Team Lead, Core Synthetic Chemistry in Bristol

By joining Bio-Techne, you'll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting‑edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Pay Range: £34,400 - £55,120

Placement within the salary range will vary depending on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and internal equity considerations.

Position Summary:

The Team Leader of Core Synthetic Chemistry will lead the team responsible for the design, development, scale‑up, and manufacture of small‑molecule chemical tools that support life‑science research. This role utilizes hands‑on operational oversight ensuring that new product development (NPD) pipelines, production schedules, and quality standards are delivered effectively and safely. As a people leader, the position holder will cultivate a high‑performing, collaborative culture, driving team engagement, skills development, and professional growth. This role is expected to be partly lab‑based, allowing direct involvement with experiments and leadership by example.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Line manage the Core Synthetic Chemistry team, fostering a collaborative and high‑performing environment through coaching, development, and clear communication.
• Collaborate closely with the Senior Manager to prioritize and deliver new products and restocking projects aligned with business goals.
• Function as the subject matter expert (SME) for RUO synthesis, offering technical advice and problem‑solving support to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Allocate approximately 50% of time to chargeable, project‑focused lab work, maintaining direct involvement in experimental activities and leading by example.
• Ensure team adherence to safety protocols, quality standards, documentation best practices, and company policies.
• Support team members through regular 1:1 meetings, performance management, and development plans.
• Foster a culture of higher performance, collaboration, creativity, communication and teamwork by exemplifying Bio-Techne's EPIC values through clear guidance and role‑modelling.
• Represent the Core Synthetic Chemistry team in cross‑functional discussions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Embed and promote the EPIC values in all areas of work, maintaining the company's culture, ethics, and people engagement.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• PhD in Organic Chemistry
• Ability to provide technical guidance, feedback, and performance support to team members
• Thorough grasp of principles and required standards of Health & Safety, Quality, and local SOPs.
• Strong working understanding of synthetic organic chemistry together with associated analytical techniques
• Ability to carry out complex chemical syntheses and solve technical challenges
• Strong analytical data interpretation skills
• Ability to make sound technical decisions and elevate risks or issues appropriately

Personal Qualities and attributes:

• Strong expertise in chemical synthesis
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to create solutions and communicate outcomes effectively with different audiences, doing so with tact and diplomacy.
• Strong team player with demonstrable ability to establish effective collaborative and operational relationships with cross‑functional teams in Bio-Techne and with external contacts, customers and collaborators.
• Proficiency and willingness to coach, mentor and support individuals.
• Ability to work to deadlines in a positive, flexible and pro‑active way, placing a high priority on understanding and delivering on client needs.
• Self‑motivated, can work independently, lead, influence and mentor scientific staff.
• Excellent organizational, time management, problem solving and trouble shooting skills.
• Ability to engage respectfully with the views of others.

Bio-Techne is committed to product quality, customer satisfaction, continued improvement, minimising environmental impacts and conserving natural resources. Environmental and quality management is an integral core value and vital part of the Bio-Techne culture.

Why Join Bio-Techne:

• We offer competitive wages along with extensive benefits for employees and their families.
• We invest in our employees' financial futures through retirement programs and an employee stock purchase plan.
• We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more.
• We offer an international and diverse working environment, enriched by employee resource groups; volunteer and charity events; and employee events that build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, col