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Associate Director / Director, Computational ChemistryAerial Talent • South San Francisco, CA, US
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Associate Director / Director, Computational Chemistry

Associate Director / Director, Computational Chemistry

Aerial Talent • South San Francisco, CA, US
24 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

Well-funded biotech in SSF seeks a Computational Chemistry Director or Associate Director with experience in CADD- and structure-based design for lead optimization of small molecules to advance the pipeline of innovative therapeutics toward the clinic.

  • Onsite in South San Francisco Monday through Friday (5 days / week)

Highlights :

  • Reports to SVP, Discovery
  • Potential to have one or more direct reports
  • Two lead targets : CNS oncology + neurodegeneration
  • Financial runway forecasted through Spring 2027
  • ~25 full-time employees
  • Responsibilities :

  • Provide strategic leadership and hands-on execution of our CADD efforts
  • Collaborate closely with chemists and biologists on virtual screening, hit identification and structure-based design
  • Guide the optimization of drug candidates that induce protein degradation
  • Use machine-learning (ML) to build in silica models to predict DMPK properties
  • Perform and automate high throughput molecular dynamics simulations to predict protein function and protein-ligand binding
  • Utilize established tools and design new methods / tools
  • Scientific programming as needed
  • Required Qualifications :

  • PhD in Computational Chemistry or related discipline
  • 7+ years of relevant experience in drug discovery
  • Computer aided drug design (CADD) / structure- and ligand-based design for small molecules
  • Dotmatics, Schrodinger, MOE, OpenEye, or Gaussian software
  • QSAR, QSPR, and conformational analysis
  • Molecular mechanics and dynamics simulations
  • Preferred Skills & Knowledge :

  • Understanding of in vitro and in vivo DMPK principles
  • Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI / ML) approaches to predictive modeling
  • Quantum mechanics methods
  • Statistical design of experiments (DoE)
  • Multiparameter optimization
  • Experimental assay methods and technology for protein-ligand interactions
  • Programming with languages such as perl, python, or C++
  • Cheminformatics / database algorithms
  • Emerging drug modalities such as covalent inhibitors, bifunctionals, molecular glues and / or PROTACs
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