Senior Formulation Development Lead – Client-Facing

United States Digital Space LLC; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Cambridge is seeking an experienced scientist (ideally a PhD) to join the Formulation Development team as a Manager. This hands-on, laboratory-based leadership role combines scientific expertise with responsibility for people, projects, and client delivery.

You will lead client-facing formulation development projects across a diverse portfolio, acting as a scientific reference for strategy, design, data interpretation, and risk assessment.

Qualifications

• PhD in life science or equivalent with industrial experience preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in protein formulation development and/or analytical characterisation.
• Experience planning and leading scientific projects in client-facing or commercial settings.
• Supervising, coaching, or mentoring scientists, or readiness to step into a people management role.
• Strong understanding of analytical techniques relevant to biotherapeutics development (SE-HPLC, IEX, CE-SDS, icIEF).
• Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to present complex data clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage formulation development projects ensuring high scientific standards and on-time delivery.
• Design, plan and oversee formulation and analytical studies, including novel techniques.
• Interpret and review experimental data and communicate results to clients.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, workload planning, and coaching within the team.
• Contribute to proposals, study designs, and work plans; mentor junior scientists.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Client facing

Scientific analysis

Communication

Education

PhD in life sciences

Tools

SE-HPLC

IEX

CE-SDS

icIEF

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Cambridge is seeking an experienced scientist (ideally a PhD) to join the Formulation Development team as a Manager. This hands-on, laboratory-based leadership role combines scientific expertise with responsibility for people, projects, and client delivery.

You will lead client-facing formulation development projects across a diverse portfolio, acting as a scientific reference for strategy, design, data interpretation, and risk assessment.