Information Scientist - Biomedical Data & AI

VRS-UK; Slough; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A successful pharmaceutical company is seeking an Information Scientist to join their team in Slough. This role involves using AI and NLP to mine and analyze biomedical literature while designing smarter workflows for content analytics. The ideal candidate has a background in biomedical research and experience in NLP and AI frameworks. This position offers the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology in a collaborative environment focused on innovation.

Benefits

Collaborative and innovative environment

Influence scientific knowledge discovery

Qualifications

• Ability to interpret complex scientific literature.
• Experience or strong interest in NLP and LLM technologies.
• Knowledge of semantic technologies and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Using AI and NLP to mine biomedical literature.
• Designing workflows for content analytics.
• Supporting pharmaceutical R&D with FAIR data.

Skills

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Large Language Models (LLMs)

Text Analytics

Python

Knowledge Management

Education

Background in Drug Discovery, Biomedical Research or similar

Tools

AI frameworks for text analytics

Ontologies

Knowledge graphs

Job description

Overview

Are you curious about how AI is transforming biomedical research? A successful pharmaceutical company is looking for an Information Scientist to join a forward-thinking team working at the cutting edge of information science, AI and pharmaceutical R&D. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys exploring new technologies, applying AI to real scientific challenges and helping researchers unlock insight from complex biomedical literature.

Responsibilities

• Using AI, NLP and LLMs to mine, summarise and analyse biomedical literature
• Designing smarter workflows for content analytics and knowledge management
• Supporting pharmaceutical R&D through high-quality, FAIR data and semantic technologies
• Acting as a subject matter expert for AI-driven content analytics
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams across science, data and digital
• Championing ethical, compliant and responsible use of AI
• Training and enabling teams to get the most from modern content analytics tools
• The role is offered on an initial 12 month contract; the job holder is expected to work from the company\'s HQ in Slough minimum 2 days/week.

Qualifications

• Background in Drug Discovery, Biomedical Research or similar with an ability to interpret scientific literature
• Experience or strong interest in NLP and LLM technologies (transformers, RAG, prompt engineering)
• Python and AI frameworks for text analytics
• Knowledge of ontologies, knowledge graphs and semantic technologies
• Confident communicator who enjoys working with diverse stakeholders
• Curious, adaptable and comfortable in a fast-evolving environment

Why apply?

• Work at the intersection of AI and biomedical science
• Influence how scientific knowledge is discovered and shared
• Join a collaborative, innovative and future-focused environment

Keywords: Information Scientist, Content Analytics, Knowledge Management, Scientific Information, Biomedical Information, Information Science, Artificial Intelligence AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLMs), Machine Learning, Text Analytics, Literature Mining, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), Prompt Engineering, Python, Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies, Semantic Technologies, London, Slough, Reading, Oxford, VRS9353SE