Principal Scientist, Pharmaceutical Development

Are you an ambitious scientist with expertise in develop ability, drug delivery or pharmaceutical development, with an interest in applying digital and AI-enabled approaches to help molecules progress from discovery towards medicines?

Do you want to help turn promising molecules into medicines by working across develop ability science, formulation strategy and integrated drug discovery?

Following our integration into IQVIA Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Development is entering an exciting new phase. We are building a modern, develop ability-focused scientific function that combines physicochemical sciences, biopharmaceutics, solid-state science, drug delivery expertise and data-enabled approaches, to help clients make better decisions and accelerate candidate progression.  We are seeking a Principal Scientist in Pharmaceutical Development, to help drive our scientific ambition, shape the future of our discipline, and play a key role in delivering innovative solutions for clients across the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.  

The successful candidate will help embed develop ability thinking earlier in drug discovery programmes, using experimental, computational and AI-enabled approaches to identify risks, generate insight and support clear recommendations for clients.

Why Join Us?

At IQVIA, Pharmaceutical Development is evolving. We're moving beyond traditional formulation support and building a science-led capability focused on understanding and mitigating develop ability risk, enabling confident progression of drug candidates from discovery into development.

You'll join a growing team in Cambridge, working alongside experts across Discovery, DMPK, CMC and broader IQVIA scientific functions.

This is a role for someone who:

Wants to influence scientific direction, not simply execute studies.

Is comfortable challenging the status quo, bringing forward and championing new ideas.

Is interested in using AI-enabled and data-driven approaches responsibly to enhance develop ability assessment, scientific interpretation and client impact.

Enjoys solving complex drug delivery and develop ability challenges.

Is excited by working directly with clients.

Loves mentoring and developing scientists.

Wants to help shape a growing scientific capability during a transformational period.

What You'll Be Doing You will combine scientific leadership, client engagement and project delivery responsibilities.

Design, oversee and interpret develop ability studies to support candidate progression.

Integrate physicochemical, solid-state, biopharmaceutic and formulation data to inform key development decisions.

Apply digital, computational and AI-enabled approaches to support develop ability risk assessment, literature insight, data interpretation and experimental prioritisation.

Translate AI-supported and experimental insights into clear, scientifically robust recommendations for drug discovery teams and client programmes.

Recommend formulation and development strategies for challenging molecules.

Provide scientific leadership within multidisciplinary drug discovery programmes.

Lead pharmaceutical development projects from proposal through delivery.

Act as the primary scientific contact for client programmes.

Lead and support business development through scientific proposals, technical discussions and client interactions.

Mentor and develop junior scientists.

Contribute to the continued growth and evolution of the Pharmaceutical Development group. What We're Looking For We're less interested in finding someone who has done the exact same role before and more interested in finding someone with the curiosity, energy and scientific drive to help us build something exciting.

The strongest candidates are likely to bring:

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