Chief Scientist, Modern Drug Discovery

IQVIA; Livingston; Remoto; GBP 150.000 - 190.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

IQVIA Discovery Sciences in a flexible global setting seeks a visionary leader to steer strategy across biology, chemistry, and translational sciences, partnering with clients to deliver breakthrough discovery programs.

You will champion AI-driven design, predictive modelling, and data-informed decisions while mentoring multidisciplinary teams and building strong collaborations with biopharma partners worldwide.

Competenze

• PhD or DPhil in a relevant life sciences discipline.
• 10+ years in senior leadership roles within pharma/biotech; CRO experience is a plus.
• Proven success delivering discovery programmes from concept to clinic.
• Strong translational biology/pharmacology expertise with a major modality.
• Experience applying AI, computational approaches, and data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborative leader with scientific credibility and client focus.

Mansioni

• Define and execute a forward-looking scientific strategy aligned to client needs.
• Drive AI-assisted design, predictive modelling, automation, computational sciences, and translational approaches.
• Provide scientific leadership across a diverse discovery portfolio with excellence and translational relevance.
• Support strategic client engagements, proposals, partnerships, and business growth opportunities.
• Act as a senior scientific ambassador with clients, collaborators, and industry stakeholders.
• Mentor and inspire multidisciplinary teams across biology, chemistry, protein design, pharmacology, translational, and computational sciences.

Conoscenze

Strategic leadership

AI & predictive modelling

Translational biology

Client engagement & business growth

Formazione

PhD or DPhil in life sciences

Descrizione del lavoro

IQVIA Discovery Sciences

Location: Flexible Global

Leading the future of technology assisted drug discovery

What You'll Do

• Define and execute a forward-looking scientific strategy aligned to evolving client and industry needs.
• Drive the adoption of AI-assisted design, predictive modelling, automation, computational sciences, and translational approaches.
• Provide scientific leadership across a diverse discovery portfolio, ensuring excellence, rigour, and translational relevance.
• Support strategic client engagements, proposals, partnerships, and business growth opportunities.
• Act as a senior scientific ambassador with clients, collaborators, and industry stakeholders.
• Mentor and inspire multidisciplinary teams across biology, chemistry, protein design, pharmacology, translational, and computational sciences.

About You

• PhD or DPhil in a relevant life sciences discipline.
• Significant senior leadership experience (10 years+ in leadership roles) within pharmaceutical or, biotechnology industry., Experience of CRO environments is an advantage but not essential.
• Proven success advancing discovery programmes from concept through to clinic.
• Strong expertise in translational biology and pharmacology with strong track record in at least one major therapeutic modality.
• Experience applying AI, computational approaches, and data-driven decision-making within discovery settings.
• A collaborative leader who combines scientific credibility with commercial awareness and client focus.

Why IQVIA Discovery Sciences?

Drug discovery is entering a transformative era. This is a unique opportunity to shape how medicines are discovered by combining scientific excellence with emerging technologies and translational innovation in a scaled clinical and data centric setting..

You’ll work alongside an outstanding scientific leadership team, collaborate with leading biopharma organisations, and help define the future of discovery services across IQVIA's network.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

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