Scientist, Medical Chemistry

Found in: Jooble US O C2 - 2 weeks ago

San Diego CA, United States Novartis Group Companies Full time

The Computer-Aided Drug Discovery (CADD) group in San Diego is seeking an AD/Senior Principal Scientist to join our talented and innovative drug discovery team. NIBR research teams deliver clinically successful medicines across a broad range of mechanisms of action including small molecules, peptides, RNAs, protein degradation, molecular glues, transient covalent inhibitors, and kinetic stabilization of drug-target complexes. In all our endeavors, we build on our vast knowledgebase of over 20 million activity measurements, internal proprietary structural database, a global CADD team and the partnership and expertise of over 5,000 scientists with a variety of expert skills.
Leverage your CADD expertise to engage and influence multidisciplinary project teams for effective decision-making from hit identification through to candidate nomination
Initiate drug discovery efforts by proposing novel targets / modalities, evaluating target druggability and executing in silico hit generation, triage and expansion methodologies
Keep abreast of scientific developments and interact with internal and external scientists to integrate novel insights into computational approaches for drug discovery



We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.
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PhD in computational chemistry, computational biology, computational chemical biology, or related field
7+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience applying computational methods to drug discovery and small molecule design as a member of therapeutic project teams
Expert proficiency in one or more commercial drug discovery platform such as ICM, Schrodinger, CCG and/or OpenEye
Extensive expertise in structure-based drug discovery, medicinal chemistry principles, cheminformatics, ADME and ML/AI
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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