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Flagship Pioneering · 23 hours ago

Senior/Principal Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry

Cambridge, MA USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$126K/yr - $214K/yr

5+ years exp

Expedition Medicines is a biotechnology company pioneering Protein Editing to transform health care and sustainability. The role involves leading medicinal chemistry strategy and collaborating with cross-functional teams, including machine learning, to deliver on project goals.

FinanceFinancial ServicesVenture Capital

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and deliver medicinal chemistry strategy on project(s)

Optimize small molecules through analysis of biochemical, biological, and ADME assay data

Manage chemistry CROs for timely delivery of synthetic efforts

Collaborate with cross-functional teams for project needs in high-paced data-driven environment

Collaborate with machine learning team for delivery against medicinal chemistry strategy

Contribute to patent applications and scientific publications

Qualification

Medicinal ChemistrySynthetic Organic ChemistryDrug Discovery ExperienceManaging Chemistry CROsCollaboration with Machine LearningCommunication SkillsInterpersonal Skills

Required

PhD in synthetic organic or medicinal chemistry with at least 5 years' drug discovery experience in pharmaceutical industry or BS/BA in chemistry with at least 10 years' experience in pharmaceutical industry

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred

Strong modern synthetic background preferred with knowledge of state-of-the-art organic chemistry methodologies

Experience managing external chemistry CROs

Experience collaborating with machine learning teams preferred

Experience with both traditional small molecules and beyond-rule-of-5 therapeutic modalities is a plus

Benefits

Healthcare coverage

Annual incentive program

Retirement benefits

Broad range of other benefits

Company

Flagship Pioneering

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Flagship Pioneering is a venture capital firm that invests in life sciences and healthcare companies.

Founded in 2000

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

501-1000 employees

http://flagshippioneering.com

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