Job Description

We are currently looking to recruit into a number of different roles within Compound Management – a delivery focused team where we collaborate to support projects aiming to impact patients’ lives. We are responsible for the storage and timely provision of chemical compounds to AstraZeneca’s drug discovery projects. We belong in 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. We are transitioning our group to our exciting new site, The Discovery Centre (DISC) on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and you will get an outstanding opportunity to support the move to our new facilities. You may start work in the AstraZeneca research building based on the Cambridge Science Park before transferring to DISC. What you’ll do:The roles will provide the opportunity to work in a dynamic and enthusiastic environment, whilst delivering critical support to projects. You will be supporting projects by providing compounds in the requested format - assay ready plates, serially diluted mother plates, solutions and solids. Continuous improvement will be at the core of everything you do, whether it’s individual or group projects and strong emphasis is placed on solving day-to-day issues that occur whilst processing samples, to ensure business continuity. Automation and technology permeate everything we do and you will have opportunities to develop and implement new tools to streamline our processes.