CareerPlan

Principal Scientist I / II, Medicinal Chemistry

New YorkFull-time$150k–$200k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead medicinal chemistry strategies to deliver high-quality clinical candidates using structure-based drug design and computational platforms.

Role type

Principal Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry

Builds

Clinical drug candidates for pharmaceutical programs

Domain

Pharmaceutical drug discovery, Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD), Medicinal Chemistry, CRO management, Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK), Biology/Pharmacology knowledge, Synthetic organic chemistry

Preferred skills

Project leadership, Peptide chemistry, bRo5 chemical space expertise

Technologies

Schrödinger computational platform

Responsibilities

Execute medicinal chemistry strategies, Manage chemistry CROs, Collaborate with computational chemists and modelers

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC