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About the role
You will lead multidisciplinary project teams: partnering closely internally with biology, multiomics platform (high content imaging, RNA etc), computational biologists and data scientists to translate novel target and ligand insights into potent, selective, and developable chemical matter. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- PhD in chemical biology, chemistry, or related field, with 10+ years of relevant industry experience and demonstrated people leadership
- Deep, hands-on track record in chemical probe design — selective inhibitors, proximity approaches such as molecular glue degraders/PROTACs, covalent or activity-based/photoaffinity chemistry
- Proven ability to deconvolute phenotypic hits to mechanism via chemoproteomics or equivalent target ID methods
- Track record building and scaling a chemical biology function — hiring, mentoring, and developing multiple scientists/managers
- Experience setting multi-year technical strategy (e.g. chemical library architecture, probe portfolio direction) rather than executing a single program's plan
- Comfortable operating with high ambiguity — translating open biological questions into executable chemistry strategy without a pre-defined target
More about this role
Recursion is seeking an Executive Director of Chemical Biology to develop and lead chemical biology efforts that bridge multiomic discovery with target ID, including chemical probe design, as we expand our platform into new modalities beyond traditional small molecules (e.g. targeted protein degradation, molecular glues, and other emerging modalities). This is a senior scientific leadership role responsible for setting chemical biology strategy, managing a team of designers, and driving programs that bridge multiomic discovery to target ID and designing our chemical probe library to facilitate target discovery. .
You will lead multidisciplinary project teams: partnering closely internally with biology, multiomics platform (high content imaging, RNA etc), computational biologists and data scientists to translate novel target and ligand insights into potent, selective, and developable chemical matter. You'll bring hands-on chemical biology expertise together with the strategic judgment to prioritize programs, manage internal and external (CRO) teams, and build the new capabilities needed to establish new modalities within the portfolio.
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