Director, Structural Biology

 

The Opportunity:

Our client continuously attracts and retains the finest scientific leaders in the industry. They are built on the foundation of integrity, along with a dynamic leadership team, they are known for prioritizing PEOPLE over PROFITS. As their exclusive search partner, they have asked us to identify an exceptional leader with a deep understanding of both chemistry and biology. The candidate of choice for this role will be a person who possesses the confidence and scientific prowess to bring entirely NEW capabilities to an already ELITE discovery organization. In this role, you will be leading a team of high-powered discovery scientists with the aim of developing and implementing methodologies that will contribute to accelerating the development of structure-based drugs.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead structural biology efforts for a wide range of innovative drug discovery projects
  • Analyze novel protein targets to determine their structures and co-structures
  • Implement methodologies to accelerate structure-based drug design
  • Rationally design small molecule and antibody therapeutics using pertinent data

Key Requirements:

  • Ph.D. in Structural Biology, Biophysics, Biochemistry, Chemistry
  • 5+ years of experience in the field of structural biology and structure-based drug design is required
  • X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM is advantageous

 

QUALIFIED and MOTIVATED professionals may submit their CVs in strict confidence to:

Chad Montgomery @ cmontgomery@marcusassoc.com