Senior Director, AIRx Medicinal Chemistry
Core
Design and optimize drug candidates using deep SAR intuition, multi-parameter optimization, and ADME-embedded design principles at the frontier of AI-enabled molecular design.
Role type
Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry (AI-enabled drug discovery)
Builds
Differentiated medicines delivered to the clinic at speed and cost
Domain
Pharmaceutical drug discovery, AI/ML integration, medicinal chemistry
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
SAR-driven design, ADME optimization, multi-parameter optimization, CRO program direction, structure-based drug design, AI/ML output critical evaluation, strategic IP and developability assessment
Preferred skills
Experience in Takeda Research portfolio therapeutic areas, SWAT team or rapid-response environment experience
Technologies
Generative AI design tools, X-ray crystallography, cryo-EM
Responsibilities
Design and optimize drug candidates using deep SAR intuition and ADME principles; Integrate AI/ML-generated design proposals with medicinal chemistry judgment; Partner with Computational Chemistry to close DMTA cycles rapidly; Provide strategic oversight of CRO synthesis programs; Embed selectivity, developability, and IP considerations into design decisions; Interpret structural biology data to guide optimization; Contribute to AI/ML training datasets by ensuring experimental data is captured in standardized format
Seniority
Senior Director, strategic oversight with hands-on expert chemistry thinking