Principal Scientist, Cheminformatics (Small Molecule & DEL Informatics)

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Job Function:
Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:
Data Science

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, San Diego, California, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements.

Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.
 

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
 

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is hiring a Principal Scientist, Cheminformatics  to join our team.  The US location options for this position are Spring House, PA, Cambridge, MA, and San Diego, CA.  Consideration may also be given for this position to be located in Beerse, Belgium.
 

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements.

While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country that aligns with your preferred location:
 

USA - Requisition Number: R-026889

Belgium - Requisition Number: R-027978

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Principal Scientist in Cheminformatics to join our team.

While strong emphasis will be put on informatics support for our DNA Encoded Library (DEL) platform, the successful candidate will also play a broader role in establishing industry-leading small molecule informatics capabilities, supporting bench scientists in every step of the DMTA cycle and guiding them in analysis and decision-making.

This role will collaborate closely with project and platform teams to understand their ways of working and participate in the development of a future-looking informatics strategy for small molecules, including data provisioning, analytics, and visualization for hit identification and compound optimization. 

Key Responsibilities:


* Lead the development and implementation of advanced cheminformatics tools for small molecule analysis and DEL informatics.


* Implement statistical approaches to improve selection of compounds for off-DNA synthesis and accelerate workups of ...