Director, Medicinal Chemistry

Alkermes • Waltham, MA

8h

About The Position

Alkermes has an exciting opportunity for a talented scientist to join our Research Organization as a Director to help lead medicinal chemistry efforts from target ideation through to candidate nomination for neurological disease indications. The desired candidate will be a recognized expert in successfully initiating and managing the medicinal chemistry activities inside a given portfolio and will play a key strategic role in shaping discovery direction and compound design strategy. The candidate will have a proven track record of utilizing structure-based drug design (SBDD) to rationally design compounds that have progressed to candidate delivery. Additionally, the candidate must have direct experience of working with both internal and external partners (e.g., CROs) to facilitate medicinal chemistry activities. Exceptional cross-functional communication skills as well as experience in leading drug discovery teams are necessary attributes.

Why join Team Alkermes?
Alkermes applies its deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we are committed to pursuing great science, driven by deep compassion to make a real impact in the lives of patients. Alkermes has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various neurological disorders, including narcolepsy.
Beyond our important mission of developing medicines to address unmet patient needs, we actively seek to foster a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging throughout our business. We strive to ensure that all voices are respected and valued, recognizing that our diversity of thought, background and perspective makes us stronger. We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations, including being certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. in 2024, honored as a Healthiest Employer in both Ohio and Massachusetts in 2023, a Best Place for Working Parents in 2023, and to have received the Bell Seal at the Platinum level for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health America for three consecutive years (2021-2023).

Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA. Alkermes is an E-Verify employer.

Requirements

• Recognized expert in medicinal chemistry
• Proven track record of utilizing structure-based drug design (SBDD) to rationally design compounds that have progressed to candidate delivery.
• Direct experience of working with both internal and external partners (e.g., CROs) to facilitate medicinal chemistry activities.
• Exceptional cross-functional communication skills
• Experience in leading drug discovery teams

Responsibilities

• Lead medicinal chemistry efforts from target ideation through to candidate nomination for neurological disease indications.
• Initiate and manage the medicinal chemistry activities inside a given portfolio
• Play a key strategic role in shaping discovery direction and compound design strategy.
• Utilize structure-based drug design (SBDD) to rationally design compounds that have progressed to candidate delivery.
• Work with both internal and external partners (e.g., CROs) to facilitate medicinal chemistry activities.
• Lead drug discovery teams

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed