Biomarker Development Specialist

Location: Islington, London

Salary: Circa £45k - £55k (dependent on experience) + excellent benefits

Permanent, full time

Are you an enthusiastic self-motivated and sharp minded individual with strong experience of Biomarker Assay Development that can help us beat cancer sooner?

We are looking for an experienced individual to...

• Provide expert scientific and technical advice to Centre for Drug Development (CDD) project teams on the identification, evaluation and delivery of clinical biomarker methodologies in early phase clinical trials in cancer
• Work with internal and external groups to generate programmes of work and to deliver biomarker packages for clinical trials
• Interpret the significance of clinical biomarker data and its implication for the clinical trial and drug development strategy

Here at Cancer Research UK, our understanding of cancer is increasing at a faster pace than ever before, and more people are surviving thanks to the work we do. Every day we achieve extraordinary things by being innovative, imaginative and bold in our work. Now we need an experienced Biomarker Development Scientist to help lead our translation of promising new cancer therapies to the clinic. You will fully support the implementation of biomarkers on our trials from early assessment of biomarker strategy for new projects through to clinical trial reporting and publication. This means that you'll be a dynamic and flexible individual with a passionate interest in biomarker driven drug development and personalised medicine who can hit the ground running.

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We are looking for a confident Biomarker Development Scientist to support the team and lead by example. You can help us beat cancer sooner through your...

• Demonstrable experience of biomarker discovery, development, validation and use in early phase trials
• Experience in improving existing assays and assay performance in a screening, preclinical or clinical trial environment
• Ability to work independently and efficiently across multiple small teams
• Ability to work effectively with third parties outside the organisation including clinical investigators and scientific experts
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to proactively find solutions to complex challenges and communicate these effective to diverse stakeholders

Our optimism and desire for success leads us to constantly challenge ourselves and others, which means you'll be encouraged to stretch yourself in our dynamic environment. You'll work across a diverse range of projects, tumour types and assays to delivery data critical to project success. You'll also need strong influencing and persuading skills to find approaches suitable to the needs of diverse stakeholders within and outside CRUK.

Closing date: 27th August

At CRUK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.

Please note, from 2019, our head office will be relocating from Islington to a new office space in Stratford, close to the Olympic Park.