Professionals who excel at the Centre for Drug Research and Development are passionate about making a difference. Their interests are in succeeding as part of a team and collaborating with knowledgeable and highly skilled colleagues in a fun, innovative, and productive environment—an environment that emphasizes meeting scientific challenges with focused, practical solutions. In this kind of environment your co-workers and clients will appreciate your insights, talent, expertise, and experience—especially your commitment to leading drug-development technologies and experimental design. Compensation and benefits packages are competitive with those in the biotech industry, from which we recruit many of our staff.
CDRD encourages employees to strike a healthy balance between their work and personal lives. At CDRD our human resources practices and strategies have been developed to create an inclusive culture regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital or family status, or disability.
CDRD supports flexible work schedules whenever operationally possible, to enable our staff to meet their personal and family commitments. We collaborate with our staff, offering part-time and employment arrangements where possible to accommodate individual needs and personal preferences.
Innovation: CDRD fosters an environment that gives rise to unique ideas and allows researchers to turn innovation into action.
Collaboration: CDRD integrates complimentary disciplines. Our extensive network connects diverse academic investigators, fosters an environment of creativity, and builds capacity.
Independence: CDRD believes objectivity is important. In project selection, CDRD draws on independent drug-development experts.
Integrity and Accountability: CDRD professionals work together with integrity. Exacting standards for ethics, accountability, and transparency guide our work.
Excellence: Excellence is evident in the people that CDRD hires and trains, the disciplined processes they follow, and the quality of their research.
Advancement: Committed to creating a productive environment, CDRD advances and contributes to industry, the economy, the skills of the talent pool, and the health and well-being of citizens.