Founding Computational Biologist for Pharma AI Platform

QP Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

QP Group is seeking a computational biologist to design and build workflows for an AI platform supporting pharma R&D. You will define quality measures, work with an AI team to create expert-labelled data, and analyze partner data to inform bio-centric insights.

You will collaborate with product teams to translate scientist needs into clear requirements and participate in hiring 2–3 junior computational biologists to grow the team.

Qualifications

• PhD in computational biology, bioinformatics, pharmacology or related field.
• Strong Python and R skills with AI-assisted coding tools.
• Experience delivering tools or platforms used by scientists.
• Comfort presenting results to pharma project teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the first scientific and operational workflows for the AI platform.
• Define how scientific quality is measured and create expert-labelled data for models.
• Analyze data from early pharma partners and present findings to scientists.
• Collaborate with the product team to translate scientist needs into product requirements.
• Help grow the team by hiring 2–3 junior computational biologists.

Skills

Python

R

AI-assisted coding tools

Presentation skills

Education

PhD in computational biology or related field

Tools

LLM tools

Job description

QP Group is seeking a computational biologist to design and build workflows for an AI platform supporting pharma R&D. You will define quality measures, work with an AI team to create expert-labelled data, and analyze partner data to inform bio-centric insights.

You will collaborate with product teams to translate scientist needs into clear requirements and participate in hiring 2–3 junior computational biologists to grow the team.