Hybrid VP Medicinal Chemistry – Biopharma

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About the role

  • VP for Medicinal Chemistry at AstraZeneca developing long-term vision and strategy. Leading a department and driving innovation in small molecule discovery across various disease areas.

Responsibilities

  • Develop a long-term vision and strategy for Chemistry and molecule discovery
  • Accountable for developing the future of the Medicinal Chemistry capability
  • Build trusting relationships with senior scientific colleagues internally and externally to AstraZeneca
  • Lead a department of Medicinal, Synthetic, Analytical and Computational chemists
  • Deliver deep technical and scientific expertise for the optimisation of novel small molecule leads
  • Initiate and lead external collaborations and partnerships to create new capability
  • Drive innovation, scientific excellence and external visibility of the Chemistry capability

Requirements

  • PhD/Post-doc in Chemistry discipline with >20 years’ experience in a drug discovery environment
  • Track record of leading large groups in highly matrixed science and technology based organisations
  • Track record of successfully delivering small molecule candidate drugs into the clinic
  • A proven scientific track record of innovation and application of Artificial Intelligence methods in molecule discovery
  • Proven ability to create new research strategies to drive organisational success
  • Significant experience in the leadership of drug discovery projects
  • Demonstrated ability to build and sustain collaborative relationships with scientific and leadership teams at local and remote research sites
  • Experience in project management, change management and/or implementation of process optimization approaches
  • Proven ability to recruit, retain and develop people to build a world-class organisation

Benefits

  • health insurance
  • retirement plans
  • paid time off
  • flexible work arrangements
  • professional development

Job title

VP Medicinal Chemistry – Biopharma

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

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