Director, Medicinal Chemistry

2 days ago


Québec, Canada Sygnature Discovery Limited Full time

NuChem Sciences, une compagnie Sygnature Discovery est une organisation de recherche contractuelle de découverte de médicaments intégrée de premier plan basée au Royaume-Uni et au Canada avec son siège social à Nottingham et des installations supplémentaires à Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Glasgow, Montréal et Québec. Son personnel de plus de 1 000 personnes, dont 900 scientifiques, s’associe à l’industrie pharmaceutique mondiale, de biotechnologie et des organisations BNL.

**Concernant le rôle**

**RESPONSABILITÉS**:
Diriger des programmes de découverte du médicament en étroite collaboration avec les équipes internes et externes, y compris des CRO ;

Mettre en œuvre et conduire des stratégies innovantes de découverte de médicaments en utilisant une expertise approfondie dans la conception de voies de chimie médicinale et de chimie synthétique, grâce à une connaissance approfondie du DMPK, de la pharmacologie et de la toxicologie ;

Appliquer des principes modernes de conception de médicaments pour résoudre les problèmes de chimie médicinale pertinents pour le projet ;

Utiliser des méthodologies et des techniques synthétiques de pointe pour concevoir des synthèses de composés cibles pour les séries chimiques existantes et les nouvelles séries ;

Atteindre les objectifs du projet en lien avec ceux du client ;

Gérer des chefs d'équipe internes et des équipes de scientifiques de synthèse ;

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Doctorat en chimie organique de synthèse ou chimie médicinale avec plus de 10 ans d'expérience dans la découverte de médicaments dans un environnement pharmaceutique et/ou biotechnologique ;
- Expert en chimie médicinale avec une excellente compréhension de la biologie, de la pharmacologie, du DMPK et la capacité d'intégrer ces disciplines pour assurer une progression réussie du projet ;
- Expérience en conception structurelle et en gestion de projet ;
- Solide connaissance et expérience des méthodes de synthèse actuelles ;
- Excellentes compétences en rédaction, présentation et communication (orales et écrites) ;
- Excellentes compétences en leadership et expérience de travail dans un environnement multidisciplinaire dynamique ;
- Capacité démontrée à dépanner et à résoudre les problèmes de manière créative ;
- Bonne maîtrise de Microsoft Office (Word, Excel et PowerPoint) ;

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**RÉMUNÉRATION ET AVANTAGES SOCIAUX**:
**Salaire**:

- Compétitif et selon l’expérience

**Prime**:

- Plan de boni annuel

**Avantages**:
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- Soins de santé et dentaire;
- Assurance invalidité;
- Assurance-vie;
- REER avec contribution jumelée de l’employeur;
- Programme de télé-médecine;
- Code vestimentaire décontracté;
- Horaire flexible;
- Congés personnels;
- Stationnement sur place gratuit;
- Formation continue;
- Développement professionnel.

**Horaire**:
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- Lundi au vendredi

**Background**

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NuChem Sciences, a Sygnature Discovery business is a world-leading integrated drug discovery Contract Research Organisation based in the UK and Canada with its headquarters in Nottingham and additional facilities in Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Glasgow, Montreal and Quebec City. Its staff of over 1,000, which includes 900 scientists, partners with global pharma, biotech and NFP organisations.

**About the role**

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Lead drug discovery programs in effective collaboration with internal and external teams, including CROs;

Implement and drive innovative drug discovery strategies utilizing deep expertise across medicinal chemistry and synthetic chemistry route design, through comprehensive knowledge of DMPK, pharmacology, and toxicology;
- Utilize cutting-edge synthetic methodologies and techniques to design syntheses of target compounds within existing and novel chemical series ;
- Achieve the project objectives in line with those of the client;
- Manage internal team leaders and teams of medicinal and synthetic chemists;

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- PhD in synthetic organic or medicinal chemistry with 10+ years of drug discovery experience in a pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology environment;
- Medicinal Chemistry expert with excellent understanding of biology, pharmacology, DMPK and ability to integrate these disciplines toward successful project progression;
- Experience in structure-based drug design;
- Project management experience;
- Strong knowledge of and experience in current synthetic methodologies;
- Excellent written and oral, presentation and communication skills;
- Great leadership skills and experience working in dynamic multidisciplinary environment
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and creatively in solving problems;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint);
- Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada (Canadian citizen, permanent resident or work permit).

**COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS**:
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**Salary**:
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- Competitive and based on experience.

**Additional pay**:
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