Careers

Our team of experts is united by a singular purpose: accelerating life-changing treatments for patient benefit. We foster a collaborative, innovative culture where your ideas can thrive. 

Join us in making a difference.

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Further. Faster. Together.

We are looking for individuals passionate about collaboration, innovation, and making a tangible impact on people's lives. 

Whether you join one of our drug discovery sites, work at our main office in London, or join our team as a home-based member of staff, you can make a difference from anywhere in the country. 

View our available vacancies below, or contact us to learn more about working with us. 

Our vacancies

Full time, £58,400 - £76,000 plus benefits

Senior Principal Scientist (Therapeutic Translation)

Location: Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge

You will play a pivotal role in evaluating the breadth of Cancer Research UK's research portfolio, as well as emerging scientific areas with strong therapeutic potential. Working across our Institutes, Centres, and international academic collaborations, you will build trusted relationships with scientific leaders to uncover early‑stage ideas with the potential to become validated, fundable therapeutic concepts.

CLOSES: 18th October 23:55pm
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Our principles. Our culture.

Our culture is centred on collaboration, innovation and being bold, with the driving purpose of beating cancer. Our vision is to create a diverse workplace where everyone feels they belong and benefits from the work we do. 

We value different perspectives that could help us find innovative solutions to our challenges and we want a workforce that represents our communities. 

This is how we’ll beat cancer for everyone. 

Join us in our mission

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Explore our benefits

Find out how we support our people with benefits, tools and policies to help improve work-life balance and achieve personal and career goals.

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Our people

Meet the experts fast-tracking scientific breakthroughs into patient benefit.

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About us

We take cutting-edge innovations from lab bench to bedside, translating them into effective treatments and diagnostics for cancer patients.

Do you want to help bring forward the day when all cancers are conquered?

Our specialist recruitment team is here to support you if you have any questions.

Contact us