Scientist Animal Science & Technologies

Positions: Scientist - Animal Sciences & Technologies

Location: Cambridge UK

Competitive Salary & Excellent Company Benefits

At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into lifechanging medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial thinking big and collaborating to make the impossible a realitydriven by the power of science to meet unmet patient needs worldwide.

AstraZenecas vision is to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines aiming to transform patient outcomes particularly in oncology and chronic diseases. The company focuses on unlocking the power of science to create sustainable positive impacts for people society and the planet.

Join our vibrant Cambridge site and shape the next generation of oncology treatments. Youll find tremendous opportunities to grow your expertise advance your career and see your impact on real patient outcomes.

Within our Animal Sciences & Technologies (AST) Department you will apply your scientific and in vivo technical expertise to design and deliver highquality oncology efficacy studies that are central to our pipeline. Partnering closely with diseasearea teams you will run robust preclinical tumour models and combination studies generate decisionenabling efficacy data and help progress candidate medicines from discovery through development. Alongside oncology AST also evaluates the safety and pharmacokinetics of new drugs to ensure a comprehensive understanding of candidate performance.

This is a vivariumbased role for an experienced in vivo professional who thrives in a fastpaced highly collaborative environment and is motivated by advancing oncology therapies for patients.

What Youll Do

As a Scientist you will be responsible for carrying out daily animal husbandry tasks for rodent species identifying and reporting any abnormal findings and maintaining the highest standards of animal care and welfare working in the spirit of the 3Rs. Key duties include undertaking technical procedures such as animal identification collecting biological samples administering test articles tumour measurements and condition reporting. Youll generate clear and complete data sets including highly accurate documentation of raw data in computerised data capturing systems and on handwritten records.

Able to work autonomously managing your own work youll meet agreed targets and quality standards in a timely manner communicating progress appropriately. Passionate about self-development you will maintain current knowledge in Laboratory animal sciences e.g. through Continued Professional Development (CPD) collaboration with peer scientists or contact with other internal groups. Highly diligent youll ensure that tasks are performed in accordance with appropriate Safety Health & Environment (SHE) quality and compliance standards e.g. Good Laboratory Standards (GLS).

Working Patterns

Based at the Anne McLaren Laboratory on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus our In Vivo Scientists are required to work flexibly across different therapy areas and participate in the provision of weekend (1 in 5) Bank Holiday and out of hours support compensated by a shift disturbance allowance.

Essential Requirements

A Levels HNC HND in a related field (or equivalent) or relevant experience

Experimental in vivo skills in rodents with current or previous Home Office personal licence holder (modules A-B or 1-2/1-3) or equivalent qualification

Fully conversant with all aspects of the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Directive 2010/63/EU associated Home Office guidelines and their implications.

Ability to work independently in cross-functional teams

Fluent in verbal and written English language

Desirable Requirements

BSc/MSc degree (or equivalent) in a related specialism or relevant experience

Experience as a trainer or assessor of in vivo skills under ASPA

Experience as Named People for example NACWO

Familiarity with specific techniques such as imaging or surgery (PIL module C)

Next Steps

If your passion is science and you want to be part of a successful team that makes a bigger impact on patients lives then theres no better place to be!

This advert will be running from 28th April 2026 and we welcome your application as soon as possible but ahead of the scheduled closing date of 8th May 2026.

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