Principal Scientist / Associate Director of Cardiovascular Diseases
Biberach, Germany – Onsite
Are you an experienced leader passionate about discovering drugs for treating cardiovascular disease?
We are looking for experienced scientists to lead a small team of researchers, and to collaborate with skilled experts to convert innovative ideas into potential drugs. You role will not be hands on in the lab, but leading a small team and helping to drive forward the company’s cardiovascular portfolio.
We are looking for someone with a PhD and extensive post study work experience (in industry), leading a small team. You must also have extensive experience working with cardiomyocytes cultures, as you will be acting as the disease area specialist within the team.
Responsibilities
* Lead a pharmacology lab with several talented members
* Lead scientifically, to identify and validate novel therapeutic starting points for treatments of cardiovascular diseases
* Establish cutting edge methods and technologies for innovative drug discovery
* Lead by example, to lead drug discovery projects in a matrix environment. Productively collaborating across disciplines including medicinal chemistry, biologics development, and other drug discovery supporting functions.
* Collaborate both internally and externally to improve the company’s research
* You will be responsible for extended late-stage projects.
* Contribute to the science in cardiovascular disease by publishing papers and presenting at conferences.
Requirements
* PhD in biology, biochemistry, molecular pharmacology or similar plus 6 or more years post study work experience - in industry
* MUST have extensive experience working in cardiovascular biology – primarily in diseases of the heart eg Heart failure, Myopathies
* Strong, proven team leadership experience
* Experience identifying and validating therapeutic targets in cardiovascular space
* Fluency in English spoken and written; German is a plus
* On a personal level, must be humble, hardworking, driven, and pro-active.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced scientist to join this well established pharmaceutical company and help this team to grow. If you are passionate about driving target discovery in the cardiovascular space and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please apply today as we are looking to speak with candidates as soon as possible for the position.
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