Principal Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah
Level
Senior
Department
Research
Type
Full - Time
Salary
Job Description
Posted on:
January 31, 2023
As a Principal Scientist at Recursion, you’ll be in a position to directly accelerate the timeline of getting drugs into the hands of patients who need them.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Build - In partnership with biologists, data scientists and others you will build projects across therapeutic models designed to translate phenotypic screening hits to preclinical assets with quality and speed
- Lead - You will lead cross-functional drug discovery projects and medicinal chemistry efforts, as part of a nimble, highly efficient chemistry team
- Collaborate - Work in a cross-functional matrix organization with biologists, chemists, data scientists, and engineers with a passion for drug discovery.
- Communicate - Independently prepare impactful presentations for senior leaders and partners to allow for making informed data-based decisions
- Achieve - Understand the critical path and provide high-quality results.
Job Requirements
- PhD in synthetic organic or medicinal chemistry
- 10+ years pharma experience in medicinal chemistry drug discovery with a strong record of productivity as demonstrated by publications/patents
- Expertise in synthetic organic chemistry (experience working with CROs a plus)
- Chemistry team leadership experience advancing hits to leads and candidate status
- A thorough understanding of drug design principles, DMPK, IVIVC, toxicity, etc
- Experience mentoring other chemists and cross-functional partners
