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Enveda

Natural-product drug discovery platform leveraging ML

Assistant Vice President, Medicinal Chemistry - Drug Discovery

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Full-timeHyderabad, Telangana, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
  • 15–20 years of post-PhD experience in Medicinal Chemistry.
  • A proven track record of delivering hits, leads, and clinical candidates to the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Experience managing and mentoring synthetic chemists.
  • A good understanding of intellectual property for medicinally valuable compounds, including composition of matter, method of use, and chemical processes.
  • A strong understanding of safety practices in organic synthesis laboratories.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver hits, leads, and clinical candidates for advancement into human clinical trials.
  • Recruit PhD and Master of Science synthetic chemists, mentor them as medicinal chemists, manage their performance, and improve their productivity.
  • Collaborate with peers in Medicinal Chemistry to increase delivery of compounds to the clinical pipeline.
  • Collaborate with senior leaders in ADME, Analytical Sciences, and Pharmacology to deliver high-value molecules.
  • Conduct medicinal chemistry activities for lead generation and lead optimization of pipeline projects.
  • Understand structure–activity relationships and structure–property relationships for various projects.
  • Collaborate with Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, Analytical, ADME, and site leadership.
  • Develop appropriate workflows for relevant in vitro and in vivo assays.
  • Allocate resources appropriately for maximum cost effectiveness.
  • Work effectively with Project Management.
  • Present project updates at company forums.
  • Work with the site safety head to emphasize safe practices in chemistry laboratories.
  • Report to the Senior Vice President, Discovery Chemistry.

About the Company

Enveda

Natural-product drug discovery platform leveraging ML

Enveda Biosciences uses machine learning, metabolomics, and robotics to explore the largely untapped natural world for drug discovery. Its main asset is a proprietary high-throughput platform that runs many experiments to generate a comprehensive dataset of small molecules, including their chemical structures, biological activity, and how they distribute in organs. This data helps identify potential drug leads quickly and supports partnerships with healthcare and pharmaceutical companies through collaborations and licensing of discoveries. Unlike many rivals, Enveda focuses on expanding knowledge of natural product chemistry beyond the small portion already known, aiming to accelerate the pace of drug discovery by systematically exploring natural chemical space and building a pipeline for its partners.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Series D
Total funding
$534.8M
Headquarters
Boulder, CO
Founded
2019

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