Associate Scientist - Medicinal Chemistry, Integrated Drug Discovery

Job title: Associate Scientist - Medicinal Chemistry, Integrated Drug Discovery

Location: Cambridge, MA

About The Job

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine? The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families. As a Associate Scientist - Medicinal Chemistry, Integrated Drug Discovery, your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

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Synthetic organic chemist with deep knowledge of organic chemistry principles and modern synthesis methods to design and execute efficient synthetic routes for target compounds and the progression of drug discovery projects.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities

• Use reaction and reagent databases and synthesize small molecule targets for drug discovery programs.
• Apply suitable purification and characterization techniques to purify and characterize target compounds and intermediates to meet project timelines.
• Proficient in the use of analytical techniques for structural characterization and able to interpret simple to moderately complex NMR spectra and LCMS spectra.
• Register compounds in corporate database and maintain electronic laboratory notebooks according to SOP.
• Help to prepare patents and publications by providing detailed experimental procedures of laboratory work.
• Champion new chemistry techniques, reagents and methodology in discovery chemistry and participate in group/lab responsibilities.
• Utilize internal databases and tools to understand SAR around project data
• Collaborate with other team members to design target compounds which address project challenges.
• Continue to learn from literature, meetings and personnel to solve chemistry and medicinal chemistry challenges.
• Communicate and interact with other staff/team members in a professional and courteous manner.
• Operate in the lab in a safe and efficient manner according to HSE guidelines and adhere to all mandatory company compliance requirements.
• Adapt to changes and challenges in a productive and professional manner.
  
  

About You

Minimum Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 1 year of relevant research experience in an academic or biopharmaceutical setting OR Master’s Degree.
• Experience with design, execution and optimization of synthetic routes using current/latest synthetic methodology.
• Proficient user of various purification techniques and be able to adopt to new innovative technology.
• Experience in the use of various analytical instruments (e.g., NMR, LCMS) to Interpret analytical data and fully characterize novel target compounds.
  
  

Why Choose Us?

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
  
  

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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