Head of Chemistry - siRNA
Head of Chemistry - siRNA
Location: Boston, MA (Relocation Offered)
Scientific Search has partnered with a Cambridge, MA based Stealth Mode Biotech company that has raised a substantial amount of money and is growing quickly. They are seeking a Head of Chemistry that will have broad range of responsibilities across strategy, talent, and pipeline development.
This Role Offers:
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
For immediate consideration please email Kevin Wasser, at kevin@scientificsearch.com#LI-KW1
Be sure to check out all of our other current openings at
Location: Boston, MA (Relocation Offered)
Scientific Search has partnered with a Cambridge, MA based Stealth Mode Biotech company that has raised a substantial amount of money and is growing quickly. They are seeking a Head of Chemistry that will have broad range of responsibilities across strategy, talent, and pipeline development.
This Role Offers:
- Reports directly to a well-known CSO
- Ability to establish and hire a world class Chemistry Team
- Excellent Compensation package including industry competitive base, bonus and early stage equity package.
- Fantastic Medical Benefits, 401k matching, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Highly self-motivated, creative, and critical thinking to solve complex technical and scientific problems with excellent attention to detail
- Ability to build strong, inclusive relationships in highly collaborative, multidisciplinary teams to effectively drive early drug discovery initiatives
- Project team leadership: setting strategy and driving programs to key decision points
- Develop and execute synthesis of novel chemical modifications and delivery modalities for siRNA
- Develop and execute research effort on our extrahepatic delivery platform
- Synthesis of lipids, small molecules, carbohydrates, and other nucleoside building blocks to be used for RNA delivery and chemical stabilization
- Work closely with our internal RNAi platform teams and external collaborators including CRO's to execute research on siRNA delivery
Requirements:
- PhD degree: relevant life sciences discipline
- 10+ years of relevant experience
- Familiarity with siRNA, ASOs and gene silencing
- Exceptional understanding of biology concepts and chemical application to solve biological problems
- Experience in large molecule drug discovery and in early target discovery and validation
For immediate consideration please email Kevin Wasser, at kevin@scientificsearch.com#LI-KW1
Be sure to check out all of our other current openings at
- Type: Direct Hire
- Category: Biopharmaceutical Company
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