Research Lead Vaccine Product Development
Research Lead Vaccine Product Development
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Job Title: Research Lead Vaccine Product Development
Job Location: London UK
Job Location Type: Hybrid
Job Contract Type: Fulltime
Job Seniority Level: MidSenior level
Salary: £82100
Closing date: Monday 24th February
Contract type: Permanent
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science leading policy and advocacy campaigns and building partnerships.
We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years funding new discoveries in life health and wellbeing and taking on three global health challenges: mental health infectious disease and climate and health.
The Infectious Disease Solutions Programme (IDSP) is looking for a Research Lead with a background in vaccine product development. We are keen to hear from individuals who have worked in earlystage vaccine development up to and including phase 1/2 and with knowledge of how to embed equitable access considerations into in early product development to enable uptake.
This is an exciting time to join Wellcome under new direction of JohnArne Rottingen – who joined as CEO in 2024. The Infectious Disease Solutions Programme (IDSP) is a relatively new team and as such an opportune time to join and help sculpt future direction for vaccines R&D. The team focusses on two key drivers of infectious disease – environmental change and antimicrobial resistance. We take a holistic approach and combine an interest in gaining a better understanding of these drivers for the optimal development and use of interventions (including vector control vaccines and small molecules). Initially we are focussing on vector borne disease cholera TB and AMR with a geographical focus on Africa and South Asia
We are looking for an individual with a passion for global health to work collaboratively across the IDSP team and Wellcome to address key gaps in the global health field through definition refinement and delivery of our vaccine product development portfolio for a number of infectious diseases that affect Africa and South Asia.
You will be joining a multidisciplinary collaborative and enthusiastic team (the Vaccines team) focused on developing impactful vaccines for lowandmiddle income countries gaining a greater understanding of protective immunity and filling key knowledge gaps that inform policy makers on the best use of these vaccines.
In this role you will:
Interview dates: w/c 10 March and 17 March
You can view the full job description on our website
Our Hybrid Way of Working
We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment in which people can perform at their best.
At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do
Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or longterm condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility or contact us at .
Closing date: Monday 24th February
Contract type: Permanent
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science leading policy and advocacy campaigns and building partnerships.
We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years funding new discoveries in life health and wellbeing and taking on three global health challenges: mental health infectious disease and climate and health.
The Infectious Disease Solutions Programme (IDSP) is looking for a Research Lead with a background in vaccine product development. We are keen to hear from individuals who have worked in earlystage vaccine development up to and including phase 1/2 and with knowledge of how to embed equitable access considerations into in early product development to enable uptake.
This is an exciting time to join Wellcome under new direction of JohnArne Rottingen – who joined as CEO in 2024. The Infectious Disease Solutions Programme (IDSP) is a relatively new team and as such an opportune time to join and help sculpt future direction for vaccines R&D. The team focusses on two key drivers of infectious disease – environmental change and antimicrobial resistance. We take a holistic approach and combine an interest in gaining a better understanding of these drivers for the optimal development and use of interventions (including vector control vaccines and small molecules). Initially we are focussing on vector borne disease cholera TB and AMR with a geographical focus on Africa and South Asia
We are looking for an individual with a passion for global health to work collaboratively across the IDSP team and Wellcome to address key gaps in the global health field through definition refinement and delivery of our vaccine product development portfolio for a number of infectious diseases that affect Africa and South Asia.
You will be joining a multidisciplinary collaborative and enthusiastic team (the Vaccines team) focused on developing impactful vaccines for lowandmiddle income countries gaining a greater understanding of protective immunity and filling key knowledge gaps that inform policy makers on the best use of these vaccines.
In this role you will:
- To support the Vaccine team to convene fund and share learnings in line with the Vaccine development aspects of Infectious Disease strategy by leading and undertaking key projects and conducting scoping strategic planning and delivery of activities across the four thematic areas of the Infectious Disease team (Vector borne disease cholera TB and AMR)
- Execute monitor and advance the Vaccine development portfolio gaining guidance from specialist advisers and commissioning work as appropriate.
- Lead a team as required (through direct line management and matrix management) to achieve the Vaccine development strategic goals.
- Work with the Head of Vaccines to deliver the strategic objectives across the four thematic areas of infectious disease team to define refine monitor and advance the vaccine development portfolio. This will involve:
- Identify and devise approaches to capitalise on emerging opportunities within the Vaccine development space (e.g. new preclinical and clinical programmes with line of sight to impact developing novel strategies etc.)
- Define and critically assess progress of new and ongoing preclinical and clinical projects in Wellcome’s portfolio with a focus on equitable access.
- Identify build and maintain partnerships with key stakeholders to deliver key elements of the Infectious Disease strategy. This includes personal responsibility for managing senior stakeholder relationships with key partner organisations.
- Contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation collaborating across departments.
- An advanced degree in the life sciences
- Able to demonstrate a breadth of expertise in the field of Vaccine development (preclinical and early clinical) through relevant work experience in an academic industrial funding agency or charity setting. Expertise in affordable and accessible products would be an advantage.
- Experience in managing a product development portfolio
- Experience of setting up and delivering high profile strategic research initiatives with multidisciplinary teams at a variety of scales
Interview dates: w/c 10 March and 17 March
You can view the full job description on our website
Our Hybrid Way of Working
We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment in which people can perform at their best.
At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do
Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or longterm condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility or contact us at .
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