Scientific  Emerging Trends and Foresight Specialist

Scientific Emerging Trends and Foresight Specialist £c50k Package (Base + Bonus) South East ABJ7346 Perm. Are you a scientist with experience designing and leading scientific research programs across disciplines? Do you enjoy translating scientific findings into actionable business insights and presenting to stakeholders? Do you want a science role ‘out of the lab’? As Scientific Emerging Trends and Foresight Specialist and as a key past NPD and R&D Science Discovery you would be evaluating scientific research to look at trends and risks and / or scientific threats or opportunities to a portfolio or scientific findings which would then be communicated to the R&D Leadership Team. As Scientific Emerging Trends and Foresight Specialist you would be monitoring scientific publications, conferences, clinical trials, and IP. You would help the team in maintaining an awareness and overview of any developments in these sources. Once a potential opportunity or threat has been identified, proof-of-concept (POC) investigations may need to be completed to determine initial technical feasibility. Depending upon the foresight, such investigations required can range from in silico, in vitro and, where appropriate, human studies to screen and evaluate. Alternatively, investigations can be run as accelerator projects with external partners (such as technology start-ups) using agile methodologies. Key Responsibilities * Technical leadership across categories * A…