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About the Role
We are seeking a talented and highly motivated individual with significant pharmaceutical industry experience to join our multidisciplinary team as a discovery medicinal chemist. The successful candidate will impact programs by being highly productive in lab and by rationally proposing target molecules that overcome liabilities to deliver clinical candidates molecules. You will be a part of dynamic, cross-functional teams that successfully deliver drug discovery pipeline goals.
Responsibilities
- Apply modern synthetic techniques to prepare complex chemical targets to advance cutting-edge oncology programs and deliver high-quality molecules at a very productive rate
- Design high-confidence reaction sequences that avoid known liabilities and reduce difficult purifications
- Rapidly gather reaction information and troubleshoot problematic transformations
- Plan ahead and multitask in and out of the lab to maintain high productivity
- Deliver molecules on scales from 10 mg to > 25 g
- Help manage external synthetic chemistry resources to high productivity
- Follow SAR data and leverage medicinal chemistry knowledge to propose targets that address critical issues within a chemical series
- Champion design and synthesis efforts into new directions as needed to achieve goals
- Clearly and concisely communicate results and strategy to inform and influence others
- Use structure-based design skills and modern computational tools to design targets with improved affinity and selectivity profiles
Requirements
- Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry with 3-8 years of pharmaceutical industry medicinal chemistry experience
- Excellent scientific expertise in synthetic organic chemistry, including asymmetric reactions and modern cross-coupling techniques, strong knowledge of modern chemistry literature and in-depth knowledge of a wide range of purification and spectroscopic characterization techniques
- Demonstrated ability to maintain high productivity in the lab and synthesize complicated chemical structures at the pace required to impact medicinal chemistry programs while maintaining high safety standards
- Ability to develop new chemistry that is both practical and scalable
- Ability to regularly troubleshoot synthetic problems and provide practical and creative solutions
- Ability to keep good scientific records
- Ability to identify the most critical issues with the lead chemical matter for a project, associate those issues with chemical functionality or physicochemical properties within the series, and strategically focus most target design efforts toward fixing these issues
- Ability to multi-task and set priorities in a fast-paced and dynamic environment while demonstrating a positive attitude and superior work ethic
- Ability to work well in diverse, multi-disciplinary teams
- Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong knowledge of medicinal chemistry concepts, including structure-based target design, SAR-driven target design, multi-parameter optimization, physicochemical properties of drugs, and ADME and pharmacological principles applied to drug discovery
- Ability to use modern computational tools to better understand trends in biological data found within a series of drug-like molecules and to understand the underlying principles governing ligand binding
- Desire to continually learn drug discovery concepts and structure-based design concepts and to stay current with the field while mentoring others
- All employees are expected to act with integrity and in full compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and IDEAYA policies, including IDEAYA’s Code of Conduct.
- Employees must demonstrate good judgement and ethical behavior in all business activities, maintain patient and product safety as a top priority, and report any suspected violations of law or Company policy through appropriate channels
Skills
- synthetic organic chemistry
- asymmetric reactions
- modern cross-coupling techniques
- purification techniques
- spectroscopic characterization techniques
- structure-based design
- computational tools
- medicinal chemistry concepts
- SAR-driven target design
- multi-parameter optimization
- physicochemical properties of drugs
- ADME principles
- pharmacological principles
- drug discovery concepts
Location
- South San Francisco
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 3-8 years of pharmaceutical industry medicinal chemistry experience
Education Level
- Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry
Salary/Compensations
- $177,000 - $218,000
Benefits
- medical/dental/vision coverage (100% company paid for employees and 90% company paid for dependents)
- 401k
- ESPP
- wellness programs
About the Company
- IDEAYA is a precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of transformative therapies for cancer.
- Our approach integrates expertise in small-molecule drug discovery, structural biology and bioinformatics with robust internal capabilities in identifying and validating translational biomarkers to develop tailored, potentially first-in-class, targeted therapies aligned to the genetic drivers of disease.
- We have built a deep pipeline of product candidates focused on synthetic lethality and antibody-drug conjugates, or ADCs, for molecularly defined solid tumor indications.
- Our mission is to bring forth the next wave of precision oncology therapies that are more selective, more effective, and deeply personalized with the goal of altering the course of disease and improving clinical outcomes for patients with cancer.
- When you're at IDEAYA, you will be in the midst of brilliant minds working on precision medicine therapies to help cancer patients.
- We are passionate and committed about being on the forefront of oncology medicine, which means we all have a high internal drive that is at the very core of every person at IDEAYA.
- We are inquisitive, ask deep questions, and are data-driven innovators who like to collaborate and use teamwork to move science forward.
- For more information, please see www.ideayabio.com.
Equal Opportunity
- The Company complies with all laws respecting equal employment opportunities and does not discriminate against applicants with regard to any protected characteristic as defined by federal, state, and local law.
- IDEAYA is an equal opportunity employer.
- In accordance with applicable law, IDEAYA does not discriminate in hiring or otherwise in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
- EOE/AA/Vets.
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
- If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please get in touch with us at hr@ideayabio.com.