Preclinical R&D Expert – ADC & Bispecifics

Mercor; India; Remote; INR 7,761,000 - 12,935,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Preclinical R&D Expert – ADC & Bispecifics for an hourly remote engagement. You will review materials, annotate data, and provide expert input on target selection, optimization, and risk across ADC and bispecific programs.

The role involves defining dataset quality standards, collaborating with client teams, and participating in interviews and research engagements. Independent contractor, ~10 hours/week, weekly payments via Stripe or Wise.

Qualifications

• Responsibilities include reviewing technical materials and real-world R&D data across ADC and bispecific programs.
• Label, classify, and annotate scientific data and model outputs to improve model performance.
• Provide expert perspective on key scientific and development decisions (target/modality selection, optimization, risk).
• Help define structure and quality standards for the client's dataset pipeline.
• Participate in expert discussions, interviews, and research engagements.

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 (target/modality selection, optimization, risk).
• Help define structure and quality standards for the client's dataset pipeline.
• Participate in expert discussions, interviews, and research engagements.

Job description

Preclinical R&D Expert – ADC & Bispecifics

Company: Mercor

Compensation: $60-$100 per hour

Commitment: Hourly contract

Location: Remote

In this role, you'll:

• 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 (target/modality selection, optimization, trade-offs, risk)
• Help define structure and quality standards for the client's dataset pipeline
• Participate in expert discussions, interviews, and research engagements

You're a strong fit if you:

• 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 - Must Have
• Have direct experience with ADCs and/or bispecific (or multispecific) antibodies - Must Have
• 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 - Must Have
• Have 5+ years of relevant industry R&D experience (flexible based on depth)
• Have taken a program through lead optimization or IND-enabling/preclinical development (nice to have)
• Have experience at mid-sized, emerging, or resource-constrained biotech - ideally currently outside the top-20 pharmaceutical companies (nice to have)

This is a hands-on preclinical R&D role - likely not the right fit if your work is mainly CRO/CDMO services, academic-only, QC/analytical-only, clinical-development-only, diagnostics, or regulatory/medical-writing.

Here are more details about the role:

• You will interface directly with the client team.
• This is an ongoing, part-time engagement of roughly 10 hours per week.
• Seniority welcome from individual contributor through Director.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

You will be engaged as an independent contractor. This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule. Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance. Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution. Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered. Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.