Principal Scientist AD Business Process Specialist

Imagine a future where scientific data flows seamlessly across Analytical Development, insights are available at the point of need, and digital technologies amplify the impact of our scientists. In Drug Development & Supply, this future is being driven through CMC Digitalisation, a transformation focused on how we generate, connect and use data across the development lifecycle. By combining deep scientific expertise with advanced analytics, automation and user-centred digital solutions, we are creating a more agile, data-driven and insight-enabled environment that accelerates the development of medicines for patients.

The Principal Scientist – AD Business Process Specialist plays a key role in this transformation across the CMC portfolio, leading digital use cases that bring the vision to life. Working at the intersection of science, process and technology, you will translate real analytical workflows and user needs into impactful digital solutions, taking them from concept through deployment and adoption. Through the implementation of new tools, data products and digital workflows, you will help accelerate decision-making, improve data accessibility, and deliver measurable scientific and operational value.

For candidates seeking to be located at our Stevenage site, this role will temporarily be based ever, the Company plans to relocate its offices to Ware R&D, UK. The location of this role will therefore subsequently change to Ware R&D, UK in accordance with timelines to be set by the Company. The relocation is currently proposed to take effect by early 2029.

• Partner with the Business Process Owners and AD leadership to support the digital roadmap, representing Analytical Development in CMC digital transformation programmes and ensuring your use cases align to strategic priorities and future-state operating models.
• Translate scientific workflows, business challenges and user needs into clearly defined digital use cases, business requirements, success criteria and definition of done, working alongside scientists, process owners, architects, developers and data specialists.
• Lead your portfolio of digital use cases end to end, from concept to deployment – building plans, milestones and resource requirements, and leading cross-functional project teams through prioritisation, issue resolution and decision making.
• Lead business acceptance testing and pilots, coordinating subject matter experts and user feedback to ensure solutions are validated and fit for purpose before go-live.
• Drive adoption of new digital tools through structured change management, user engagement, training and communication plans that maximise uptake and realised value.
• Build digital and data literacy across AD teams, championing user-centric design and data-driven ways of working.
• Promote the effective use of analytical and scientific data to improve decision making and performance, working with data governance and analytics teams to improve data quality, accessibility, usability and integrity.
• Partner with platform and support teams to deploy new capabilities, ensure organisational readiness and business continuity, and use performance monitoring and user insight to drive continuous improvement.

• BSc, MSc or equivalent in a scientific or technical discipline.
• Strong knowledge of CMC and analytical development, with experience supporting the development and lifecycle management of pharmaceutical products.
• Proven track record of driving process transformation through the implementation of innovative ways of working, digitalisation, and the deployment of new capabilities, including automation, modelling, and other technology-enabled solutions to improve efficiency, quality, and…