Staff Scientist - Traslational Research

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About the research group

The candidate will join a multidisciplinary clinical and translational research environment at IDIBELL, collaborating closely with medical doctors, principal investigators, and healthcare professionals to lead innovative biomedical research projects, clinical trials, and translational science initiatives aimed at improving patient outcomes.

About the role

The successful candidate will provide advanced scientific and clinical leadership to ongoing research projects. Responsibilities include designing and coordinating complex basic and clinical study protocols in cardiovascular diseases, leading the analysis of biological and clinical datasets, drafting and publishing high-impact scientific publications, securing competitive research grant funding, ensuring full compliance with ethical and regulatory standards, and serving as a key liaison between research teams and clinical units.

Job requirements

Professional experience

• Senior Postdoctoral Experience: A minimum of 5 to 8 years of proven postdoctoral research experi-ence in clinical or translational research environments, preferably linked to a cardiovascular diseases in an excellence biomedical research institute.
  Track Record in Scientific Publications: Demonstrated history of high-impact peer-reviewed scientific publications as first author or corresponding author in top-tier journals (Q1/Q2 JCR). Candidates must provide their ORCID iD or Google Scholar link. Project & Protocol Leadership: Extensive, proven background in leading basic ans transla-tional study design, writing advanced scientific protocols, managing biological sample bi-obanks, and handling complex biomedical data analysis.
  Grant Acquisition & Management: Demonstrated experience in drafting, applying for, and managing competitive research grants (e.g., FIS / ISCIII, Horizon Europe, or equivalent inter-national funding bodies)

Education and training

•  PhD in Biology, Biomedicine, Biochemistry, or related Life Sciences (mandatory), combined with a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Life Sciences.
  Formal complementary training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP), clinical trial management, and advanced research methodology. 

Technical & soft skills

• Advanced Technical / Analytical Expertise: Expertise in biostatistics or bioinformatics applied to clinical data (e.g., R, Python, SPSS) and advanced molecular/cellular techniques.
  Leadership & Supervision: Proven experience in supervising PhD candidates, Master's stu-dents, and junior laboratory research staff.
  Communication & Collaboration: Excellent scientific communication, organizational, and leadership abilities within multidisciplinary scientific and clinical settings.

Languages

• Good command of the English language
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Fluency in English (C1/C2 level, written and spoken).
Working knowledge of Spanish and Catalan.

We will value, but not required

• Previous experience as a Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI in competitive projects.
  Patents or intellectual property transfer experience in translational biomedicine.

What do we offer

No. of positions: 1

Estimated start date: 01/12/2026

Contract duration: 18 meses

Estimated annual gross salary: 1

You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.

Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.

Possibility to work some days in remote -Teleworking

26 working days of holiday per year

System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.

Paid leave package

Benefits of constant training are offered

We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.

Deadline: Please submit your application by  23/11/2026

Data protection notice

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Our institute

IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.

Observations:

The 'HR Excellence in Research' award represents IDIBELL’s commitment to the implementation of Human Resources policies, which oversee the attracting and development of talent in an open, transparent, and based on personal merit, in alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment Researchers (Charter and Code).

IDIBELL is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the implementation of open, transparent and merit-based recruitment (OTMR).

The project leading to this labour contract has received funding from Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) / Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (FIS).
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