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CRO Synthetic Chemist (Director level)

We are seeking a motivated and highly talented synthetic chemist at director level to join our Chemistry Excellence Department at Apeloa Pharma Solutions Co.. This position offers a leadership and hand-on opportunity to contribute to a variety of synthetic chemistry projects in a collaborative and fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of organic chemistry, reaction mechanism and drug discovery process, and take a leading role in our medchem/synthetic chemistry team. He/she should have a track record of academic or industry accomplishments. His/Her project and team management experience will be preferred.

Company Introduction

Apeloa Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. is a publicly listed pharmaceutical company headquartered in Zhejiang, China, with over 7,000 employees worldwide. Apeloa provide drug substance and drug product development and manufacturing services to global clients through our state-of-the-art CDMO centers and GMP facilities.

Apeloa Pharma Solutions Co. (APS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Apeloa Pharmaceuticals, locate in Billerica, MA. The Chemistry Excellence Department offers FTE and custom synthesis services and are develop multiple chemistry technology platforms in new modality areas to broad our chemistry support horizon. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment and offer competitive compensation and benefits, including employment-based visa sponsorship for eligible candidates.

Key Responsibilities

· Lead MedChem/Synthetic chemistry team to execute customer project in a timely manner, and communicate effectively with customer for project update.

· Contribute in an impactful manner to the synthetical route design and conduct hands-on organic synthesis laboratory work in need to support client projects.

· Propose technology platform projects for internal synthetic technology development.

· Present Apeloa platform to our customers and work closely with BDs to support business development.

· Manager chemistry resource at Billerica and China sites with clear and open communication.

· Active participation in recruitment, training, and development of scientific staff

Qualifications:

· PhD with >8 years of organic synthesis experience and track record of synthetical route design.

· > 4 years of med-chem industrial experience and familiar with medicinal research process.

· In-depth understanding of drug discovery process, including ADME/PK, physicochemical property optimization, computational chemistry, toxicology consideration.

· Project and lab management experience at CRO or biotech company are preferred.

· Synthetical and design experience at conjugate chemistry such as PROTAC/MGs and/or peptide/UAA areas are preferred.

· Excellent communication and presentation skills are required.

Apeloa is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all job applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.

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