Principal Scientist

SRG are supporting the growth of an innovative drug delivery business as they look to hit their ambitious commercial and clinical goals over the next few years. Founded in 2016 with a mission to revolutionalise treatments for retinal diseases, the business has developed through internal talent, external funding and close collaborations across specialist teams in Alderley Park. With a leadership team comprised of strong industry financial acumen and deep scientific understanding of the area, they are poised to embark on an exciting stage of development and expansion.

They are currently recruiting for a Lead / Principal Scientist to join their small, committed team based at Alderley Park, Cheshire , to lead the design and development of these bespoke treatments. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on improving patient comfort and wellbeing whilst being financially rewarded through potentially lucrative share options. As part of their multi-disciplinary R&D team, you will have a leading role in the day to day operational and technical delivery of our research programme. You will be lab based and will design, characterise, test and develop hydrogel drug delivery depots for the temporal delivery of various ophthalmic therapeutics

You will be a PhD Graduate or Graduate with equivalent research leadership experience in Pharmaceutical or Material Sciences, Chemistry or a related discipline. The role will appeal to someone proficient in the design and characterisation of hydrogel materials, ideally for drug delivery applications, with skills in various in vitro analytical and characterisation techniques.

If you feel you could be a good fit for the role and would like to find out more please forward your CV in Word format

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.