Senior Scientist Chemistry, Sample Management

Are you a passionate and experienced scientist, eager to join a company in the forefront of sample management technologies? Would you like to contribute to the continuous improvement of life changing projects? Perfect, we have a new challenge for you!

We are looking for a motivated and engaged team member to work as a Senior Scientist in our Sample Management team at our vibrant R&D site at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg, Sweden.

About the position
As a Senior Scientist in the Sample Management department you will be responsible for the storage and timely supply of chemical compounds to AstraZeneca's drug discovery projects. Highly automated systems will be employed to supply small molecules to AstraZeneca scientists and partner organisations. You will be a part of the Discovery Sciences organisation, operating within a first-class scientific environment to support drug discovery across each of AstraZeneca's Therapeutic Areas.

Responsibilities
In this position, you will get the opportunity to work in a dynamic and enthusiastic environment, whilst delivering critical support to drug discovery projects. You are focused on supporting projects by providing compounds in the requested format - assay ready plates, serially diluted mother plates, formulations and solids. You will be involved in all phases of the projects and support a broad range of chemical modalities. Bringing in new capabilities and build new processes are also core activities, performed in collaboration with cross functional drug discovery projects.

You are expected to act upon day-to-day issues that occur whilst processing samples and ensure business continuity and you will run Sample Management development projects to ensure continuous improvement within the local team and the global department. Furthermore, you will work with the following typical tasks:
* Designing, performing and interpreting experiments independently to investigate process improvements and evaluate new technologies.
* Rapidly addressing customer queries with regards to Sample Management orders, software, processes and capabilities.
* Achieving personal scientific visibility through project contributions, internal presentations and publications.

Your profile
Sample 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 attitude is essential to be successful in the role. We also believe you have:

* A MSc/PhD in a scientific discipline (life sciences, chemistry or engineering), with some relevant experience.
* Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to identify and implement improvement activities.
* A track record in the performance of a range of practical skills, including non-routine complex tasks, to a high level.

About the organisation
This position is a consultant assignment for nine months at AstraZeneca in Göteborg. During this time you will be employed by QRIOS Life Science & Engineering.

QRIOS employs curious experts in IT, Life Science and Engineering. We want to continue to attract the best employees, to continue to support our partners with the important competences you require. We are a recruitment and consulting company that is strongly inspired by those who never stop looking for new solutions. As we say, QRIOS MINDS GO FURTHER.