Job Description
About Superluminal Medicines: Superluminal Medicines (Superluminal) is a generative biology and chemistry company revolutionizing the speed and accuracy of how small molecule medicines are created. The Company's platform aims to create candidate-ready compounds with unprecedented speed using a combination of deep biology, computational and medicinal chemistry, machine learning, and proprietary big data infrastructure. We are expanding the team of talented scientists who seek to build the future of small molecule drug discovery with creativity and innovation.
About the Role: Superluminal seeks a highly motivated, intellectually curious, and team-oriented Senior Director or Vice President of Target Discovery with strong scientific experience and commercial awareness. This candidate will lead a team and partner closely with colleagues across the organization to continuously monitor the competitive landscape for Superluminal's existing pipeline, identify and evaluate strategic opportunities, review licensing and partnering options, provide commercial insights to guide program prioritization and generate go/no-go criteria. This position will also be responsible for evaluating new drug discovery programs, utilizing the latest computational biology techniques and a deep understanding of disease biology and target identification experience.
The position will report directly to the Head of Discovery. This individual will play a critical role in maximizing the potential of Superluminal's existing drug discovery programs and defining opportunities for further growth.
Key Responsibilities: - Partner with Superluminal's leadership team to identify, evaluate, and validate value-creating licensing opportunities and strategic partnerships for the existing pipeline
- Participate in transaction processes for collaborations, in-licenses, and strategic partnerships, including due diligence, drafting, and providing scientific input for term sheets
- Develop a compelling rationale for the expansion of the product pipeline by utilizing in-depth scientific research data, and machine learning capabilities applied to new target identification
- Work cross-functionally to establish and manage Superluminal's product portfolio, including defining and monitoring target product profiles for each program, and aligning strategic priorities with portfolio planning and prioritization. Continuously conduct scenario and risk assessments
- Provide commercial and market insights to support product-focused groups and program prioritization in partnership with cross-functional teams
- Develop and implement competitive intelligence tools to support pipeline priorities and new target selection
- Support business operations across a fast-growing start-up organization
- Collaborate closely with other discovery team members, finance, IP, legal, and project management colleagues to bridge science and business and bring scientific insights to Superluminal's decision-making for target prioritization
Qualifications & Skills: - 7+ years prior experience in discovery research, and strategic business functions in biotech and/or pharmaceutical industries, including new target identification, corporate development, research strategy, commercial strategy, search and evaluation
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