Director of Medicinal Chemistry

We are looking to hire a Director of Medicinal Chemistry to join us in our mission to discover and develop drugs that improve human health through the use of breakthrough computational methods. We are seeking outstanding individuals to join our drug discovery group and contribute to our rapidly expanding portfolio of drug discovery programs and collaborations. 

Our drug discovery and early clinical development team includes a cross-functional group of scientists and drug developers with experience working on all common target classes and therapeutic areas. The group is supported by more than 100 software developers and engineers as well as a large-scale compute infrastructure to apply our proprietary physics-based drug design and optimization platform. Several programs we have worked on have achieved Development Candidates, including progression to clinical development and FDA approval. You can view our entire pipeline of wholly-owned programs and collaborations here.

Responsibilities:

• Lead drug discovery programs in effective collaboration with cross-functional teams 
• Implement and execute medicinal chemistry strategies to deliver high quality clinical candidates 
• Collaborate effectively with computational chemists and modelers on application of the Schrödinger’s computational drug discovery platform to rapid advancement of drug discovery programs
• Contribute to strategic shaping of Schrödinger’s drug discovery portfolio
• Provide technical expertise to the Chemistry team and the Drug Discovery Group

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Ph.D. in synthetic organic or medicinal chemistry with 12+ years of drug discovery experience in a pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology setting
• Medicinal Chemistry expert with excellent understanding of biology, pharmacology, DMPK and ability to integrate these disciplines toward successful project progression
• Demonstrated strong track record in medicinal chemistry as evidenced by successful advancement of multiple drug discovery projects to clinical candidate nomination
• Great leadership skills and experience working in dynamic multidisciplinary environment
• Extensive experience using external CRO’s for project execution
• Experience in structure-based drug design
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Experience in API development and IND-enabling preclinical studies is highly desired
• Experience working in geographically distributed teams

Pay and perks:

Schrödinger understands it’s people that make a company great. Because of this, we’re prepared to offer a competitive salary, stock options, and a wide range of benefits that include healthcare (with dental and vision), a 401k, pre-tax commuter benefits, a flexible work schedule, and a parental leave program. We have catered meals in the office every day, a company culture that is relaxed but engaged, and over a month of paid vacation time.  Our Administrative and Human Resources departments also plan a myriad of fun company-wide events. New York is home to our largest office, but we have teams all over the world. Schrödinger is honored to have been selected as one of Crain's New York Best Places to Work for the past three years running.

Estimated base salary range: $190,000 - $230,000. Actual compensation package is dependent on a number of factors, including, for example, experience, education, degrees held, market data, and business needs. If you have any questions regarding the compensation for this role, do not hesitate to reach out to a member of our Strategic Growth team.

Sound exciting? Apply today and join us!

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