Research (Scientific) Associate Director, Computational Chemistry

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Job Description

Objective / Purpose:

• As a Computational Chemistry Leader, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of Medicinal Chemists, Computational Chemists, Data Scientist, Structural Biologists, Pharmacologists and Biologists to provide Computational expertise to advance drug discovery projects

• Contribute to drug discovery efforts across various modalities including small molecules, bifunctional degraders, peptides, RNA/oligonucleotides, and biologics

• Implement and execute innovative computational methodologies and tools such as AI approaches to support drug discovery efforts

Accountabilities:                                                                  

• Demonstrate expert understanding of computational chemistry principles and their application within a multidisciplinary drug discovery environment

• Identify, develop, validate, and implement innovative computational approaches that improve research productivity and success

• Provide crucial technical knowledge and input to project teams to drive decision-making in drug discovery projects

• Build and develop a strong team of Computational Chemists to high productivity levels

• Demonstrate leadership and enterprise thinking in managing multi-disciplinary team

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS:

• Expertise in a variety of computational tools and methodologies including docking, virtual screening, molecular dynamics, free energy perturbation, homology modeling, quantum mechanics, pharmacophore elucidation, data mining, machine learning, cheminformatics, clustering, similarity & diversity analysis

• Significant Industry experience contributing as Computational Chemist on drug discovery projects

• Strong Impact in progressing Discovery Projects from Hits to Clinical Leads

• Extensive knowledge & experience in using a variety of tools for Hit ID

• Provide project teams with computational strategies to inform, influence, and prioritize compound designs for potency/selectivity and improve ADME/Tox endpoints

• Ability to effectively integrate emerging generative chemistry methods and other modern machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) applications in small molecule drug discovery

• Proficiency with state-of-the-art Computational Chemistry software

• Network with renowned researchers in computational chemistry/AI

EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

• PhD degree in a relevant scientific discipline

• 6+ years of Industry (pharma/biotech) drug discovery experience required

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