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Senior Principal Scientist, Applied AI & Agentic Systems for Small-Molecule Drug Discovery

Boston, MAFull-time$168k–$252k2026-08-28 → 2026-11-14
Hybrid · United States

Core

Scientific leader driving the strategic application of AI and agentic systems to accelerate small-molecule drug discovery and extend capabilities to protein therapeutics.

Role type

Senior Principal Scientist (Applied AI & Agentic Systems)

Builds

AI co-scientists and scalable AI-enabled scientific workflows for the DMTA cycle

Domain

Biotechnology / Computational Drug Design / AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

computational chemistry, cheminformatics, small-molecule drug discovery, machine learning, large language models, agentic systems, scientific evaluation frameworks, AI governance

Preferred skills

protein therapeutics, biologics, emerging therapeutic modalities

Technologies

large language models, agentic systems, retrieval-augmented workflows

Responsibilities

Drive strategic application of AI across drug discovery; Partner with teams to develop AI co-scientists for knowledge synthesis and lead optimization; Define scientific evaluation frameworks and validation strategies; Establish operational guardrails for model usage and data access; Drive adoption of AI-enabled workflows through scientist engagement.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship