Data Curator in Bracknell

Syngenta Crop Protection is a leader in agricultural innovation, bringing breakthrough technologies and solutions that enable farmers to grow productively and sustainably. We offer a leading portfolio of crop protection solutions for plant and soil health, as well as digital solutions that transform the decision-making capabilities of farmers. Our 17,900 employees serve to advance agriculture in more than 90 countries around the world. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and is part of the Syngenta Group.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Curator to help drive the invention of safe and sustainable active ingredients in Product Safety by contributing to the cutting-edge research and development within our dynamic and highly talented team. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the integrity, accessibility and usability of diverse datasets in support of our AI ambitions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with team members to map chemical data to toxicological entities using bioinformatics resources and ontologies.
• Work in partnership across research teams to transform toxicology documents into structured, high-quality datasets for AI/ML models.
• Ensure consistency, completeness, and scientific accuracy of curated toxicological datasets.
• Work closely with toxicologists, data scientists, and cross-functional teams to align on curation standards and requirements.
• Identifying, wrangling and structuring datasets from internal and external sources for modelling and analysis.
• Contribute to making datasets FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) for the broader research community.

Qualifications

Critical Experience and Skills:

• Educated to MSc or PhD degree level in Toxicology, Biological Sciences, Pharmacology, Drug Development or related fields.
• Experience of biomedical ontologies, data (biological, toxicological and chemical) curation or systematic review methodologies.
• Strong data handling skills: extracting, cleaning, validating, and transforming metadata in structured formats.
• Knowledge of toxicology databases and data sources and approaches to improve their interoperability for AI/ML purposes.
• High level of attention to detail and compliance with best practices.
• Self-starter with enthusiasm, flexibility and motivation to learn and apply new skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a team.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to quickly develop key relationships and to communicate within and across multidisciplinary teams.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Background in Toxicology with a knowledge of bioinformatics data sources.
• Experience of ontology led data harmonisation and cross mapping.
• Experience of AI assisted annotation and curation.
• Experience of at least one programming language would be advantageous.

Jealott's Hill International Research Centre UK is situated in pleasant semi-rural surroundings between Bracknell and Maidenhead and is the place of work for approximately 800 Syngenta scientists and support staff. Jealott’s Hill is one of the main global research and development sites and key activities include research into discovery of new active ingredients, new formulation technologies, product safety and technical support of our product range.

What We Offer:

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members.
• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance.
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday plus 8 UK bank holidays.
• 36-hour working week.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.