Scientist

$120,000 - $145,000/Yr

Lundbeck - San Diego, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

San Diego, CA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

Lundbeck is seeking a motivated synthetic chemist to join their La Jolla Research Center, focusing on preclinical stage programs aimed at developing transformative medicines for brain diseases. The role involves designing and synthesizing first-in-class small molecules, contributing to multi-disciplinary project teams, and employing advanced synthetic methods to progress drug candidates.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to multi-disciplinary project teams in developing innovative, high-quality small molecule therapeutics.
• Independently design drug-like compounds for synthesis, in line with project strategy and incoming data.
• Employ state-of-the-art techniques and synthetic methods to design, execute, optimize, and analyze multi-step synthetic strategies.
• Interact directly with Contract Research Organizations (CROs).
• Identify opportunities to access state-of-the-art chemistry capabilities and maintain lab instrumentation.
• Contribute to objective setting for project team.
• Train associate scientists, research associates, and interns.
• Responsible for data analysis, preparation of reports, and presentations to project teams, site, and global scientific leadership.
• Contribute to publications in peer-reviewed journals, present work at scientific conferences, and prepare patent applications.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in organic chemistry or related area, or MS with 9+ years experience or a BS with 12+ years experience.
• Demonstrated broad knowledge of and experience in planning, developing, and enabling multistep organic syntheses.
• Expertise in developing new transformations and in analyzing and optimizing reactions.
• Innovative, rigorous, and can devise and execute successful synthetic chemistry strategies.
• Ability to develop, implement, and clearly communicate chemistry strategies to team, management, and collaborators.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and presentation skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in medicinal chemistry or pharmaceutical drug discovery/development.
• HPLC/UPLC - MS analytical and preparative-scale chromatography experience.
• Expertise in cheminformatics systems and methods.
• Familiarity working with Contract Research Organizations.
• Experience with hit triage, hit-to-lead chemistry, parallel synthesis, and tool identification.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance