Job Summary: 

• Provide leadership of small molecule discovery efforts from exploratory, through hit finding, and into the clinic
• Directly manage external synthetic chemistry efforts with CRO partners
• Collaborate with functional partners in biochemistry, biology, and pharmacology to define project goals and strategies, and implement the tactics needed to successfully deliver drugs to patients
• Contribute to experimental design and data interpretation related to small molecule drug discovery
• Expanding and strengthening Volastra's informatics platform
• Scientific presentation and attendance at key scientific and medical conferences
• Continually assesses and improves operational effectiveness and efficiency in support of overall strategy.
• Participates in the development of patent applications.
• Responsible for the creation of nonclinical reports for regulatory submissions
• Grow a team of chemists and independently guide work
• Manage seamlessly across functions
• Lead a team of internal synthetic chemists on experimental design, execution, integrated data analysis, and interpretation

Skills on Resume: 

• Small Molecule Discovery (Hard Skills)
• CRO Partnership Management (Soft Skills)
• Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Experimental Design (Hard Skills)
• Informatics Development (Hard Skills)
• Scientific Communication (Soft Skills)
• Operational Optimization (Soft Skills)
• Patent Development (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Lead multiple project teams to deliver satisfactory results to WuXi clients.
• Manage a productive team including technical training for team members, setting goals and objectives, providing career coaching & development, and optimizing team performance to meet client’s expectations.
• Provide strong scientific leadership in problem shooting for challenging synthetic chemistry along with resource allocation to achieve project goals in a timely fashion within budget.
• Maintain excellent working relationships with clients and proactively communicate with clients via phone, email, teleconferences, reports, and quarterly review meetings.
• Make client visits as appropriate to build relationships and seek collaboration opportunities.
• Develop and direct the CMC strategy to support Life Edit’s clinical development programs
• Establish goals and ensure operational execution of the CMC development plan
• Oversee external processes and analytical development to support the manufacturing of proteins, mRNA and synthetic guide RNA for cell therapies
• Collaborate effectively and leverage internal R&D, technical operations and quality teams as needed to achieve goals
• Serve as a contact for interactions with regulatory agencies including preparation of relevant portions of IND filings (i.e. Module 3) and other regulatory communications
• Maintain knowledge of regulatory guidance on cell and gene therapy CMC.
• Contribute to the advancement of programs by utilizing cutting-edge synthetic methodologies and techniques to design efficient syntheses of target compounds for existing chemical series and novel series

Skills on Resume: 

• Project Management (Soft Skills)
• Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Synthetic Chemistry Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Client Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
• Regulatory Compliance Knowledge (Hard Skills)
• CMC Strategy Development (Hard Skills)
• Technical Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Process Optimization (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Oversee and manage multiple existing global partnerships that are focused on critical aspects of lipid chemistry, fermentation, and utilization
• Build and manage an internal chemistry program with a focus on lipid chemistry
• Work with the executive team to align strategic goals for the company with market expectations and technical discovery.
• Process development, scale-up, and research in methods and applications in lipids/fats.
• Search patent and academic literature to improve internal testing methodologies and inform decisions.
• Work with the IP strategy team to support existing patent strategy and to integrate new discoveries on a real time basis.
• Identify and foster relationships with outside technology teams in industry and academia to achieve goals of the overall project
• Report updates and strategic learning to executive leadership on a frequent to quarterly basis.
• Showing commitment to understanding and fostering the Perfect Day values and culture across all the relevant teams and direct reports
• Advising the executive team about the vision for the lipid chemistry program, making recommendations, and building the teams to execute accordingly.
• Enable chemistry via new technologies
• Prepare and present summaries of work for department and project meetings

Skills on Resume: 

• Partnership Management (Soft Skills)
• Lipid Chemistry Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Strategic Alignment (Soft Skills)
• Process Development (Hard Skills)
• Patent Research (Hard Skills)
• Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
• Executive Reporting (Soft Skills)
• Technology Integration (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Assist leadership in the development, refinement and execution of Akebia’s research strategy
• Works with leadership team to ensure strategic plans align with corporate goals and long term company plans.
• Responsible for overseeing and/or conducting scientific research for the discovery of drugs and the development of drug candidates
• Provide scientific leadership and expertise in support of project teams and development activities.
• Effectively directs project teams, either on a direct or indirect supervisory basis, in the development and execution of experiments. 
• Ensures the team achieves assigned objectives.
• Proposes, plans and conducts research projects including complex experiments, some in parallel, utilizing current concepts and recognized standard techniques. 
• Identifies and proposes new drug discovery targets and develops new protocols to identify and validate targets 
• Contributes to the advancement of scientific knowledge in the field.
• Responsibilities performed with an understanding of drug discovery in area of specialization.
• Writes reports for internal communications and author patents and papers for peer review journals.
• Maintains a familiarity with current and emerging technologies through reading and understanding scientific and technical literature resulting in a broadening understanding of disciplines outside the area of training and enabling the use of new and improved procedures in the laboratory
• Establish and/or help to maintain relationships and serve as liaison between the company and its external scientific advisors and collaborators.
• Identify opportunities and lead collaborations to gain access to key capabilities.
• Form strategic partnerships, including academic and other research collaborations 
• Participate in business development and in-licensing activities as needed, including due diligence activities

Skills on Resume: 

• Strategic Planning (Soft Skills)
• Research Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Drug Discovery Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Project Management (Soft Skills)
• Experimental Design (Hard Skills)
• Target Validation (Hard Skills)
• Technical Writing (Hard Skills)
• Emerging Technologies (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Serve as a member of the leadership team in the Company and provide strategic and technical leadership to the Chemistry team to advance drug discovery programs
• Led a team of chemists in the design and syntheses of chemistry entities from early to candidate selections
• Drive results in multiple programs
• Collaborate with cross functional teams
• Interpret, summarize, and present data at project team meetings
• Make clear decision in a fast-paced drug discovery environment
• Inspire, direct, and manage scientists, and move activities across multiple drug discovery programs forward in a timely manner
• Lead multiple project teams to deliver satisfactory results to company clients. 
• Manage a productive team including technical training for team members, setting goals and objectives, providing career coaching and development
• Optimizing team performance to meet client's expectations. 
• Provide strong scientific leadership in problem shooting for challenging synthetic chemistry along with resource allocation to achieve project goals in a timely fashion within budget. 
• Make client visits as appropriate to build the relationship and seek collaboration opportunities.   

Skills on Resume: 

• Strategic Leadership (Soft Skills)
• Team Management (Soft Skills)
• Cross-functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Data Presentation (Hard Skills)
• Decision Making (Soft Skills)
• Scientific Problem Solving (Hard Skills)
• Client Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
• Resource Allocation (Hard Skills)