Scientific Emerging Trends and Foresight Specialist

Scientific Emerging Trends and Foresight Specialist £c50k Package (Base + Bonus)

South East ABJ7346

Are you a scientist with experience designing and leadingscientific research programs across disciplines?

Do you enjoy translating scientific findings into actionable business insights and presenting to stakeholders?

Do you want a science role 'out of the lab’?

As Scientific Emerging Trends and Foresight Specialist and as a key past NPD and R&D Science Discovery you would be evaluating scientific research to look at trends and risks and / or scientific threats or opportunities to a portfolio or scientific findings which would then be communicated to the R&D Leadership Team.

As Scientific Emerging Trends and Foresight Specialist you would bemonitoring scientific publications, conferences, clinical trials, and IP. You would help the team in maintaining an awareness and overview of any developments in these sources. Once a potential opportunity or threat has been identified, proof-of-concept (POC) investigations may need to be completed to determine initial technical feasibility.

Depending upon the foresight, such investigations required can range from in silico, in vitro and, where appropriate, human studies to screen and evaluate. Alternatively, investigations can be run as accelerator projects with external partners (such as technology start-ups) using agile methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical leadership across categories
• Ability to translate technical trends into proof-of-concept investigations that allow for initial technical feasibility assessment.
• Study design and execution (with collaborator assistance)
• Data interpretation, reporting and communication.
• Publication authorship, patent filing and conference presentation

Qualifications and Experience

• BSc, MSc, PhD - Life Sciences in Biology, Biochemistry, Toxicology, or related field.
• Publication tracking, competitor analysis, IP landscaping and clinical trial monitoring
• Experience in study design and execution, managing research programmes to deliver projects to timelines with appropriate budgetary governance.
• Proven track record of oral and written communication skills, including external presentations and technical reports/ SOPs for internal use.
• Critical thinking in data interpretation in order to provide strong conclusions and recommendations
• Proven skills at scientific communication to technical and non-technical, internal and external audiences
• Strong collaborative engagement, identification of external collaborations that can strengthen the scientific agenda.

Hybrid working 3:2 split.

Full Time. Permanent - Strong Base + Strong Bonus (up to 30%), 25 days annual leave. Participation in Company Share Reward Scheme Company Pension Scheme. Flexible benefits package.

To Apply: Please contact Alison Basson