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Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry
Vertex Pharmaceuticals —Oxford
- Full-time
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Senior Quality Assurance Manager
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- Full-time
- Management
- Bachelor's degree
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Director of Focus and Service Improvement
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £63,606 - £80,505 a year
- Full-time
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
- No degree
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BDI Head of Scientific Operations
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £56,623 - £65,336 a year
- Full-time
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Director of Safeguarding
NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board —Oxford
- £112,782 - £129,783 a year
- Full-time
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Senior Benefits Risk Management Lead
Bayer —Reading
- £110,000 - £130,000 a year
- Full-time
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- English
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Senior Director, Biometrics
ICON Plc —Reading
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Deputy Director Infection Prevention and Control (DDIPC)
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- Remote
- Continuous improvement
- Training & development
- Leadership
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2d
Senior Director, Drug Development
IQVIA —Reading
- Full-time
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Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Kenvue —Reading
- Hybrid work
- English
- Bachelor's degree
- Organisational skills
- Annual leave
Local Study Associate Director
IQVIA —Reading
- Full-time
- Remote
- English
- Bachelor's degree
- No degree
- Work from home
Head of the Office for Open Research
University of Oxford —Oxford
- £65,336 - £75,439 a year
- Full-time
- Leadership
- Annual leave
8d
Assoc P&O Director, Site UK R&D - 1-year fixed-term contract
Novo Nordisk —Oxford
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Team management
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Head of Engineering (Hybrid)
Automation Consultants Ltd —Reading
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- Hybrid work
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- Annual leave
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Moderna, Inc. —Oxford
- Full-time
- Travel
- Annual leave

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Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry

Vertex Pharmaceuticals -
Oxford

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Job details

Full-time

Qualifications

Organic chemistry
Mentoring junior staff
Project team management
Mentoring
Organisational skills
Professional development mentoring
Training & development
Project leadership
Project management experience
Team motivation leadership

Full job description

Job Description

GENERAL SUMMARY:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Medicinal Chemistry leader to join our group at Vertex Oxford at the Senior Director level. Reporting to the Head of Medicinal Chemistry, you will lead a highly skilled and motivated medicinal chemistry team to discover high quality clinical candidates that progress into clinical trials. You will have a track record of success across multiple projects from Hit ID to Candidate delivery. You will lead, develop, and implement state of the art medicinal chemistry strategies, providing key expertise in medicinal chemistry and related disciplines (DMPK, biology, computational chemistry, process chemistry). You will help drive the development of our internal talent through continuous teaching and mentorship.

You may also take on wider project leadership responsibility, driving a multi-disciplinary project team, accountable to the Site Head for the overall strategy and delivery of a key project within our portfolio.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Drive state of the art chemistry design and synthesis to rapidly deliver high-quality clinical candidates.
Exercise exceptional judgement based on significant medicinal chemistry experience to ensure your team delivers molecules with low predicted human doses and overall profiles that enable rapid progression through pre-clinical safety assessments and into clinical trials
Drive and motivate your team of medicinal chemists to deliver molecules using efficient synthetic routes, ensuring smooth transition to scale up teams to enable rapid progress and delivery to project goal timelines.
Provide dynamic leadership of a multidisciplinary drug-discovery team working on a key project within our portfolio.

SKILLS & EXPEREINCE:

Qualifications in Organic or Medicinal Chemistry with extensive experience working in a pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology setting as a medicinal chemist.
Leadership of medicinal chemistry teams with a strong record of scientific accomplishment and success delivering clinical candidates.
Experience from Hit ID to candidate delivery, with deep knowledge of both molecular properties and drug substance solid form.
Expert knowledge of medicinal chemistry literature, organic synthesis, and methodology, with good working knowledge of DMPK, biology, computational chemistry, and structure-based drug design.
A concise and effective communication style to provide teams with clear guidelines, energy, drive, and motivation.
Strong interpersonal teamwork and organizational skills, with ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, innovative environment. Ability to manage timelines and drive projects to rapidly answer key questions.

Flex Designation:

On-Site Designated

Flex Eligibility Status:

In this On-Site designated role, you will work five days per week on-site with ad hoc flexibility.

Note: The Flex status for this position is subject to Vertex’s Policy on Flex @ Vertex Program and may be changed at any time.

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Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at [email protected]

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