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Director, Medicinal Chemistry

BioSpace
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/10/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/11/2025
At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is

$158,250 - $275,000

DICE Therapeutics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Co., is an organization within Lilly Research Labs, a small molecule drug discovery organization with responsibilities spanning from target identification to candidate selection for clinical studies. We are seeking to add an experienced medicinal chemist to join our research team. The successful candidate will have a strong background in synthetic organic chemistry and experience in medicinal chemistry and will use these skills to drive innovation in small molecule drug discovery.

Do you have an organic chemistry background with at least 7 years of drug discovery experience? Are you ready to innovate with groundbreaking science? Apply today to join the Lilly Team!

Responsibilities

  • Drive medicinal chemistry strategy as chemistry team lead for early program
  • Coordinate and collaborate with external and internal groups across hit finding, in vitro pharmacology, computational chemistry, and DMPK teams
  • Coordinate sample shipment and testing by working with compound management teams across multiple sites
  • Design new compounds using available computational tools and methods to progress program
  • Manage external chemistry team, including synthetic strategy, optimization and target prioritization


Basic Requirements

  • PhD in organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, or related fields
  • 7 years of drug discovery experience in the pharmaceutical industry


Additional Skills/Preferences

  • Chemistry team and program team management experience
  • Understanding of medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, and PK/PD principles
  • Experience in hit finding techniques, hit to lead, lead optimization, and candidate selection activities
  • Capable of working independently and managing time effectively
  • Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability communicate scientific results to an interdisciplinary team


Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation request form (https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request an accommodation as part of the application process and any other correspondence will not receive a response.

Lilly is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks for their members and help our company develop talented individuals for future leadership roles. Our current groups include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, African American Network, Chinese Culture Network, Early Career Professionals, Japanese International Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of Latinos at Lilly, PRIDE (LGBTQ Allies), Veterans Leadership Network, Women’s Network, Working and Living with Disabilities. Learn more about all of our groups.

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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Salary : $158,250 - $275,000

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