MSD Director Medicinal Chemistry - London Discovery 

United Kingdom, England, London 

72500793

Job Description

You will play a leadership role in a multidisciplinary, highly collaborative discovery team, leading a group of talented medicinal chemists, supporting their growth and personal development and providing strategic guidance & performance management to and through their reports.You will be responsible for rigorous scientific quality and pipeline progress, leading programs with multiple therapeutic areas, and employing diverse approaches to problem solving.Additionally, you will co-lead departmental and network-wide activities such as recruiting and resource-management, external engagement, defining strategic direction and implementing best practices in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery, while directly influencing actions to execute on the same. Working collaboratively with our discovery teams at the Francis Crick Institute and the London BioScience Innovation Centre, and our global Chemistry function, you will take advantage of the technologies and capabilities across the wider company network and partner externally with academic and biotech groups.

Key Characteristics:

• A strong knowledge of Medicinal Chemistry design principles, including structure-based drug design and the influence of physiochemical properties, defining project strategy and driving execution from target validation through to preclinical candidate selection.
• A good understanding of the related scientific disciplines that are pertinent to drug discovery and early development (e.g. pharmacology, cell biology, chemical biology, ADME, formulation, hit discovery, large scale synthesis, structural biology, drug safety/toxicology, IP) and an ability to lead cross-discipline projects.
• The ability to recruit, mentor, coach, and support career development of a team of talented scientists.
• As a senior leader in the group, you will serve as a scientific leader and role model for London Discovery Chemistry, partnering with the Global Discovery Chemistry organization, and representing London Chemistry in global networks (e.g., Global Discovery Chemistry Extended Leadership Team) and at interfaces with other disciplines. A demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively in teams, at interfaces and with senior stakeholders in complex and diverse team environments spanning multiple partner disciplines is key.
• Maintaining a proactive and visible external scientific presence including authoring significant scientific publications, instigating & leading external collaborations, presenting at key scientific conferences, and/or chairing high-impact scientific sessions.
• Strong personal development focus and ability to thrive on increasing levels of responsibility

Education Minimum Requirement:

Ph.D. in Chemistry or related field.

Required Experience and Skills:

Significant (10+ years) industry experience in drug discovery.

• Track record of delivery of medicinal chemistry programs across hit generation to candidate nomination.

• Project and department leadership team experience.

• Experience leading, training and developing team members in chemistry & drug discovery.

Closing date for applications:30th September 2024

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10/01/2024

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