly to be available for data science and modelling.

Pharmaceutical Sciences is a function within the AstraZeneca's Biopharmaceuticals R&D unit and that builds innovative, cost effect solutions by transforming molecules into investigative medicines meeting unmet needs of future patients. The multifaceted portfolio of projects includes traditional small molecules, nucleotide-based therapies and nanomedicines across AstraZeneca's therapy areas.

This position can be based at any of our at AstraZeneca's vibrant sites with a significant Pharmaceutical Sciences presence: Gothenburg (Sweden), Macclesfield Campus (UK) or Cambridge (UK).

What you'll do
You will be a lead member of our Digitisation team directly collaborating with a diverse range of outstanding scientists from across all our departments As a product owner you will drive agile digitisation projects forward. Bringing a passion for working at the interface of science and digital you will be responsible for identifying and developing impactful, innovative & disruptive informatics solutions.

* Innovate, develop, coordinate implementation and support informatics solutions to drive the creation & curation of appropriate datasets, facilitate improved science workflows & interrogate those datasets for scientific insight
* Build strong collaboration with both scientists and an established range of partners across a wider CMC community, IT organization and the R&D Data Office
* Build effective relationships with colleagues across disciplines in Pharmaceutical Sciences to identify & prioritise opportunities for improved workflow & data transfer solutions
* Lead small informatics projects
* Develop, maintain and apply ongoing knowledge and awareness in trends, standard methodology and new developments in analytics and data science
* Be a leader across Pharmaceutical Sciences for digital transformation, agile working practices, FAIR data and the impact of data science
* Develop an understanding of the current informatics ecosystem within AZ and maintain awareness of external trends & opportunities
* Present or publish work for conferences and in peer reviewed journals
* Implement working practices to ensure that solutions are delivered to robust quality & regulatory standard

Essential for the role

* Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent years of experience) in mathematics, computer science, chemistry, pharmacy or material science, or a related field
* Demonstrated experience of working within a scientific environment but with a passion to develop and learn new informatics skills OR an experienced data / computer scientist with a desire to work in close partnership with lab based scientists
* Excellent written and verbal communication, business analysis, and consultancy skills · Basic skills in high level programming or pipelining tools (e.g. Python, Knime, PipelinePilot)

Desirable for the role

* Master or PhD degree in mathematics, computer science, chemistry, pharmacy or material science, or a related field
* Proven track record of publishing relevant results an tools in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and other scientific proceedings
* Good understanding of the design, development, optimization, and scaling of informatics applications and solutions

Build unrivalled capabilities in a place that promotes learning agility and offers development opportunities. We never stand still so you'll have the chance to constantly grow your abilities, skills and knowledge. Here we are a fusion of challenging and interesting work, in an energising and inspiring environment.

Why AstraZeneca

Our Gothenburg site is one of AstraZeneca's three strategic R&D centres. Here, you'll feel a global atmosphere in a multinational environment. Collaboration comes in all forms - across teams, functions, countries and even companies. With more than 2,400 employees from over than 50 countries, our vibrant Gothenburg site is a truly inspiring place to work. Here, the history and future of scientific breakthrough come together. We believe that the diversity of our people is crucial to bringing new discoveries to life.

So, what's next?
If your passion is science and IT and you want to be part of a team that makes a bigger impact on patients' lives, then there's no better place to be.

We look forward to find out more about you. Send in your application as soon as possible, but no later than April, 20th 2022. We will review applications continuously.

Where can I find out more?
Our Gothenburg site: https://www.astrazeneca.com/our-science/gothenburg.html
Life in Gothenburg: https://www.astrazeneca.se/om-oss/verksamheten-i-sverige/goteborg/relocate-to-gothenburg.html

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