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IT&D Analyst, Digital Chemistry

City: Kingston upon Hull

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Information Technology & Digital

In IT and D, you'll be a force for good, whether you're championing cyber security, defining how we harness the power of technology to improve our business, or working with data to guide the innovation of consumer loved products.

Working globally across functions, you'll own your projects and process from start to finish, with the influence and visibility to achieve what needs to be done. And if you're willing to bring your ideas to the table, you'll get the support and investment to make them happen.

Your potential will never be wasted. You'll get the space and support to take your development to the next level. Every day, there will be opportunities to learn from peers and leaders through working on exciting, varied projects with real impact. And because our work spans so many different businesses, from Research and Product Development to Sales, you'll keep learning exciting new approaches.

About the role

At Reckitt our purpose is what motivates us to outperform our competitors. In this role you will be part of a team delivering our strategy for a digitally-accelerated R&D function. As part of the Digital Science and AI team in the IT & Digital (IT&D) function, you will actively listen, learn, and partner with our R&D teams, identifying the best ways to optimise & innovate our formulations, analytical methods, and product performance to delight our consumers with the best innovations.

The Analyst (Digital Chemistry) is responsible for supporting the ecosystem of digital chemistry: the services, applications and infrastructure that accelerate our product development tasks within Reckitt.

Your responsibilities

Delivering computational chemistry and molecular modelling analyses that address Reckitt R&D challenges.
Using and managing High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments to run, monitor and interpret computational workloads.
Working collaboratively across Digital Science & AI, R&D, IT&D and external partners.
Translating scientific questions into appropriate modelling, simulation and data-analysis workflows.
Combining computational predictions with experimental data to generate actionable scientific insights.
Supporting the development, validation and adoption of Digital Chemistry and AI-enabled tools.

The experience we're looking for

Preferred degree-level education with a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Biochemistry or a relevant field with a strong Chemistry and Computational Chemistry background.
Practical experience in computational chemistry gained through academic research, industrial placements, internships or an early-career role.
Experience working with High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments, including management, maintenance and optimisation of compute infrastructure and resources.
Experience of Linux-based scientific computing environments, job scheduling systems and computational chemistry software deployment.
Experience with scientific programming, preferably Python, to support workflow automation, data analysis and computational chemistry applications.
Ability to translate scientific problems into practical computational solutions and effectively collaborate with scientific, technical and business stakeholders.
Knowledge of emerging digital technologies, including AI/ML, and their application within scientific research and product development.

The skills for success

Computational Chemistry, High-Performance Computing, Molecular Dynamics, Quantum Chemistry, Cheminformatics, Structure–Property Modelling, Digital Strategy, Application Management, Scientific Programming, Python, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Statistical Modelling, Workflow Automation, Scientific Validation, Problem Solving, Communication and Collaboration.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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