Scientific Director, Discovery Pharmaceutics

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Job Function:
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function:
Pharmaceutical Product R&D

Job Category:
People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:
Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:
About Innovative Medicine

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.

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We are searching for the best talent for a Scientific Director, Discovery Pharmaceutics to be located in Spring House, PA.

Purpose: Global Discovery Pharmaceutics is part of the Pharmaceutical Development & Supply (PPDS) organization within the Discovery, Product Development and Supply (DPDS) division of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM).

The group supports drug discovery programs from hit-to-lead through candidate selection, with a focus on the Synthetics Modalities portfolio - including small molecules, degraders, peptides, oligonucleotides, and conjugates.

As the Scientific Director, you and your team will provide expert scientific leadership to enable informed molecule design and developability decisions.

You will collaborate in close partnership with chemistry, biology, pharmacokinetics and pre-clinical safety.

As head of the team, you will provide scientific, strategic, and people leadership while driving the CMC deliverables for discovery programs.

Your responsibilities include physical characterization, biopharmaceutical evaluation, and preclinical formulation support across diverse routes of administration - including oral, parenteral and intra-organ - and may include other advanced drug delivery strategies as required.

You will be responsible for:


* Leading and developing a multidisciplinary scientific team, building technical depth, mentoring talent, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.


* Developing i...