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AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior Research Scientist specializing in synthetic chemistry to join their team in Cambridge, UK. The role involves developing innovative synthetic strategies to support drug discovery, particularly in oncology, and requires a strong background in synthetic organic chemistry.
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Job Summary
As part of the Medicinal Chemistry Discovery Process group you will be responsible for conceiving and implementing innovative synthetic strategies while using your personal lab delivery expertise to help solve complex chemistry problems to deliver the next generation of Oncology medicines.
Join a team where bold science meets practical delivery, and where chemists sit shoulder-to-shoulder with data scientists, clinicians, and biologists to fast-track ideas into medicines.
Your chemistry will not sit on a shelf—it will shape real treatment possibilities and contribute to a mission focused on changing outcomes in cancer.
Matching Summary
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AstraZeneca is seeking a Senior Research Scientist specializing in synthetic chemistry to join their team in Cambridge, UK. The role involves developing innovative synthetic strategies to support drug discovery, particularly in oncology, and requires a strong background in synthetic organic chemistry.
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Skills & Requirements
Must-have
synthetic chemistry delivery
route development
multi gram quantities
contemporary synthetic organic chemistry
solve complex chemistry problems
cross-disciplinary project team
Nice-to-have
working with external partners
interface between Medicinal Chemistry and Process Chemistry
modern scale up technologies
process safety understanding
Key Requirements
Degree or Ph.D. in chemistry-related discipline
Practical synthetic chemistry experience
Awareness of scale up and route development
Deliver multi gram quantities
Expert knowledge of contemporary synthetic organic chemistry