VP, Therapeutics Design & AI-Driven Discovery

Evotec SE; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Evotec SE in Abingdon/Alderley Park (UK) or Verona, Italy seeks a VP, Head of Therapeutics Design to lead in silico therapeutics design across small molecules, peptides and degraders. You will set the technical vision, shape the team and industrialise the capability to support global drug discovery programs.

The role requires deep expertise in computational/m medicinal chemistry, generative design, and predictive ADMET, with experience leading multi-site scientific teams and engaging with

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in computational and/or medicinal chemistry with hands-on design.
• Experience with docking, pharmacophore, QSAR and MD.
• Leadership of multi-site scientific teams and partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical vision for therapeutics design across modalities.
• Industrialise the capability with repeatable methods and standards.
• Lead and develop senior scientific talent across sites.
• Engage with partners and external scientific communities.

Skills

Computational chemistry

Medicinal chemistry

Structure-based design

Generative design

ADMET modelling

Leadership

Cross-site collaboration

Education

PhD in computational chemistry

Biotech/pharma experience

Publications

Tools

RDKit

Python

Cloud computing

HPC

Job description

Evotec SE in Abingdon/Alderley Park (UK) or Verona, Italy seeks a VP, Head of Therapeutics Design to lead in silico therapeutics design across small molecules, peptides and degraders. You will set the technical vision, shape the team and industrialise the capability to support global drug discovery programs.

The role requires deep expertise in computational/m medicinal chemistry, generative design, and predictive ADMET, with experience leading multi-site scientific teams and engaging with