Overview

Clinical Assay Development Scientist – IVD Diagnostics, AI, Blood-Based Assays, HealthTech. The role focuses on developing and validating blood-based biomarkers and clinical assays to support personalized medicine. This position is based in London and collaborates with teams across the UK and Europe.

About your Role

• Lead the identification, validation, and application of novel blood biomarkers for disease prediction, prognosis, and treatment stratification.
• Direct large-scale clinical studies, ensuring compliance with regulatory and ethical standards (GCP/GLP, ISO 13485, IVDR, UKCA).
• Design, optimize, and validate blood-based clinical assays with high robustness, accuracy, and reproducibility.
• Oversee biological sample preparation and processing under biosafety standards and safety compliance.
• Ensure data integrity through rigorous documentation (validation plans, reports, SOPs, lab notebooks), keeping outputs audit-ready.
• Provide scientific and strategic guidance on biomarker development, clinical study design, and AI/photonics-based diagnostics.
• Establish and manage collaborations with academic, clinical, and industry partners to accelerate biomarker discovery and validation.
• Communicate findings and technical insights clearly to both specialist and non-technical audiences; author validation protocols, technical summaries, and regulatory documentation.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant Life Sciences field (biology, medicine, biomedical engineering, molecular biology, etc.).
• 3+ years of relevant experience in the development/validation of blood biomarkers. Bonus: spectral or AI biomarkers.
• Extensive knowledge in blood biomarker discovery, validation, and clinical translation. Bonus: analytical assay development.
• Familiarity with ISO 13485, IVDR, UKCA, and GCP/GLP expectations.
• Proficiency in applying statistical analysis and data interpretation methods to biomarker studies.
• Hands-on experience with biosafety protocols, clinical sample handling, and assay preparation.
• Exceptional attention to detail and documentation discipline supporting data integrity.
• Excellent communicator; comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners.

Bonus Skills

• Startup experience; health tech or deep tech backgrounds are valued.
• Exposure to immunoassays, molecular diagnostics, or multi-omic platforms.
• Contributions to clinical studies or tech-transfer in regulated settings.
• Understanding of optics (spectroscopy, Raman, FTIR or similar) and AI (machine learning, deep learning).
• Experience in IVD blood assay development.

What We Offer / Perks

• Dynamic, high-paced environment with remote-friendly culture.
• Collaborative team with opportunity to influence healthcare outcomes.
• Private healthcare insurance (employee). Contractor benefits to be agreed.
• Flexible working arrangements and opportunities to upskill.

About iLoF

iLoF is building an AI-powered platform to transform precision medicine, with support from institutions like Microsoft Ventures, Mayfield, and Oxford University. Our goal is to democratize access to personalized medicine for millions of people living with complex diseases; we focus on Alzheimer's and other verticals such as Digestive Cancer, Stroke, and Infectious diseases.

We value a Be Kind attitude, teamwork, ownership, and mission-driven work. If you meet some of the requirements but not all, apply anyway—we upskill as needed.