Medicinal Drug Design Lead
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AI-first drug design and development company building a unified drug-design engine to advance new medicines.
Series BRecently funded
London, United Kingdom
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About Isomorphic Labs
Isomorphic Labs uses predictive and generative AI models, computational biology, and drug-design expertise to develop therapeutics across partnered and internal programs.
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About the Role
You will act as a hands-on Chemistry Lead, delivering scientific expertise and strategic direction on portfolio projects to meet milestone objectives. You will work with AI/ML Drug Design Platform teams, manage CRO resources, prepare scientific proposals and reports, and mentor junior colleagues as an individual contributor.
Requirements
- PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry or related field, or equivalent industrial experience
- 5+ years of professional medicinal chemistry experience in biotech, pharma or CRO
- Proven track record leading medicinal chemistry efforts on drug discovery projects, with DMPK optimisation familiarity
- Experience contributing to structure-based drug design
- Experience managing CRO resources
- Track record of publications, patents and presentations
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Responsibilities
- Drive drug discovery programs to value inflection points as Medicinal Chemistry Lead
- Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver data-driven scientific solutions
- Provide strategic input and technical direction to AI/ML platform teams
- Represent the company externally with collaborators and CROs
- Manage CRO resources and monitor KPIs
- Prepare scientific proposals and reports
- Mentor junior colleagues