VP, Therapeutics Design & In Silico Innovation

Cyprotex Limited; Verona; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Evotec seeks a Vice President, Head of Therapeutics Design in Verona to lead in silico design across small molecules, peptides and targeted modalities. You will align methods with real-world multi-omics and experimental safety data, reporting to the EVP of In Silico & AI, and build a high-impact, multi-site team.

You will own the technical vision, drive industrialisation of design workflows, and engage with partners to create monetisable value while advancing AI-enabled drug discovery.

Qualifications

• PhD in computational or medicinal chemistry or related field.
• Leadership of multi-site scientific teams with drug design focus.
• Proven track record in progression of discovery molecules.
• Fluent business English.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical vision for therapeutics design across modalities.
• Lead and develop a distributed scientific team across sites.
• Industrialise repeatable design methods with measurable impact.
• Engage with partners, KOLs and governance bodies.
• Drive strategic partnerships and translational value.

Skills

Computational chemistry

Medicinal chemistry

Structure-based design

Generative design

ADMET modelling

Protein engineering

Leadership

Executive communication

Education

PhD in computational chemistry

Biotech/pharma experience

Tools

RDKit

Python

Job description

Evotec seeks a Vice President, Head of Therapeutics Design in Verona to lead in silico design across small molecules, peptides and targeted modalities. You will align methods with real-world multi-omics and experimental safety data, reporting to the EVP of In Silico & AI, and build a high-impact, multi-site team.

You will own the technical vision, drive industrialisation of design workflows, and engage with partners to create monetisable value while advancing AI-enabled drug discovery.