Senior Medicinal Chemist: Drug Discovery Leader

Pharmaron; Hoddesdon; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Pharmaron is seeking a Senior Scientist in Medicinal Chemistry to join the Integrated Drug Discovery (IDD) Services group at Hoddesdon. You will provide medicinal chemistry and synthetic expertise to the drug discovery portfolio, designing routes for small molecule projects and supporting project logistics.

The role involves collaborating with cross-geo teams, presenting data, and contributing to patent write-ups and publications as needed.

Qualifications

• PhD in Chemistry or Medicinal Chemistry, or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience with multi-step synthesis and compound characterization.
• Strong knowledge of medicinal chemistry and practical synthesis.
• Excellent attention to detail and planning.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with UK project leaders to generate design ideas and SAR analysis.
• Document scientific work in reports, manuscripts, and presentations.
• Coordinate with China chemistry teams and clients to deliver tasks.
• Propose novel synthetic routes for challenging targets.

Skills

Synthesis expertise

SAR analysis

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Data interpretation

Scientific communication

Education

PhD in Chemistry or Medicinal Chemistry

Tools

NMR spectroscopy

Mass spectrometry

Chemdraw

Job description

Pharmaron is seeking a Senior Scientist in Medicinal Chemistry to join the Integrated Drug Discovery (IDD) Services group at Hoddesdon. You will provide medicinal chemistry and synthetic expertise to the drug discovery portfolio, designing routes for small molecule projects and supporting project logistics.

The role involves collaborating with cross-geo teams, presenting data, and contributing to patent write-ups and publications as needed.