Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Mechanistic Pharmacology

About the role: 

Superluminal Medicines is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative Scientist / Sr Scientist with experience in drug discovery and GPCR pharmacology to join their growing and dynamic Biology team and foster the discovery of new medicines. The company is a target and biology-first drug discovery organization that applies artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) methods to common drug development bottlenecks, while paying close attention to the seamless integration of biology, chemistry, and computation. This is a unique opportunity to build and grow a fruitful career with the company, apply your biology expertise to solve real world problems, advance the state of the practice of drug discovery and development, address unmet healthcare needs, and help patients worldwide.
Key responsibilities: 

• Provide robust biology support for Superluminal Medicines’s research programs.
• Think critically through target biology and formulate experimental plans to guide project trajectory.
• Strategize and conduct cell biology experiments to support program enablement, drug discovery workflows, and mechanism of action evaluations.
• Demonstrate a high level of initiative and discipline to execute experiments following established procedures and make suggestions to improve experimental design.
• Interpret and effectively communicate results to interdisciplinary teams composed of chemists, computational biologists, and machine learning scientists in an environment that highly values scientific integrity and quality. 
• Advance external collaborations and outsourced studies.
• Prepare technical reports to support regulatory submissions.
• Ensure compliance with company established practices and procedures, including those related to laboratory notebooks, computer files, quality and regulatory guidelines, and safety.

Qualifications & Skills: 

• Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, or a related discipline with 1-5 years of experience supporting drug discovery programs.
• Competency as the biology lead of an agile team that supports fast implementation and rapid decision making while maintaining a high level of coordination between internal and external parties.
• Theoretical understanding of GPCRs, small molecule pharmacology, cellular signaling pathways, and lead discovery and optimization practices.
• Technical proficiency in cellular assays and the ability to provide high quality in vitro results.
• Ability to strategize and implement cellular mechanism of action investigations to build an understanding of the molecular pharmacology for key chemical equity.
• Outstanding laboratory techniques to support cell culture and cell-based assays.
• Enthusiasm in mastering the use of complex laboratory instrumentation and related software related to compound handling, cell-based assays, and database archiving.
• Commitment to fostering collaborations across interdisciplinary teams and managing external partners.