# Executive Director, Chemical Biology at Recursion

- Company: Recursion
- What the company does: Dive into Recursion's innovative approach to decoding biology. Join our mission & explore what AI drug discovery companies can do. Contact us today! Backed by SoftBank VF, CRV and Felicis.
- Company website: https://recursion.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $238K to $285K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-19
- Apply by: 2026-12-03
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/recursionpharmaceuticals/jobs/8300751?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/recursion-executive-director-chemical-biology/

## 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

Tags: Chemistry

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