Full-Time
Drug Discovery Program Leader
Aqemia
51-200 employees
Accelerates drug discovery using quantum AI
No salary listed
Paris, France
Hybrid
Hybrid role in Paris; up to two remote days per week.
Master's
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- Hands-on experience in project management: 4+ years of consulting experience and / or 6+ years of project management experience in a fast growing environment.
- Scientific background (Masters degree in a science field), in any scientific discipline such as Engineering, Machine Learning, Chemistry, Biology.
- Objective-driven mindset and a high degree of organization, commitment and drive.
- Lead multiple drug discovery programs from target identification through hit and lead optimization, ensuring delivery against scientific, timeline, and business objectives.
- Define program strategy, milestones, success criteria, and execution plans aligned with AQEMIA’s pipeline priorities and company goals.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across chemistry, biology, computational sciences, AI, and platform functions to drive program success.
- Drive high-quality scientific decision-making, including prioritization, go/no-go recommendations, and strategic pivots based on emerging data.
- Anticipate, assess, and mitigate scientific, operational, and pipeline risks while balancing ambition, feasibility, and impact.
- Build and develop high-performing cross-functional teams by fostering accountability, collaboration, scientific excellence, and continuous growth.
- Establish effective program governance, monitor progress, optimize resource allocation, and remove execution bottlenecks to ensure timely delivery.
- Capture learnings and drive continuous improvement by providing feedback to platform and scientific teams, promoting best practices, and maximizing platform impact across programs.
- Eager to play an active role in contributing to Aqemia’s strategy to develop drugs for patients.
- Eager to bring a wealth of knowledge to inspire and coach brilliant people from diverse backgrounds.
- Keen to solve tough problems on issues that truly matter, with a proactive and a can-do attitude.
- Team player in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary environment that keeps everyone on track.
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Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$124.9M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2019
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- July 2026 Sanofi expansion raised eligible payments to $140 million.
- Aqemia won a $7.4 million France 2030 grant for RNA programs.
- The company opened London operations and targeted workforce growth by 2026.
What critics are saying
- Sanofi concentrates validation risk; partner pullback would damage revenue and market signaling.
- Aqemia still lacks clinical assets; failed in vivo optimization stalls 2026 trial plans.
- Competitors with larger chemistry datasets can outrun QEMI; existential if platform never reaches clinic.
What makes Aqemia unique
- QEMI blends generative AI with quantum-inspired physics for small-molecule design.
- Sanofi expanded Aqemia’s collaboration in July 2026, validating platform credibility.
- France 2030 funded RNA-targeting expansion, extending its physics-first discovery moat.
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↑ 1%Aqemia to participate in the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference 2025. November 11th, 2025 | Business Wire LONDON - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Aqemia, a pioneering TechBio company combining generative AI and quantum-inspired physics to invent drugs, announces that Maximilien Levesque, CEO and co-founder, and Théa Vu-Bignand, VP Finance, will attend the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference, taking place in London from November 17 - 20, 2025. With its physics-based generative AI platform for therapeutic molecule invention, QEMI, Aqemia can design novel drug candidates in a repeatable, frugal, and scalable way, with the ambition to deliver new therapies faster to patients who currently lack effective treatments, particularly in oncology. In this perspective, Aqemia remains focused on building value through its internal preclinical pipeline while forging partnerships that validate its platform and scientific edge. About Aqemia Aqemia is a drug invention company dedicated to creating novel molecules to address unmet medical needs. Its proprietary QEMI platform combines more than 12 years of physics-based research with state-of-the-art generative AI, enabling the launch of preclinical programs without relying on experimental data and accelerating discovery from day one. Aqemia's portfolio spans oncology, immunology, neurology, and cardiology, and includes both wholly owned programs and partnered programs with leading pharmaceutical companies, such as a multi-year, $150M strategic collaboration with Sanofi. The company's most advanced preclinical programs are currently undergoing in vivo optimization. Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, Aqemia has raised over $100 million since its inception.
Aqemia to participate in Jefferies European Disruptive Tech Conference. LONDON - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Aqemia, a pioneering TechBio company leveraging advanced physics and generative AI for drug discovery, announced that its CEO and co-founder, Maximilien Levesque, will participate in the European Disruptive Tech Conference hosted by Jefferies in London on October 9, 2025. Within the TechBio track, Dr. Levesque will join the HealthTech Panel, scheduled for 13:00 BST. About Aqemia Aqemia is a drug invention company dedicated to creating novel molecules to address unmet medical needs. Its proprietary QEMI platform combines more than 12 years of physics-based research with state-of-the-art generative AI, enabling the launch of preclinical programs without relying on experimental data and accelerating discovery from day one. Aqemia's portfolio spans oncology, immunology, neurology, and cardiology, and includes both wholly owned programs and partnered programs with leading pharmaceutical companies, such as a multi-year, $150M strategic collaboration with Sanofi. The company's most advanced preclinical programs are currently undergoing in vivo optimization. Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, Aqemia has raised over $100 million since its inception.
Aqemia has announced a $7.4 million grant from the France 2030 investment plan to accelerate its work in RNA-targeted drug discovery. The funding will support the expansion of its generative AI platform—originally developed for protein targets—to address the complexity of RNA structures and RNA-modifying enzymes.
Paris-based Aqemia received a $7.4M grant through the France 2030 plan to enhance its generative AI platform for RNA-based drug discovery. The funding will help Aqemia target flexible proteins and RNA, aiming to reduce drug discovery time from 5-6 years to under two. The company, founded in 2019, combines AI and quantum-inspired algorithms to accelerate drug development, with a total capital of $125.4M. Aqemia plans to double its workforce by 2026.
Biotech Aqemia has received a $7.4M grant to expand and and accelerate of its computational platform to target RNA therapeutics, marking a significant step in the company’s broader mission to innovate drug discovery using generative AI.The grant is awarded as part of the "France 2030" initiative. It will specifically bolster the company’s generative AI platform, enhancing its ability to handle the complex, flexible structures of RNA and proteins. Aqemia plans to use this funding to explore RNA and RNA-modifying targets experimentally, refining its AI-driven approach and furthering its capabilities in drug discovery.The company’s physics-enabled generative AI engine, which has already delivered success in epitranscriptomics, is now poised to make strides in targeting RNA, a highly complex class of therapeutic targets.In parallel to advancing its RNA-focused initiatives, Aqemia continues to make progress in its broader pipeline, including drug discovery programs targeting proteins. The company is positioning itself to develop novel small-molecule drugs aimed at RNA, which represents an emerging and promising class of therapeutic targets.The flexibility and structural complexity of RNA have long made it a challenging target for therapeutic development. Despite these challenges, RNA plays a crucial role in gene regulation and expression, especially in diseases such as cancer, making it an important target for innovative drug discovery. With its generative AI platform, Aqemia is looking to overcome the obstacles traditionally associated with RNA-targeting drug discovery.Dr