Associate Director, Quantum Mechanics

8 months ago

Oxford, United Kingdom Exscientia Full time

**The Role**

We are seeking someone to lead a matrix-structured team of individuals with backgrounds in MD, QM and ML to develop and implement this platform within our current technology infrastructure. As a Technology leader, you will support the expansion and deployment of this platform to our Drug Designer Teams. You will work closely with our Engineering Team, AI and MD/QM scientists to innovate new methods and implement the current state of the art.

**You will have the opportunity to**:

- Be an inspiring leader to a team of QM, MD and ML scientists, providing your team with tools and support, whilst developing and coaching your team to maximise the potential of each individual.
- With support from senior leadership, play a strategic role defining roadmaps and justification for future platform enhancements and communicate strategy to key stakeholders.
- Work with academic and industrial partners to develop and evaluate the most promising new technologies.
- Research and innovate Quantum-Mechanically based Neural Network potentials for accurate predictions of drug affinity.
- Work with Designers, Engineering and Automation teams to integrate methods and algorithms into our current technology platform.

**Requirements**:
**Essential skills**:

- Proven track record of leading high performing scientists, develop new methods and algorithms in the area of QM/MD and ML.
- Experience leading engineering and scientific projects and setting vision and strategic goals.
- In-depth knowledge of HPC environments including in Unix/Linux operating systems, bash/shell scripting, SLURM workload management, latest GPU/CPU hardware including high speed interconnects.
- Excellent programming skills, preferably Python for scripting, C/C++, data analysis, pipelining and tool development.
- Strong interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to function in a multidisciplinary team environment.

**Desired skills**:

- Experience working on active small molecule drug discovery projects.
- Development and maintenance of internal software, including the creation of well documented user-friendly tools.
- Experience with cloud computing environments such as AWS.

**Benefits**
- Work together to make a positive contribution to patients by revolutionising the pharmaceutical industry through AI-driven discovery.
- We will work with you to kick-start or further grow your career - from funding for professional development and conference attendance, to the opportunity to acquire valuable skills, work on problems that matter, and learn from world-class technological and scientific leaders.
- Join an inclusive, collaborative and intellectually stimulating culture
- We will work with you to provide a highly competitive compensation as we continue to grow and thrive.
- Our team’s health and well-being is important to us we offer a generous holiday allowance, and provide flexible working and remote working to encourage all of our team to manage their own work, time and life along with wellbeing and mindfulness support.
- When you are in the office, you will have access to a kitchen stocked with an endless supply of food for all employees. Along with access plenty of breakout areas so you can get to know the people you are working with. Some of the best ideas start with a coffee break
- Hear from our team why they enjoy working here

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