Team Leader- Cell Therapy

Are you an expert in the fields of stem cells and regenerative medicine? Would you like to combine your scientific drive with your strategic and tactical leadership skills for the development of cell based therapies? Join us and be a key player in the build of our new Biopharmaceuticals R&D Cell Therapy department. Together we will push the boundaries of Science!

Working at AstraZeneca means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. Biopharmaceuticals R&D is now building a new cell therapy department with the goal to establish AstraZeneca as a world-leader in the stem cell field and to build a competitive pipeline within cell therapy across disease areas within Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM) and Respiratory and Inflammation (R&I). The cell therapy department will bring together >50 specialists to support the organisation with cell therapy expertise and capabilities. The new department will be an agile "biotech-like" organisation, with specialists in the department working closely with experts across AstraZeneca to leverage the existing and emerging platforms in stem cell technologies, new modalities, universal cell lines, and CRISPR-mediated genome editing.

The role is placed at AstraZeneca's dynamic R&D site in Gothenburg, Sweden, where you will work in an international environment at the fore-front of Cell Therapy science.



What you'll do

In this role you will lead a bioscience team responsible for the pre-clinical development of cell based therapies focusing on identification and validation of cell based strategies in vitro and in vivo within Cell Therapy BioPharmaceutical R&D. You will combine your scientific expertise and leadership skills to deliver high quality data, develop your team and enhance our scientific capabilities. Accountabilities include:

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Lead and support a Bioscience cell therapy team in delivering a portfolio of projects by providing scientific input and leadership for the team, ensuring delivery of results in line with objectives
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Plan, design, execute and analyse data from experiments to generate high quality results to support project decisions and milestones
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Provide strategic leadership for the Bioscience cell therapy team, providing a strong alignment and engagement between the Bioscience cell therapy teams, Cell Therapy leadership team and therapy area functions
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Identify and develop external partnerships with industrial and academic partners and leaders in the cell therapy field
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Recruit, retain, and develop leading scientists to build a world class team with stem cell experience to accelerate AstraZeneca's ambitions
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Provide scientific leadership of development of stem cell platforms for cell therapies
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Oversees processes and standards to ensure their appropriateness and guarantee compliance to all internal and external processes



Essential for the role

This role requires a strong scientific drive together with a solid expertise in Cell Therapy development combined with a strategic leadership profile.

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Ph.D. in Cell Biology or a related discipline or a BSc/MSc degree with relevant academic or industrial experience
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Scientific expertise in Cell Therapy development
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Solid leadership experience and ability to develop high performing teams
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Leadership in Drug Discovery or Cell Therapy biopharmaceutical development and strategies
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Experience of interactions with industrial and academic partners as well as ability to communicate and influence both internal and external stakeholders



The right candidate for this position is passionate for the subject with strong visionary and strategic skills together with an entrepreneurial working style. You have excellent problem-solving skills and a drive to succeed in combination with excellent inter-personal and leadership skills.



Desirable for the role

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External scientific reputation within the regenerative medicine, cell therapy or stem cell fields
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Track record of cross functional work across organizational boundaries



So, what's next?

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Excellent! We have one seat available and we hope it's yours.

For more information about the position please contact hiring manager Ryan Hicks (ryan.hicks@astrazeneca.com)

Welcome with your application no later than January 24, 2021



Where can I find out more?

Our Gothenburg site: https://www.astrazeneca.com/our-science/gothenburg.html

Life in Gothenburg: https://www.movetogothenburg.com/

Culture and atmosphere of the Gothenburg site: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6496327311678410752/