Research Leader (In-vitro Pharmacology, Exploratory Sciences)
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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 build and lead a team of biologists, own the in vitro pharmacology strategy for the exploratory portfolio, design screening cascades, champion LLM agentic workflows, and manage CRO and academic studies. Your time is roughly split between scientific direction and people and CRO leadership.
Requirements
- PhD or equivalent experience in pharmacology, biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology or related, with significant biotech or pharma experience
- Expert knowledge of in vitro pharmacology and biophysics and screening cascade design
- Hands-on experience with novel modalities
- Experience leading scientists and managing CRO studies
- Experience or enthusiasm for LLM agentic workflows
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
Responsibilities
- Set the in vitro pharmacology vision for exploratory programmes
- Assess tractability of new modalities and set go/no-go criteria
- Design screening cascades and quantitative assays
- Work with medicinal chemistry and DMPK to drive SAR
- Set data quality, ontology and QC standards
- Champion LLM agentic workflows
- Work with ML and engineering teams on Platform builds
- Lead a team of Research and Senior Research Investigators
- Manage CRO and academic studies