Director, Computational HitGen / LeadGen Team Lead
Core
Lead the computational HitGen/LeadGen team to develop AI-native drug discovery methods for predicting binding affinities, pharmacological properties, and sampling chemical spaces for AbbVie's small molecule portfolio.
Role type
Director, Computational Drug Discovery (HGLG Team Lead)
Builds
Computational tools and workflows for hit/lead generation and property prediction
Domain
Pharmaceutical R&D / AI-native drug discovery / Small molecule chemistry
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Strategic thought leadership, team leadership and mentorship, cross-functional collaboration, modern computational drug design, scientific publication, benchmarking experiments, workflow development
Preferred skills
Established external footprint and network, experience with diverse drug discovery campaigns
Technologies
AI-native drug discovery tools, binding affinity prediction, pharmacological property prediction, chemical space sampling
Responsibilities
Lead development of cutting-edge methods for binding affinity and property prediction; Guide team in benchmarking model performance; Provide strategic advice to senior management; Author scientific publications and present at conferences; Establish processes for selecting computational approaches
Seniority
Director, global team leadership
