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Computational Biologics Design

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

Mid level$7.3B raised

Job Description Role Description Do you have expertise in, and passion for data science and AI? Would you like to play a pivotal role that impacts the delivery of novel biologics drugs for oncology, respiratory and cardi…

Skills: Computational structural biology, Data science, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Deep learning

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Senior Director, Business Transformation and Agility

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · Hybrid

$189k–$284k/yr

Senior$7.3B raised

While the advertised location for this position is Gaithersburg, US - We are able to offer flexibility where the role can be based and Boston and other West Coast locations will be considered where possible. AstraZeneca …

Skills: Business transformation, Strategic planning, Project management, Operational strategy, Change management

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Global Product Leader- Cell Therapy, Solid Tumor Franchise

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

$252k–$377k/yr

Senior+$7.3B raised

Within the AstraZeneca Cell Therapy Unit (CTU), our ambition is to realize the full potential of cell therapy for people living with cancer, immune-mediated and rare diseases around the world. This unit has responsibilit…

Skills: Clinical Drug Development, Cell Therapy, Strategic Leadership, Cross-functional Team Management, Translational Medicine

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VP, Global Franchise Head, EGFR Franchise

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · Hybrid

$330k–$495k/yr

Senior+$7.3B raised

At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. We’re focused on the potential of science to addres…

Skills: P&L Management, Revenue Forecasting, Oncology Commercial Strategy, Lifecycle Management, Business Development

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Senior Scientist – Immunopeptidome

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · Hybrid

$116k–$174k/yr

Mid level$7.3B raised

We are seeking a highly motivated scientist with extensive expertise in cancer immunology/immunotherapy. The successful candidate will have substantial experience in studying Immunopeptidome, T cells and myeloid cells bo…

Skills: Immunopeptidomics, Cancer Immunology, T Cell Analysis, Myeloid Cell Analysis, Flow Cytometry

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Senior Specialist, Cell Therapy Vein-to-Vein Coordinator

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

$89k–$134k/yr

Senior$7.3B raised

AstraZeneca is making one of the boldest investments in Cell Therapy in the industry — building a portfolio that spans autologous, allogeneic, and in vivo modalities with the ambition to bring these transformative treatm…

Skills: Vein-to-Vein Coordination, Cold Chain Logistics, Cryogenic Shipping, Chain of Identity/Chain of Custody, GDP/GxP/GMP Compliance

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Study Coordinator

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · Hybrid

$50k–$75k/yr

Mid level

Smithers PDS LLC (Pharmaceutical Development Services) brings new drugs to market by providing pre-clinical and clinical services for all phases of drug development. PDS works with customers to develop and validate new m…

Skills: Quality Control, Data Retrieval, Watson LIMS, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word

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Associate Director, Oncology Outcomes Research

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · Hybrid

$150k–$225k/yr

Mid level$7.3B raised

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, funct…

Skills: Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Real World Evidence (RWE), Epidemiology, Oncology, Pharmacoepidemiologic Modeling

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Biologist (52117)

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · Hybrid

$95k–$102k/yr

Mid level$4M raised

Job DetailsLevel: ExperiencedJob Location: National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Gaithersburg Campus - Gaithersburg, MD 20878Position Type: Full TimeEducation Level: Masters DegreeSalary Range: $94,860.00 - $102,000.00 S…

Skills: Protein Formulation, Stability Design Assessment, Assay Development, Data Analysis, Protein Chemistry

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Associate Director, Promotional Regulatory Affairs

Wilmington, Delaware, United States · Hybrid

$150k–$225k/yr

Senior$7.3B raised

At AstraZeneca we turn ideas into life changing medicines. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. The Associate Director Promotional Regulatory Affai…

Skills: FDA Promotional Regulations, Regulatory Risk Assessment, Promotional Review, Veeva Promomats, Cross-functional Leadership

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Associate Scientist

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

$90k–$97k/yr

Entry level

(ID: 2026-3042) Axle is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organiz…

Skills: Protein Formulation, Vaccine Stability, Biophysical Characterization, Bioanalytical Development, UV-visible Spectroscopy

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Sr. SAP Business Analyst

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

$150k–$155k/yr

Senior

Sr. SAP Business Analyst – Miltenyi Biotec North America, Inc. Gaithersburg, MD Duties: Support and ensure successful completion of analytical, building, testing and deployment tasks within SAP environments. Design…

Skills: SAP WM, SAP SD, SAP MM, ABAP Diagnostics, IDoc/EDI/RFC Integrations

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Biologics Formulation Scientist Group Leader

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

$32/hr–$36/hr

Mid level

Company Description Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, he…

Skills: Protein Formulation, Stability Studies, Viscometry, Size Exclusion Chromatography, HPLC

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Clinical Research Coordinator I

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

$26/hr–$34/hr

Entry level

About Us: CenExel is a leading nationwide clinical research site and patient network serving the life sciences industry. Leading in CNS and early phase studies, our 18 science-led Centers of Excellence deliver the right …

Skills: Clinical Trial Coordination, ICH Guidelines, GCP, Data Analysis, Patient Education

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Emergency Veterinarian (Part Time) - Gaithersburg, MD

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

Mid level

ABOUT VEG In 2014, VEG was born with a mission to help people and their pets when they need it most. This meant challenging the status quo and fixing everything that was wrong with the ER experience. Since then, we’ve ex…

Skills: Emergency Medicine, Soft Tissue Surgery, Endoscopy, Triage, Diagnostic Imaging

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Emergency Veterinarian - Gaithersburg, MD

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

Mid level

ABOUT VEG In 2014, VEG was born with a mission to help people and their pets when they need it most. This meant challenging the status quo and fixing everything that was wrong with the ER experience. Since then, we’ve ex…

Skills: Emergency Medicine, Emergency Surgery, Endoscopy, Triage, Physical Examination

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Research Associate

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

$59k–$88k/yr

Entry level

POSITION SUMMARY: This position is responsible for executing experiments and analyzing the resulting data in support of reagent and assay development projects with close supervision. This is a laboratory-based position r…

Skills: Immunoassay Technology, Data Analysis, Laboratory Techniques, SOP Adherence, MS Excel

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Senior Research Associate

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

$68k–$101k/yr

Mid level

POSITION SUMMARY This position is responsible for executing experiments and analyzing the resulting data in support of reagent and assay development projects with limited supervision. This is a laboratory-based position …

Skills: Immunoassay Technology, Data Analysis, BSL-2 Techniques, Antibody-based Assays, Reagent Development

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Senior Director, AI Enterprise Architecture

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · Hybrid

$191k–$286k/yr

Senior+$7.3B raised

Introduction to role: Are you ready to design the enterprise AI backbone that powers faster science and smarter operations? In this senior leadership role, you will define and scale platform and enabling architectures th…

Skills: AI Enterprise Architecture, Agentic AI, Large Language Models, Model Context Protocol, RAG Patterns

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Senior Scientist, Oncology Outcomes Research

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States · On-site

$116k–$174k/yr

Mid level$7.3B raised

Are you ready to turn real-world evidence into decisions that change cancer care? This role puts you at the center of how we define, quantify, and communicate the value of our oncology medicines—ensuring patients, clinic…

Skills: Oncology Outcomes Research, Real-World Evidence, HEOR Strategy, Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiologic Models

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Computational Biologics Design

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Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States • On-site

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  • Full-time
  • postgraduate degree
  • Posted 18h ago
  • Apply by Aug 21
  • ~40 hrs/week

Responsibilities

The role involves leading in silico support for therapeutic projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop structural analytics workflows. You will drive innovative machine learning and generative methods to optimize biologic therapeutics for various disease pipelines.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant field such as Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, or Physics, along with at least 2 years of experience in silico design. Proficiency in structural modeling platforms and the application of AI/ML to protein design is essential.

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Job Description

Role Description

Do you have expertise in, and passion for data science and AI? Would you like to play a pivotal role that impacts the delivery of novel biologics drugs for oncology, respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be for you!

The Biologics Engineering team is responsible for the discovery and optimisation of biological candidate drugs to support all therapy area drug discovery pipelines and for the development of in-house biologics discovery platforms and novel drug modalities to support future drug discovery efforts.

Central to this effort are the Biologics Augmented Biologics Design team who are building on existing technologies to advance learning from the large and complex data sets we generate and excitingly the team is growing to meet this challenge. This role provides the opportunity for a talented and motivated computational structural biologist.

Typical Accountabilities

  • Lead the in silico support on pipeline therapeutic projects in collaboration with AZ stakeholders

  • Work collaboratively with data and drug discovery scientists to establish structural analytics workflows for biologics discovery

  • Contribute to the development of an end-to-end data analysis capability within Biologics Engineering team as part of a cross-functional team

  • Drive innovative structural, generative & machine learning methods for the design and optimisation of biologic therapeutics

  • Participate in strategic external collaborations

  • Demonstrate effective communication to translate complex concepts to non-experts in internal and external scientific meetings

Must Have

  • PhD in relevant field (e.g. Structural Biology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Physics and Mathematics) and 2 years experience in Silico Design
    • Knowledge of computational structural biology and demonstrated application of data analysis methods
    • Experience with structural modelling platforms (e.g. Schrodinger, Rosetta etc)
    • Familiarity with antibody discovery & optimisation, protein structures
    • Skilled in applying generative AI, Machine learning or deep learning to design and optimise proteins
    • Strong, professional communication skills and excellent attention to detail, capable of developing good working relationships with diverse individuals
    • Experience working within a team environment
    • Acts with integrity and does the right thing

Desireable

  • Knowledge of FAIR data principles

  • Experience with the analysis of large structural, sequence and experimental datasets.

Date Posted

27-Jul-2026

Closing Date

20-Aug-2026

Our mission is to build an inclusive environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees. In furtherance of that mission, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their protected characteristics. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please complete the corresponding section in the application form.

Related keywords

Computational BiologyBiologicsOncologyRespiratoryCardiovascularData ScienceArtificial IntelligenceStructural BiologyBioinformaticsPhysicsMathematicsSchrodingerRosettaAntibody DiscoveryProtein OptimizationGenerative AI

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Frequently asked questions

How much do Science & Research jobs in Gaithersburg, MD pay?

Based on 119 listings with disclosed salaries, most science & research jobs in Gaithersburg, MD pay between $88k–$290k per year. Individual offers vary with seniority, company size, and specialization.

How many Science & Research jobs are open in Gaithersburg, MD right now?

There are currently 133 open science & research positions in Gaithersburg, MD listed on Clera. New openings are added daily as companies post roles.

Which companies are hiring for Science & Research roles in Gaithersburg, MD?

Companies currently hiring include AstraZeneca, MESO SCALE DIAGNOSTICS, LLC., BioNTech SE, Guidehouse, ATCC, among others. Browse the listings above to see every active employer.

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