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Scientist

Deerfield, IL 60015

Posted: 12/19/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Scientific Job Number: 616756 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description

Lundbeck La Jolla Research Center, Inc. (LLJRC), a discovery research arm of H. Lundbeck A/S, is seeking a motivated, enthusiastic synthetic chemist to support preclinical stage programs in the portfolio and make transformative medicines for patients with brain diseases.  In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for working with project teams to design and synthesize first-in-class small molecules and progress them to the drug candidate stage.
 ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
  • Contributes to multi-disciplinary project teams in developing innovative, high-quality small molecule therapeutics
  • Independently and with a team designs drug-like compounds for synthesis, in line with project strategy, incoming data, and knowledge of in vitro and in vivo DMPK and physicochemical properties
  • Employs state-of-the-art techniques and synthetic methods to design, execute, optimize, and analyze multi-step synthetic strategies
  • Oversees chemistry activities at Contract Research Organizations (CROs)
  • Identifies opportunities to access state-of-the-art chemistry capabilities and infrastructure, and maintains lab instrumentation
  • Contributes to objective setting for team and site
  • Trains associate scientists, research associates, and interns
  • Responsible for data analysis, preparation of reports and presentations to project teams, site, and global scientific leadership
  • Contributes to publications in peer-reviewed journals, presents work at scientific conferences, and prepares patent applications
  • Approximately 75% of work is lab-based and focuses on development and execution of synthetic strategies towards drug-like small molecule compounds
 REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, and SKILLS:
  • Ph.D. in organic chemistry or enrolled in a PhD organic chemistry or related area program that must be completed within the next 6 months, OR an accredited master's science degree with 6+ years’ experience OR an accredited bachelor's science degree with 8+ 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.
  • Both effective team player and strong individual contributor, flexible, and able to handle multiple tasks and deliver high quality results under tight timelines
  • Thrives in a team environment of shared goals and responsibilities
 
PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, and SKILLS:
  • 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
 TRAVEL:
  • Willingness/Ability to travel up to 10% domestically. International travel may be required.

 

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Planet Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.