Senior Medicinal Chemist

2 weeks ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited Full time

Senior Medicinal Chemist role for a fast-growing biotech and Targeted Protein Degradation company
**Your new company**
This rapidly-growing Cambridge-based biotech company uses a unique scientific approach to targeted protein degradation to drive modern drug discovery. Their therapeutic portfolio growth is going to be further facilitated by recent collaboration deals with twoglobal pharmaceutical companies. The company's recent funding is going to enable them to progress their project portfolio and strengthen their scientific platform.
**Your new role**
During your role as a Senior Medicinal Chemist, you will be using your experience in project delivery and creative skills to tackle drug discovery challenges. You will also be contributing to their specific programmes within the protein degrader drug discoveryportfolio this way helping to shape their future R&D strategy. As a part of their chemistry team, you will also work closely with other chemists, biologists, pharmacologists, and drug development scientists.
Some of the responsibilities will include:

- Helping to design and deliver project plans to facilitate decision-making and project progression
- Working closely with chemists and other scientists at CRO partners
- Contributing your medicinal chemistry & drug discovery expertise

**What you'll need to succeed**
- PhD/MSc/BSc in Chemistry or a related discipline
- Extensive pharma/biotech drug discovery experience
- Patent analysis expertise as well as competitive intelligence and strategic awareness of target drug discovery
- Robust understanding of contemporary small molecule drug discovery and development
- Awareness of contemporary synthetic methods and parallel chemistry opportunities to enable target molecule synthesis
- Excellent scientific reputation shown by publications and conference presentations

**What you'll get in return**You will be getting a great opportunity to work for one of the fastest-growing UK-based drug discovery biotech companies. This role is great for someone who is looking to progress in their career and use their expertise in a dynamic team of experts in the field
Flexible working options available.
**What you need to do now**
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
Keywords: medicinal, chemistry, project, oncology, neurology, science, research, biotech, drug, discovery, pharmaceuticals, target, molecule, clinical, synthesis, strategy



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