Scientific Director, Lead Generation Biology
Neurocrine Biosciences · San Diego
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What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in biological sciences (behavioral neuroscience, pharmacology, or biopsychology) plus 12+ years pharma/biotech experience
- Master's degree in biological sciences plus 10+ years related experience, or PharmD/PhD plus 8+ years experience
- Deep expertise in discovery biology, assay development, pharmacology screening, and biophysical methods
- Demonstrated ability to design assay strategies and translate program needs into executable workflows
- Strong leadership and people management experience supervising scientists and technical staff
- In-depth knowledge of discovery biology operations, data quality standards, and laboratory workflows
- Ability to partner across therapeutic areas, chemistry, protein engineering, and translational science teams
What you'll be doing
- Oversee lead generation biology platforms delivering pharmacology data across therapeutic modalities and target classes
- Develop, optimize, validate and implement robust assay systems for cellular, biochemical and biophysical applications
- Lead laboratory organization managing timely assay execution, data quality, and continuous platform improvements
- Evaluate and implement new technologies, instrumentation and workflow enhancements to advance platform capabilities
- Mentor and train scientists in assay development, pharmacology, biophysics, and screening technologies
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