VP Medicinal Chemistry – Biopharma
AstraZeneca
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cambridge • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Develop a long-term vision and strategy for Chemistry and molecule discovery
- Accountable for developing the future of the Medicinal Chemistry capability
- Build trusting relationships with senior scientific colleagues internally and externally to AstraZeneca
- Lead a department of Medicinal, Synthetic, Analytical and Computational chemists
- Deliver deep technical and scientific expertise for the optimisation of novel small molecule leads
- Initiate and lead external collaborations and partnerships to create new capability
- Drive innovation, scientific excellence and external visibility of the Chemistry capability
Requirements
- PhD/Post-doc in Chemistry discipline with >20 years’ experience in a drug discovery environment
- Track record of leading large groups in highly matrixed science and technology based organisations
- Track record of successfully delivering small molecule candidate drugs into the clinic
- A proven scientific track record of innovation and application of Artificial Intelligence methods in molecule discovery
- Proven ability to create new research strategies to drive organisational success
- Significant experience in the leadership of drug discovery projects
- Demonstrated ability to build and sustain collaborative relationships with scientific and leadership teams at local and remote research sites
- Experience in project management, change management and/or implementation of process optimization approaches
- Proven ability to recruit, retain and develop people to build a world-class organisation
Benefits
- health insurance
- retirement plans
- paid time off
- flexible work arrangements
- professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Medicinal ChemistrySynthetic ChemistryAnalytical ChemistryComputational ChemistryDrug DiscoveryArtificial IntelligenceProcess OptimizationProject ManagementInnovationSmall Molecule Optimization
Soft skills
LeadershipCollaborationRelationship BuildingStrategic ThinkingCommunicationOrganizational SuccessChange ManagementTeam DevelopmentTrust BuildingScientific Excellence
Certifications
PhD in ChemistryPost-doc in Chemistry