AstraZeneca - Gaithersburg, MD
posted 3 months ago
Join us at AstraZeneca where you'll have the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives every day. As Director in the Virology Research group within Early Vaccines & Immune Therapies R&D (Early V&I) in Gaithersburg, MD, you'll play a pivotal role in channeling our scientific capabilities to make a positive impact on patients' lives. We are consistently pushing the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. The Director will be a key member of a growing, dynamic team focused on developing next-generation vaccines and antibody therapeutics through the early drug discovery process through investigational new drug (IND) enabling activities. In this role you will lead a research team responsible for in vitro and in vivo experiments supporting the design, and evaluation of existing and novel vaccines and antibody therapeutics against viral pathogens. You will contribute to the development of novel ideas in the target identification, antigen design, vaccine vector, and vaccine technology spaces. You will work collaboratively across the organization to drive projects towards successful completion, develop technical summaries, protocols, and quantitative analyses, and be responsible for the day-to-day organization of different project-related components along with the publishing of discoveries in high quality, peer-reviewed journals and support of IND filing.