Principal Scientist

 
What if you could join a rapidly growing company and play a critical role in bringing new medicines to patients through looking at and treating disease in a revolutionary way?

What this position is all about: Do you want to re-write the drug discovery and development rule book? Are you a scientist who likes to think laterally and push the boundaries of science? Cellarity is seeking an intellectually curious and driven Principal Scientist with a background in immunology to join our remarkable team. As a subject matter expert, you will have a significant role in shaping the pipeline across a portfolio of immunology programs.  You will help move the needle on the interpretation and translation of our research to clinical relevance harnessing the power of AI and computational insights and lead programs across the immunology space.  This role will involve strong collaboration with key stakeholders throughout the process including biology, computational sciences, and chemistry.

What you would be responsible for:

• Directly manage a small team of wet-lab biologists and cross-functionally lead a program team in a cutting edge drug creation program focusing on immune cell disease biology.
• Work collaboratively within the Discovery Science team to establish and manage timelines, workflows, and documentation. 
• Present and interpret data, while thinking critically, and propose next steps both internally and externally.
• Engage in productive collaborations with relevant internal stakeholders, while also developing and maintaining a robust network of external collaborators to facilitate studies.
• Provide guidance to and motivate a team of junior scientist(s) that share your passion for making meaningful therapeutics.

What experiences will you need:

• Ph.D. in Biological Sciences is a prerequisite. Extensive scientific research background with a specific focus on Immunology.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in preclinical drug discovery within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, showcasing a strong understanding of late discovery and IND-enabling studies.
• Proven expertise in leading at least one cross-functional drug discovery program.
• Experience in stem cell biology.
• Excellent communication skills and the drive to teach and mentor a new generation of drug hunters.

What sets you apart:

• Preferred experience in the development of small molecules therapeutics.
• Ability to flex and work with a sense of urgency around changing priorities and facilitating timelines.
• Sophisticated problem-solving skills and data interpretation, and statistical reasoning.
• Demonstrated initiative, teamwork, and leadership within areas of technical expertise.

What it’s like to work at Cellarity

At Cellarity, we

• Push Boundaries: We create a legacy with breakthrough science in service of patients.
• Inject Energy: We build strengths from different perspectives and tell it like it is.
• Own it: We transcend our job descriptions and relentlessly follow through on our commitments.
• Go all out: We work quickly and with conviction.

Company Summary: Cellarity’s mission is to fundamentally redesign the way drugs are created for the sake of bringing new hope to patients.  By shifting the focus from a single target to the underlying cellular dysfunction, we unravel the complexity of disease biology and create medicines that were never before possible. The company has developed unique capabilities that link biology and chemistry with high dimensional -omic data from which we design medicines against the cellular signature of disease. The Cellarity platform allows us to uncover new biology in diseases even in the absence of known causal targets. The company has drug discovery programs underway in several disease areas, including metabolic disease, hematology, and immunology.  Cellarity recently completed a Series C financing, and has raised a total of $274M from all funding rounds to date, with contributions from world-renowned investors alongside Flagship Pioneering who created the company.  Cellarity’s goal is to grow into a fully integrated next generation Biotech company driving a new age in drug creation.

Cellarity is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Cellarity does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Cellarity or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Cellarity’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Cellarity, and Cellarity will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.