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Senior Scientist – Upstream Process Development (Temporary Maternity Cover)

AstraZeneca • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Salary

£57k – £57k

Posted

6 November 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

AstraZeneca is hiring a Senior Scientist – Upstream Process Development (Temporary Maternity Cover) in Cambridge, a full-time scientific & qa role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £57k – £57k. AstraZeneca holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Introduction to role: The Senior Scientist – Upstream Process Development position is a temporary maternity-cover role responsible for the hands-on scientific and technical delivery of upstream mammalian cell culture process development activities supporting AstraZeneca’s biologics pipeline. Working under minimal supervision, the successful candidate will plan, execute, analyze and report laboratory studies for process development, optimization, scale-up and technology transfer, contributing to…

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Employer: AstraZeneca — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £57k – £57k
How this salary compares: about 41% above the £40,820 median across 1,107 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 39 other live scientific & qa roles in Cambridge — browse them
Posted: 6 November 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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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.