# Senior Technical Specialist - DMPK

**Company**: IQVIA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Research
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced bioanalyst for a Senior Technical Specialist - DMPK role at our Cambridge site. As a highly experienced lab and office-based bioanalyst, you will provide wide in-depth scientific and technical expertise to both multidisciplinary integrated Drug Discovery projects and standalone DMPK projects.

This role combines hands-on bioanalytical expertise with project leadership, mentoring, and continuous improvement responsibilities to support small and large molecule drug discovery programmes.

**Main Tasks**

- Developing, optimising and executing the bioanalysis of samples from in vivo DMPK studies for small and large molecule drug discovery projects in an early discovery setting.

- Extensive knowledge of modern UPLC-MS systems and software including chromatographic method development.

- Demonstrated ability to perform routine and complex troubleshooting, maintenance, and optimisation of mass spectrometry and LC equipment, ensuring reliable operation and rapid resolution of technical issues.

- Experience in the analysis of different sample types such as plasma, blood, brain, lung, bile, faeces, urine.

- Demonstrated experience of pharmacokinetic parameter determination and an understanding of the underlying principles.

- Comprehensive troubleshooting and problem-solving skills using both technical and scientific expertise.

- Strong organisation and time management skills alongside an inbuilt flexibility to adapt to change.

- Excellent communication skills and be an effective team player; these will be essential to successful execution of projects whilst working in a matrix and multi-skilled environment.

- Lead scientific and technical projects, ensuring delivery of high-quality data to agreed timelines.

- Drive innovation through the development of novel assays, protocols and analytical approaches.

- Mentor, coach and develop colleagues, acting as a technical role model and recognised subject matter expert.

**Qualifications and Experience**

- BSc or equivalent in relevant scientific area.

- Industry experience in pharma, biotech or other commercial organisations.

- Expert user of Mass Spectrometry instrumentation.

- Experience in the bioanalytical method development of challenging analytes, in complex matrices.

- Accurate & diligent experimental planning, execution and troubleshooting.

- Good communication skills (verbal/written) internally and externally.

- Excellent team player.

- Positive ‘can do’ attitude. Creative problem solving.

- Ability to plan & execute work independently.

- Project management.

- Experience of guiding/mentoring junior colleagues.

- LC-MS/MS maintenance and troubleshooting.

- Bespoke method development for small molecules.

**What We Offer You** We offer a comprehensive benefits package from day one including generous pension, bonus and health cover.

## Skills

### Required
- Mass Spectrometry
- UPLC-MS
- chromatographic method development
- troubleshooting
- pharmacokinetic parameter determination
- project management
- LC-MS/MS maintenance
- bespoke method development

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