# Technical Lead, Medicines Safety Technologies - £78,230 - £87,809 p.a. + benefits

**Company**: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: GBP 78,230 - 87,809 per year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are currently looking for a Technical Lead, Medicines Safety Technologies to join our Benefit Risk Evaluation I Function within the Safety & Surveillance Group.

This is a full-time opportunity, on a permanent basis. The role will be based in 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf London, E14 4PU.

The Safety and Surveillance (S&S) Group brings together into a single integrated structure expertise on the safety of all medical products with enforcement capabilities. These functions are supported by the Agency’s data and evidence generating capabilities, complementing our signal generating abilities.

The core purpose of Benefit Risk Evaluation is to deliver a robust assessment of potential safety signals using data from a range of sources along with technical, scientific, clinical and regulatory knowledge, and practical experience.

**Role Purpose**

This is an exciting opportunity to play a senior technical leadership role in the MHRA's pioneering regulatory sandbox, “Beyond ADMET: AI for Medicines Safety”, an innovative initiative exploring how artificial intelligence can transform medicines development and strengthen patient safety.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Provide senior scientific and technical leadership for the “Beyond ADMET: AI for Medicines Safety” Sandbox programme, ensuring programme activities are scientifically robust, technically credible and aligned with regulatory objectives.

- Work in partnership with the Head, AI for Medicines Safety to ensure the programme benefits from complementary expertise across artificial intelligence, healthcare data science, toxicology, pharmacology, medicines development and regulatory science.

- Lead the evaluation of emerging methodologies, technologies, datasets and evidence relevant to AI-enabled medicines development, safety assessment and regulatory decision-making.

- Build and maintain strong relationships with experts across the MHRA, industry, academia and government, representing the programme through technical engagement, collaboration and thought leadership activities.

**Benefits**

Alongside your salary of £78,230, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency contributes £22,663 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

- Annual Leave: 25 days annual leave on entry, rising by one day for each completed year of service to a maximum of 30 days and pro-rata for part-time staff. PLUS 8 bank holidays

- Privilege Leave: 1 day

- Hours of Work: 37 hours (net) per week for full time staff in all geographical locations, including London and pro rata for part-time staff

- Occupational Sick Pay (OSP): One month full pay/one month half pay on entry, rising by one month for each completed year of service to a maximum of six months full pay and six months half pay after five years’ service.

- Mobility: Mobility clause in contracts allowing staff to be mobile across the Civil Service

- Civil Service Pension Scheme

- Flexible working to ensure staff maintain a healthy work-life balance

- Interest free season ticket loan or bike loan

- Employee Assistance Services and access to the Civil Service Benevolent Fund

- Eligibility to join Motoring , Boundless by CSMA

- Variety of staff and Civil Service clubs

- On-going learning and development

## Skills

### Required
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Healthcare Data Science
- Pharmacology
- Toxicology
- Drug Development
- Safety Science
- New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

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