Assoc. Scientific Director Discovery

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** Job Function:*
* Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

** Job Sub*
* ** Function:*
* Multi-Family Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development - Pharm

** Job Category:*
* People Leader

** All Job Posting Locations:*
* Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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* Job Description:

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* ** 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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** About Immunology*
* 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.

Our Immunology team leads in the development of transformational medicines for immunological disorders and illnesses. You can influence where medicine is going by restoring health to millions of people living with immune diseases.

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

This is a hybrid role available in Cambridge, MA.

** Position Overview*
* We are seeking an Associate Scientific Director to join the Immunology Discovery group. The successful candidate will shape and execute strategies across established and novel pathways to advance drug discovery programs across the Immunology portfolio. The ideal candidate will have a proven record of target identification and validation as well as a track record of successfully leading matrixed teams across the organization or CROs to advance projects.

People management experience, including coaching, mentoring and managing people for performance and scientific growth, is important for this position. Demonstrated ability to identify and execute academic collaborations to address impactful and novel immunological questions is highly desired.

Responsibilities:

+ Shape and execute scientific strategies for target identification and validation, drug discovery, combination therapy approaches, and indication expansion activities related to adaptive immunity driven rheumatologic, dermatologic, respiratory, and gastroenterologic diseases.

+ Provide leadership to various pre-clinical drug discovery programs including leading early research programs.

+ Interact with key partners including Discovery leaders, the Immunology TA and partner organizations including Biologics/Small molecule Research and Development groups to delivery clinical candidates.

+ Work closely with colleagues from partner organizations, biomarkers and early development to progress clinical candidates into early clinical development.

+ Develop and advance relevant platform technologies as needed.

+ Work closely with Discovery leaders to implement an autoimmune disease strategy within the focus area and support ongoing programs.

+ Identify, develop and drive research collaborations with academic groups and external partners.

+ Represent the company at meetings and to potential collaborators.

+ Manage and mentor a scientific team that could span the Discovery hubs.

+ Proven experience…