Relay Therapeutics · 1 month ago
Senior Scientist / Principal Scientist, Chemistry Lead
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expRelay Therapeutics is a clinical-stage precision medicines company transforming the drug discovery process. They are seeking a self-motivated, experienced Medicinal Chemist to develop and execute medicinal chemistry strategies for lead optimization and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team.
BiotechnologyHealth CareTherapeutics
Responsibilities
Develop and execute medicinal chemistry strategies on a lead optimization program to deliver a high-quality development candidate in a fast-paced environment
Lead chemists at Relay as well as CRO teams to advance your project
Work closely and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team of computational chemists, biophysicists, cell and molecular biologists, pharmacologists, and DMPK specialists
Qualification
Required
PhD with at least 5 years or MS with at least 8 years of relevant biotech and/or pharmaceutical industry experience in medicinal chemistry, with an emphasis on lead optimization in small molecule drug discovery
You were educated in chemistry with an emphasis on synthetic organic chemistry, synthetic methodology or a related field
You are passionate about working on high impact targets and bringing medicines to patients
You have led or are ready to lead a team and make critical decisions on the SAR direction
You have participated in the delivery of development candidates and your track record of excellence is supported by high impact, peer-reviewed publications and/or patents
You have good understanding of biology, pharmacology, DMPK and safety
You are comfortable enabling your compound design with in silico predictive tools and structure-based drug design
You have strong communication skills, can flex to different work styles, and believe that the best outcomes result from bringing out the creativity of your colleagues
You are committed to building an energetic, collaborative and open company culture and contributing to the company's success
Company
Relay Therapeutics
Relay therapeutics is a developer of an allosteric drug-discovery platform intended to apply computational techniques to protein motion.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
2024 (7)
2023 (2)
2022 (5)
2021 (6)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.4BKey Investors
Nextech InvestSoftBank Vision FundBiotechnology Value Fund
2024-09-10Post Ipo Equity· $200M
2024-01-08Post Ipo Equity· $30M
2022-09-12Post Ipo Equity· $300M
Leadership Team
Sanjiv Patel
President and CEO
Imogen Pryce
Chief Operating Officer, R&D
Recent News
2025-12-16
2025-12-12
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