ADC/Bispecifics R&D Scientist

mercor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 217,309,000 - 363,034,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Preclinical R&D Expert – ADC & Bispecifics for a remote contract role. You will review technical materials and real-world R&D data across ADC and bispecific programs, and help shape dataset pipelines with your expert input.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of relevant industry R&D experience in in-house drug development, with direct ADC/bispecific exposure, and can work independently in a remote, contract setting.

Qualifications

• HHands-on, non-administrative preclinical R&D experience at a company developing assets in-house.
• Direct ADCs and/or bispecific (or multispecific) antibody experience.
• Experience in core R&D functions: discovery biology, medicinal chemistry, protein/antibody engineering, computation, or PK-PD.
• 5+ years of relevant industry R&D experience.

Responsibilities

• Review technical materials and real-world R&D data across ADC and/or bispecific programs.
• Label, classify, and annotate scientific data and model outputs to improve model performance.
• Provide expert perspective on key scientific and development decisions.
• Help define structure and quality standards for the client’s dataset pipeline.
• Participate in expert discussions, interviews, and research engagements.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Skills

Preclinical R&D

ADC/Bispecifics

In vivo

Computational

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Preclinical R&D Expert – ADC & Bispecifics Type: Contract Compensation: $85–$142/hour Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Review technical materials and real-world R&D data across ADC and/or bispecific programs.
• Label, classify, and annotate scientific data and model outputs to improve model performance.
• Provide expert perspective on key scientific and development decisions, including target/modality selection, optimization, trade-offs, and risk.
• Help define structure and quality standards for the client's dataset pipeline.
• Participate in expert discussions, interviews, and research engagements.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications Must-Have

• Hands-on, non-administrative preclinical R&D experience at a company that develops its own drug assets in-house and has taken programs to the clinic.
• Direct experience with ADCs and/or bispecific (or multispecific) antibodies.
• Work in a core R&D function: discovery biology, medicinal chemistry, protein/antibody engineering, computational, in vivo/translational, pharmacology/PK-PD, toxicology, or CMC/formulation.
• 5+ years of relevant industry R&D experience.

Preferred

• Experience taking a program through lead optimization or IND-enabling/preclinical development.
• Experience at mid-sized, emerging, or resource-constrained biotech, ideally outside the top-20 pharmaceutical companies.

Compensation & Legal

• Hourly contractor