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Rewind Therapeutics
At Rewind Therapeutics, we have established leading-edge expertise in the field of myelination. Our international team is dynamic, growth-oriented and very open-minded. We believe that providing each and every employee with tailored career opportunities allows us to attract and retain the best talents in our field – and provides Rewind with a competitive advantage. Send us your CV if you believe that your expertise and your professional goals would be a good fit: careers@rwdtx.com
Medicinal Chemist
Rewind Therapeutics is a growing Belgian biotech focussing on developing innovative small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of devastating neurological indications like multiple sclerosis. On our continued development path, we are looking for a medicinal chemist to support our small molecule drug discovery projects in the company offices in Leuven.
In this role, you will join an ambitious team, engaged in cutting-edge research with the goal of treating a range of neurological diseases. Reporting directly to the Medicinal Chemistry Project Leader and the Head of Medicinal Chemistry, your responsibilities will be among others:
- Designing new compounds, evaluating their chemical feasibility and prior art, and preparing chemistry plans;
- Monitoring research chemistry activities across multiple sites and conducted in research contract organizations, including supervision of the chemical synthesis, characterization and profiling of synthesized molecules;
- Resolving synthetic chemistry issues, route scouting & troubleshooting;
- Ensuring smooth progress and delivery of target molecules in line with project objectives and timelines;
- Analysing and interpreting chemical, biological, pharmacological and DMPK data to establish Structure-Activity and Structure-Property relationships;
- Registering and managing project data in databases;
- Presenting new results and regular updates to the research team and the management.
As the ideal candidate you will recognize yourself in the following profile:
- You hold a PhD in either organic chemistry or medicinal chemistry, preferably in the field of heterocyclic chemistry;
- You have at least 3 years of post-doctoral medicinal chemistry experience in small molecule drug discovery, ideally in the CNS field;
- You have first-hand experience in monitoring chemistry activities and data management with CROs;
- You have experience in using multiple chemistry databases (Dotmatics, SciFinder, Datawarrior,…) and in chemical softwares (Chemdraw, …);
- You are located in Belgium and working from our Leuven offices.
Experience in computational chemistry, machine learning, molecular modelling structure-based and/or ligand-based drug design would be a plus.
The successful candidate for this position will be a well-organized individual ensuring management and smooth progresses of all chemistry and medicinal chemistry activities across multiple sites, a highly motivated individual who can communicate effectively both within and beyond their discipline, who can work effectively in a team in a small, entrepreneurial environment, and who will be flexible and responsive to changing demands of the position consistent with the rapid growth of an emerging company.
Rewind Therapeutics encourages and supports a diverse work environment as an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company offers a stimulating, diverse work environment and a competitive salary and social benefit package.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter describing research interests and career goals, along with a curriculum vitae to careers@rwdtx.com.