Project Management, Drug Discovery

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🕒 March 18

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Variational AI

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🧬 Biotechnology

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Artificial Intelligence • Biotechnology • Pharmaceuticals

Variational AI is a generative AI drug discovery company that uses its Enki™ foundation model to design novel, synthesizable small-molecule compounds optimized for potency, selectivity, safety, and pharmacokinetics. The platform generates target-specific compounds de novo to accelerate early-stage discovery workflows, reduce reliance on large screening libraries, and enable rapid lead generation and multi-objective optimization, with initial focus areas including oncology and collaborations with pharma and biotech partners.

📋 Description

• Help manage various projects by communicating internally and externally to meet project goals • Plan, facilitate, execute, and deliver projects within agreed-upon timelines, resources, and objectives • Understand the scientific project aims, coordinate team members, and keep the project moving forward by identifying and addressing any issues • Document major objectives and milestones, and resources required, and work with scientific/technical leads to map out tasks and timelines • Establish and coordinate communication methods, including regular team meetings, individual break-out meetings, and sub-team meetings • Maintain and distribute regular updates on project status to stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry, computational chemistry or medicinal chemistry • Three or more years’ experience working in small molecule drug discovery in the pharma/biotech/CRO industry • Professional experience with two or more core competencies: medicinal chemistry, molecular modeling techniques, pharmacology and/or synthetic organic chemistry • Ability to effectively communicate with customers and integrate the voice of the customer with internal stakeholders to meet project demands • Proficiency with multidisciplinary project integration • Evidence of creative approaches to solve problems of pharmaceutical interest • Ability to communicate, collaborate, delegate and deliver results in a fast-paced environment • Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously • Familiarity with multiple drug target classes • Intellectual curiosity and drive to excel.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive mix of cash and options