Apheris
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Senior Director, Computational Drug Discovery(m/w/x)
Berlin
Full-timeWith Home OfficeSenior
AI/ML
Data Science
Nejo AI Summary
Leading scientific direction for AI applications in pharmaceutical R&D, guiding model evolution for pharma teams. 8+ years post-PhD industry experience in AI-driven drug research, with deep expertise in structure-based and ligand-based design, required. Meaningful early-stage virtual share options, generous holiday allowance.
Requirements
- PhD in computational chemistry, cheminformatics, computational drug discovery, or closely related field
- 8+ years of post-PhD industry experience in computational drug discovery or computational chemistry
- Deep practical expertise in structure-based and ligand-based design, ADMET modeling, and integration of experimental and biophysical data
- Exceptional understanding of modern ML approaches in drug discovery
- Strong scientific credibility demonstrated through prior roles at leading pharma or top-tier biotech
- Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring computational drug discovery teams
- Comfortable operating hands-on in a fast-moving, venture-backed, remote-first environment
- Clear motivation to enable customer drug discovery programs
- Background as an application scientist at a leading computational chemistry or drug discovery software provider
- Experience leading computational drug discovery teams at a TechBio or advanced biotech
- Prior exposure to federated, multi-partner data collaborations
- Experience shaping product direction for scientific software platforms
Tasks
- Own scientific direction across modalities, data, and workflows
- Define prioritized drug discovery problems, modalities, and data types
- Guide the evolution of applications and models for pharma teams
- Balance scientific ambition with practicality in customer environments
- Build and lead a high-impact computational drug discovery team
- Lead an established core team of experts in drug discovery
- Hire and integrate 1–2 additional team members as demand scales
- Set clear scientific direction and execution standards for programs
- Engage with computational drug discovery scientists at pharmaceutical companies
- Lead scientific discussions on program strategy and model applications
- Provide authoritative guidance based on real-world drug discovery experience
- Build trust through publications, talks, and community engagement
- Strengthen Apheris’ reputation in computational drug discovery
- Provide actionable scientific direction to application scientists and customer teams
- Ensure recommendations reflect practical discovery program operations
- Review and challenge analyses, models, and conclusions for scientific integrity
- Translate customer needs into product and model requirements
- Shape prioritization decisions based on customer impact and discovery realities
- Act as a scientific bridge between customers and internal development teams
Work Experience
- 7 - 10 years
Education
- Doctoral / PhD
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- computational chemistry
- ADMET
- drug discovery
- ML
- TechBio
Benefits
Competitive Pay
- Competitive compensation
- Meaningful early-stage virtual share options
More Vacation Days
- Generous holiday allowance
Additional Allowances
- Wellbeing budget
- Work-from-home budget
- Co-working stipend
Mental Health Support
- Mental health benefits
Learning & Development
- Learning and development budget
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APApheris
Senior Director, Computational Drug Discovery(m/w/x)
Berlin
Full-timeWith Home OfficeSenior
AI/ML
Data Science
Nejo AI Summary
Leading scientific direction for AI applications in pharmaceutical R&D, guiding model evolution for pharma teams. 8+ years post-PhD industry experience in AI-driven drug research, with deep expertise in structure-based and ligand-based design, required. Meaningful early-stage virtual share options, generous holiday allowance.
Requirements
- PhD in computational chemistry, cheminformatics, computational drug discovery, or closely related field
- 8+ years of post-PhD industry experience in computational drug discovery or computational chemistry
- Deep practical expertise in structure-based and ligand-based design, ADMET modeling, and integration of experimental and biophysical data
- Exceptional understanding of modern ML approaches in drug discovery
- Strong scientific credibility demonstrated through prior roles at leading pharma or top-tier biotech
- Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring computational drug discovery teams
- Comfortable operating hands-on in a fast-moving, venture-backed, remote-first environment
- Clear motivation to enable customer drug discovery programs
- Background as an application scientist at a leading computational chemistry or drug discovery software provider
- Experience leading computational drug discovery teams at a TechBio or advanced biotech
- Prior exposure to federated, multi-partner data collaborations
- Experience shaping product direction for scientific software platforms
Tasks
- Own scientific direction across modalities, data, and workflows
- Define prioritized drug discovery problems, modalities, and data types
- Guide the evolution of applications and models for pharma teams
- Balance scientific ambition with practicality in customer environments
- Build and lead a high-impact computational drug discovery team
- Lead an established core team of experts in drug discovery
- Hire and integrate 1–2 additional team members as demand scales
- Set clear scientific direction and execution standards for programs
- Engage with computational drug discovery scientists at pharmaceutical companies
- Lead scientific discussions on program strategy and model applications
- Provide authoritative guidance based on real-world drug discovery experience
- Build trust through publications, talks, and community engagement
- Strengthen Apheris’ reputation in computational drug discovery
- Provide actionable scientific direction to application scientists and customer teams
- Ensure recommendations reflect practical discovery program operations
- Review and challenge analyses, models, and conclusions for scientific integrity
- Translate customer needs into product and model requirements
- Shape prioritization decisions based on customer impact and discovery realities
- Act as a scientific bridge between customers and internal development teams
Work Experience
- 7 - 10 years
Education
- Doctoral / PhD
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- computational chemistry
- ADMET
- drug discovery
- ML
- TechBio
Benefits
Competitive Pay
- Competitive compensation
- Meaningful early-stage virtual share options
More Vacation Days
- Generous holiday allowance
Additional Allowances
- Wellbeing budget
- Work-from-home budget
- Co-working stipend
Mental Health Support
- Mental health benefits
Learning & Development
- Learning and development budget
Find the original job posting in its most current version here. Nejo automatically captured this job from the website of Apheris and processed the information on Nejo with the help of AI for you. Despite careful analysis, some information may be incomplete or inaccurate. Please always verify all details in the original posting! Content and copyrights of the original posting belong to the advertising company.
About the Company
Apheris
Industry
Pharmaceuticals
Description
Apheris builds AI applications for pharmaceutical R&D, enabling secure collaboration on large AI models to accelerate drug discovery.
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