Senior Scientist Bioscience Immunology, Early Respiratory and Immunology

Senior Scientist Bioscience Immunology, Early Respiratory and Immunology

Waltham, MA

Join AstraZeneca, a global, science-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative, meaningful medicines and healthcare solutions. As part of our Early Respiratory & Immunology (Early R&I) team, you'll have the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives every day. We are seeking a highly motivated senior researcher with a strong understanding of adaptive and/or innate immunity. This role is based in Waltham, MA within AstraZeneca’s state-of-the-art laboratories.

Accountabilities:

In this role, you will be a biology leader in the Bioscience, Immunology team focusing on developing therapeutics for treatment of Rheumatological and Gastrointestinal Diseases. You will focus your research on characterizing novel immunological pathways in health and disease to aid target validation and drug projects. You will also contribute and drive strategies for new target identification for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases. You will collaborate with scientists from a variety of functional teams in Waltham and with our sites in Gaithersburg, MD; Cambridge, UK and Gothenburg, Sweden.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• A Ph.D. in Immunology, or a closely related field with a minimum of 3-5 years of post-doctoral experience.
• Highly organized and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team to conduct a high-level research project.
• Strong hands-on skills in basic biochemical and molecular techniques.
• Expertise in primary human cell culture including co-culture models, expertise in multi-parametric FACS, including both intracellular and extracellular cell surface markers.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to critically analyze data sets.
• Proven ability to run collaborative efforts and utilize external resources to find the most effective solutions to drug discovery problems.
• Ability to record protocols and experiments in timely manner and maintain excellent laboratory notebook.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Experience working in the pharma/biotech is preferred but not essential.
• Expertise in drug discovery projects in the immunology, fibrotic diseases or a closely related field of biology is preferred.

At AstraZeneca, we are changemakers on the world stage at an exciting frontier of medicine. We are helping to transform healthcare and build pandemic preparedness to protect against future health crises. We are team players who invest in ground-breaking collaborations, local partnerships, and commercial initiatives. We are driven by a sense of purpose, bringing a people-centric approach to everything we do. We support, enable and inspire each other to make exceptional breakthroughs. We welcome different experiences and practices because sharing knowledge and skillsets provides exciting growth opportunities.

About the Waltham Site

Our Waltham, Massachusetts facility develops life changing small-molecule research in North America, with innovative laboratories at the Gatehouse Park BioHub, just west of the city center. Our BioHub facility, is a bold new R&D initiative, which fosters life science discoveries and the exchange of ideas. Here, we play host to some of the most cutting-edge technology and lab spaces, all designed to inspire collaboration and cross-functional science. We believe employees benefit from being challenged and inspired at work. We are dedicated to creating a culture of inclusion and collaboration. With a shuttle bus to and from Alewife station, the location provides you the ability to work in the heart of one of the world’s most vibrant research centers.

Our Waltham site offers a variety of amenities to help book productivity and help keep our employees happy and engaged. This includes a fitness center, employee healthcare clinic, electric vehicle charging stations, dry cleaning, full-service cafeteria and copy center. This is where you’ll find newly-designed, activity-based work spaces to suit a variety of working styles while increasing collaboration between teams and the greater research community.

As AstraZeneca continues to put patients at the forefront of our mission, we are excited for our move to Kendall Square/Cambridge in 2026. Find out more information here: Kendall Square Press Release

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