Principal Computational Chemist

Proclinical are recruiting a Principal Computational Chemist for a biotech organisation. This role is on a permanent basis.

Responsibilities:

• Guide and assist with drug discovery projects using structural approaches.
• You will use inhouse AI technology to offer new compound designs.
• Cooperate with customers and collaborators, contribute to meetings, guide the presentation and answer queries.
• The ideal candidate will challenge present computational strategies and workflows to acknowledge crucial drug discovery queries.
• Perform research and report outcomes in journal articles, conference papers, and technical manuals.
• Other duties may be assigned to this role.

Key Skills and Requirements:

• Educated to a PhD degree level in cheminformatics, bioinformatics, structural biology, medicinal chemistry or any similar field.
• At least 5 years of experience in a pharmaceutical organisation or biotech, guiding drug discovery projects using structural approaches.
• Familiarity with computational drug design using both structure-based and ligand-based drug design.
• Expertise on cheminformatics and computational chemistry tools such as docking, molecular dynamics, etc.
• Coding abilities such as Python.
• Comprehension of machine learning strategies.
• Communication skills both verbally and in writing.
• Works well with others.
• Able to resolve issues.
• Capable of handling various tasks simultaneously.

If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Erin Blank at +44 203 398 6640.

Proclinical is a specialist employment agency and recruitment business, providing job opportunities within major pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

Proclinical Staffing is an equal opportunity employer.

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