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Principal Scientist, Pharmaceutical Development

IQVIA • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Salary

£43k – £43k

Posted

26 August 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

IQVIA is hiring a Principal Scientist, Pharmaceutical Development in Cambridge, a full-time scientific & qa role. The advertised salary is £43k – £43k. IQVIA holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Are you an ambitious scientist with expertise in developability, drug delivery or pharmaceutical development, with an interest in applying digital and AI-enabled approaches to help molecules progress from discovery towards medicines? Do you want to help turn promising molecules into medicines by working across developability science, formulation strategy and integrated drug discovery? Following our integration into IQVIA Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Development is entering an exciting new phase…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: IQVIA — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker
Advertised salary: £43k – £43k
How this salary compares: about 5% above the £40,675 median across 718 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 36 other live scientific & qa roles in Cambridge — browse them
Posted: 26 August 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Scientific and quality assurance roles span pharmaceutical, biotech, clinical research, and laboratory sectors. The UK life sciences industry actively recruits internationally for research scientists, QA managers, regulatory affairs specialists, and clinical trial coordinators, with many employers maintaining well-established sponsor licence operations.