Head of Computational Chemistry

Job Title : Head of Computational Chemistry

Location : Hybrid, Cambridge

Salary : Competitive salary and benefits

Description :

We have an exceptional opportunity for an experienced computational chemist and drug hunter to lead the Computational Chemistry team at Nxera Pharma (formerly Sosei Heptares). This is an exciting position, leveraging the NxWave platform to lead application of computational approaches in drug discovery projects and develop novel, computational methodology, for wider utility.

COMPANY :

Nxera Pharma is a technology powered biopharma company, in pursuit of new specialty medicines to improve the lives of patients with unmet needs in Japan and globally, focused on therapeutic areas in inflammation diseases, neurology and immunology. In addition to several products being commercialized in Japan, they are advancing an extensive pipeline of over 30 active programs from discovery through to late clinical stage internally and in partnership with leading pharma and biotech companies.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

This is an influential leadership post in a highly collaborative environment. The successful applicant will manage a team of computational chemists supporting a diverse portfolio of internal and partnered projects. They will also play an active role as a member of the Discovery leadership team.

In this role, the successful candidate will :

• Ensure scientific excellence of the computational chemistry team through effective line-management and mentoring.
• Work with key stakeholders across other disciplines in Nxera Pharma to influence R&D strategy.
• Drive continuous growth and development of cutting-edge SBDD & CADD methodologies.
• Lead implementation of innovative computational solutions (e.g. ML / AI workflows).
• Support growth of our NxStaR Platform Technology by implementation of machine learning and AI approaches for in silico protein design.

QUALIFICATIONS :

As Head of Computational Chemistry you will require :

• Demonstrable leadership skills and the ability to lead a team of experienced computational scientists.
• Track record of impactful contributions within relevant sector(s) including pharma, biotech, academia, CRO.
• Evidence of broad expertise in computational sciences with an emphasis on structure-based drug design.
• Demonstrable technical excellence in aspects of predictive modelling (AI / ML).
• Track record of identifying, developing, and applying innovative solutions to scientific and technological problems.
• Extensive knowledge of related disciplines with demonstrable evidence of developing and implementing new scientific strategies.
• Proficiency in membrane protein structural modelling using the latest AI implementations.
• Evidence of influencing project and organisational scientific strategy.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

BENEFITS :

Competitive salary and benefits package.

Apply :

Please quote job reference 104716 in all correspondence.

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