Assoc. Director, Medicinal Chemistry

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***Let’s build the future of medicine—together.*** Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry Hyderabad, India | Full-Time **YOUR ROLE** As Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry at Enveda, you will shape scientific strategy, lead high-performing medicinal chemistry teams, and advance innovative small molecules from lead generation through candidate nomination. Reporting to the VP of Discovery Chemistry, you will be a scientific leader who drives SAR strategy, mentors future scientific leaders, and represents programmes confidently to global leadership and external collaborators — all while building one of the world's leading medicinal chemistry teams. **WHAT YOU'LL DO** - Lead medicinal chemistry strategy from hit identification through candidate nomination; drive molecule design using SAR, SPR, DMPK, and AI insights - Develop study flow schemes integrating in vitro, in vivo, ADME/PK, and tox data to inform programme decisions - Mentor scientists to become independent medicinal chemists and future scientific leaders; build a culture of scientific excellence and curiosity - Represent programmes confidently to global leadership and external collaborators; collaborate with Biology, DMPK, Computational Chemistry, and IP teams - Leverage AI-enabled molecular design and data-driven decision-making to accelerate the design-make-test-analyse cycle ### WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - PhD in Medicinal Chemistry or Synthetic Organic Chemistry with 15-18 years of integrated drug discovery experience; international postdoctoral or global pharma experience preferred - Demonstrated track record of progressing one or more programmes to candidate nomination or clinical development - Ability to mentor and lead multiple teams and projects in parallel - Strong understanding of intellectual property — composition of matter, method of use, and chemical processes - Outstanding scientific communication and presentation skills We hire for trajectory, not just credentials. If you meet most of the above and care deeply about this problem, we want to hear from you. ### ABOUT ENVEDA We're a clinical-stage, AI-enabled biotech discovering medicines four times faster than the industry standard. We recently raised $150M in a Series D, reached unicorn status, and advanced our first drug into Phase 2 trials. Forbes named us one of *America's Best Startup Employers*. Newsweek recognized us as a *Top 100 Most Loved Workplace*. We're building something rare and we're just getting started!