Application Scientist (Comp. Chemist)

Inductive Bio; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative startup is seeking a seasoned Application Scientist to drive drug discovery efforts using cutting-edge AI technologies. In this pivotal role, you will partner with biopharma teams, enhancing their capabilities while contributing to the growth of a dynamic Application Science function. Your expertise in Computational Chemistry will be crucial as you lead discussions, provide strategic insights, and collaborate on impactful publications. Join a passionate team dedicated to accelerating the development of groundbreaking therapies and thrive in an environment that values your contributions and fosters professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Equity-based compensation

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Dental and vision coverage

Opportunities for growth

Qualifications

• 15+ years of drug discovery experience in industry.
• Expertise in Computational Chemistry or Cheminformatics.

Responsibilities

• Lead meetings with drug discovery teams to leverage the platform.
• Collaborate on publications for journals and conferences.
• Establish the broader Application Science function.

Skills

Computational Chemistry

Cheminformatics

Structural Modeling

Molecular Dynamics

Machine Learning

Business Development

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry

Job description

Inductive Bio is building an AI compound optimization platform that leverages state-of-the-art AI models trained on our rapidly-expanding proprietary ADMET datasets. Our platform is being used by biopharma partners to efficiently optimize dozens of active small molecule programs and adoption is rapidly growing. Backed by top investors and advised by legendary drug hunters, Inductive Bio is quickly becoming the partner of choice for innovative biopharma companies.

We are seeking an experienced Computational Chemist (15+ years of industry experience) to join as our founding Application Scientist. In this high-impact role, you will collaborate directly with our partners' drug discovery teams, helping them leverage our platform to its fullest while acting as a computational thought partner for their programs. You'll serve as a scientific leader and domain expert in business development interactions, and you'll partner closely with our internal machine learning and software engineering teams to continuously enhance our technology. And you'll work directly with the founding team to build and grow the Application Science function at Inductive.

What you'll do :

• Lead meetings with drug discovery teams at our partners to help them leverage our platform and to act as a thought partner for their programs
• Join business development calls with potential partners to act as a scientific leader and domain expert
• Be a first point of contact for our partners' technical and product questions
• Collaborate with our partners to write publications for journals and conferences
• Represent the voice of our drug discovery partners internally by providing feedback on the product and strategy
• Apply your expertise toward strategic leadership of Inductive's scientific, technical, and business roadmap
• Work with the Inductive team to establish the broader Application Science function at Inductive and think through how it will grow over time

Who you are :

• You have a Ph.D. in chemistry or closely-related discipline and at least 15 years of drug discovery experience in industry
• You are an expert in one or more subfields of Computational Chemistry or Cheminformatics (e.g. structural modeling, molecular dynamics, free-energy perturbation, machine learning)
• You have experience leading and working across teams
• You are an outstanding verbal and written communicator and are comfortable leading external meetings and speaking at conferences
• You care deeply about accelerating humanity's ability to bring innovative drugs to patients
• You are excited to chart the course of a fast-growing startup while collaborating deeply with a cross-disciplinary team of medicinal chemists, machine learning engineers, software engineers, and business professionals
• You are entrepreneurial and thrive in ambiguous environments

Working at Inductive

At Inductive Bio, we know that the people on the team are what make us great. We offer competitive salary and equity-based compensation; comprehensive healthcare benefits (including dental and vision); and the opportunity to grow along with a rapidly scaling company. We are a passionate, kind, and mature team. Working at a fast growing startup is not always a 9-5 job, but we believe that our employees should have full lives beyond their career.

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Application Scientist • San Francisco, CA, United States