Remote Preclinical R&D Expert — Drug Development

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor, headquartered in San Francisco, seeks a Preclinical R&D Expert for remote, contracted work at ~10 hours per week. Compensation is $60–$100/hour. The role focuses on reviewing R&D data, annotating datasets, and guiding decision-making in target selection and modality optimization.

You will interact with the client team to ensure alignment and progress, contributing expert insight across discovery biology, chemistry, protein engineering, and related translational science areas.

Qualifications

• Hands-on preclinical R&D in a company developing its own drug assets.
• Experience across discovery biology, medicinal chemistry, protein engineering, computational, PK-PD, toxicology, or CMC/formulation.
• 5+ years of relevant industry R&D experience.

Responsibilities

• Review technical materials and real-world R&D data in your area of expertise.
• Label, classify, and annotate data and model outputs to improve performance.
• Provide expert perspective on target selection and optimization.
• Help define structure and quality standards for the dataset pipeline.
• Participate in expert discussions, interviews, and research engagements.
• Interface with the client team to ensure alignment and progress.

Skills

Preclinical R&D

Discovery biology

Medicinal chemistry

Protein engineering

Computational biology

PK-PD

Toxicology

CMC/formulation

5+ years experience

Job description

Mercor, headquartered in San Francisco, seeks a Preclinical R&D Expert for remote, contracted work at ~10 hours per week. Compensation is $60–$100/hour. The role focuses on reviewing R&D data, annotating datasets, and guiding decision-making in target selection and modality optimization.

You will interact with the client team to ensure alignment and progress, contributing expert insight across discovery biology, chemistry, protein engineering, and related translational science areas.