Passionate Team Lead striving to make a greater impact

Are you a curious scientific leader seeking a role where your expertise can make an outstanding impact? Join a place built on innovation and creativity. Where different views and perspectives are encouraged and valued. An environment that champions inclusion, and teams that reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve.

We are looking for a Associate Director - Team Lead to join our Compound Management group - a delivery focused team where we collaborate to support projects aiming to impact patients' lives. We are responsible for the quality assurance, processing and timely provision of chemical compounds to AstraZeneca's drug discovery projects. The position will be placed at our vibrant AstraZeneca R&D site in Gothenburg, Sweden.

We belong to Discovery Sciences - our wider function that applies deep technical expertise in specialist technologies to support the delivery of targets and molecules to the early AstraZeneca pipeline.

What you'll do:
This position will give you the opportunity to lead a team of enthusiastic scientists, delivering critical support to projects using automated and digital technologies. Continuous improvement permeates everything we do and you will have opportunities to develop and implement innovative technologies and processes.

Designing, performing and interpreting experiments to investigate process improvements and evaluate new technologies is included in the role. We also rely on you to establish successful and productive relationships with local, global and external scientific colleagues and support services to ensure reliable delivery to projects.

Other responsibilities as Associate Director - Team Lead in Compound Management:

* Lead a team of lab-based scientists to support projects according to agreed needs and priorities.
* Develop and coach staff to deliver against departmental objectives and build a successful team.
* Apply your strengths to make impactful personal contributions to the delivery and productivity of the team.
* Develop the strategic direction of the department, and lead initiatives to deliver the strategic plan, achieve scientific excellence and develop the external reputation of Compound Management.

We strongly believe that everyone contributes with a unique set of competence. Your passion for the personal development of yourself and members of your team, combined with support from colleagues, mentors and managers, will ensure you are set up for success in this role.

Essential for the role:
Compound Management is a highly collaborative group, working to tight delivery schedules, so the ability to be comfortable working at a fast, goal-oriented pace, with a team focused approach is crucial to be successful in the role. Furthermore, you have excellent communication skills and a proactive and delivery focused approach. You are passionate about both your own personal development and the development of your team. We also believe you have:

* A MSc/PhD in a scientific subject area, or equivalent experience.
* Leadership and communication skills and a sincere passion for science, technology and innovation.
* Management of risk using evaluative judgments in complicated or novel situations.
* An understanding of drug discovery.
* A strong customer and delivery focus with ability to build trusted relationships with internal and external scientific colleagues.

Desirable for the role:

* Knowledge and experience of working in a sample management role.
* Experience of complex robotic and automated systems, advanced liquid handling instrumentation and laboratory operating systems.

Why AstraZeneca?
Be encouraged and supported to think creatively in our dynamic environment. Here we are free from fear of failure, free to ask the right questions and make bold decisions.

So, what's next! If this sounds like the place and job for you - apply today!

We look forward to find out more about you - make sure you apply no later than the 1st August, 2022.

Additional information:
Our Gothenburg site: https://www.astrazeneca.com/our-science/gothenburg.html
Life in Gothenburg: https://www.movetogothenburg.com/
Make a move to Global Gothenburg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Iqbb4aw38