Senior Research Associate, Discovery, Frontier Biology

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Job Advert Title Senior Research Associate, Discovery, Frontier Biology Location United Kingdom Function/Business Area Research Employment Class Permanent

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Senior Research Associate, Discovery, Frontier Biology
About Astellas:
At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.
We pursue innovative science, focusing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.
We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.
Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.
The Opportunity:
The primary focus of this role is to deliver high-quality bench research and to design and execute in vitro and/or in vivo assays that directly support our drug discovery programmes. You will work closely with the broader team to drive program goals forward, maintaining clear and ongoing communication with both internal and external stakeholders. 
The role also involves planning and conducting in vitro and in vivo studies to generate critical data aligned with key program milestones.
In addition, you will be responsible for the development, execution, and evaluation of in vitro and in vivo study designs to ensure robust, meaningful outcomes.
Hybrid Working:
At Astellas we recognise the importance of work/life balance, and we are proud to offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues at the office with the flexibility to also work from home. We believe this will optimise the most productive work environment for all employees to succeed and deliver. Hybrid work from certain locations may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’ Responsible Flexibility Guidelines.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
This position directly impacting our ability to prosecuting company goals of maintaining an early-stage pipeline of potential drug candidates. Measures of success including advancing new targets through successive stages of the drug discovery pipeline, with core components including:

• Efficiently and competently executing laboratory work designed to advancing early-stage projects.
• Being accountable for the timeliness and quality of individual scientific workload.
• Being accountable for ensuring the integrity of data being generated for scientific projects.
• Keeping behavioural guidelines in mind while acting as a role model for responsibly adhering to team policies, procedures, and guidelines for conducting work.
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