Chief Scientific Officer — AI‑Driven Therapeutics Platform

Antiverse; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Visa sponsorship

Private medical insurance

Stock options

25 days holiday

Flexible working hours

Cardiff office + labs space

Job summary

Antiverse in Cardiff is seeking a Chief Scientific Officer to define the company’s scientific direction and shape the next version of our platform and pipeline.

You will collaborate with the CEO, leadership team and partners to decide where to focus, which biological systems to build, and how to translate platform insights into differentiated therapeutic assets. Relocation and visa sponsorship are provided.

Responsibilities

• Define Antiverse’s scientific strategy and therapeutic‑area focus for the company's next phase.
• Further develop our existing pipeline in IPF and MASH
• Build a disease‑informed platform strategy
• Translate complex disease biology into clear target hypotheses, assay strategies, dataset requirements and therapeutic opportunities.
• Define what "good biology" means for the platform: which disease models, cell systems, perturbations, readouts and efficacy assays are needed to make discovery more predictive.
• Work with AI/ML, discovery, cell‑line engineering and biology teams to generate the datasets required to train, validate and improve the next version of the platform.
• Own the scientific rationale for internal pipeline selection, target prioritisation and programme progression.
• Lead progression of internal and partnered antibody programmes from discovery into in vivo validation and partner‑ready assets.
• Design and oversee translational strategies, including in vitro, in vivo and clinical studies.
• Ensure programmes are based on strong biological hypotheses, rigorous data packages and clear decision criteria.
• Guide optimisation of antibody candidates and ensure assets are suitable for downstream development, partnering and licensing.
• Act as a senior external face of Antiverse’s science with pharma partners, investors, scientific advisors and potential collaborators.
• Help build, mentor and structure a high-performing scientific organisation.
• Bring scientific discipline, strategic clarity and systems thinking to a fast‑moving techbio environment.

Job description

Antiverse in Cardiff is seeking a Chief Scientific Officer to define the company’s scientific direction and shape the next version of our platform and pipeline.

You will collaborate with the CEO, leadership team and partners to decide where to focus, which biological systems to build, and how to translate platform insights into differentiated therapeutic assets. Relocation and visa sponsorship are provided.