Clinical Scientist, Early Clinical Development, Early CVRM

Are you a Scientist with clinical research experience in either cardiovascular, renal or metabolic disease? Would you like to make a difference where science meets the patient? Join us now to be part of the discovery and development of future treatments of Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolic diseases!

At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. This role will give you the opportunity to work at the forefront of early clinical and translational research within Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM), one of AstraZeneca's main therapy areas. In a multidisciplinary environment you will play a key role in progressing a rich and diverse pipeline of both small and large molecule candidate drugs. You can be located at any one of AstraZeneca's vibrant R&D sites in Gothenburg Sweden, Cambridge UK or Gaithersburg US.

We are looking for a scientist with clinical research experience in either cardiovascular, renal or metabolic disease. Your ambition to improving patients' lives, will involve you in a team driving clinical development of novel innovative drugs in CVRM diseases.

As an associate director clinical scientist your core accountability will be scientific support for the development and maintenance of project clinical strategies based upon your established expertise including the latest thinking about mechanisms of disease, diagnostic approaches, current treatment options, drug development trends, and regulatory requirements in relevant disease and therapeutic areas. Additional tasks include supporting regulatory documentation, liaison with discovery scientists, regulatory, clinical and commercial colleagues, developing and managing external collaborations, and deep knowledge of literature pertaining to the product(s) under development.



Requirements

You will be an experienced scientist with an MD and/or PhD qualification. You should have at least three years' experience working in a clinical research setting and a good publication track record. You should have a demonstrated scientific knowledge in either cardiovascular, renal or metabolic disease. Evidence of strong collaborative working, a delivery focus and good communication skills is essential.



So, what's next?

Are you already imagining yourself joining us? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you!



Welcome with your application no later than July 20th 2020.