Drug Developer with chemistry experience

As a drug developer at Leads To Development you will benefit from a unique opportunity to use your scientific expertise to contribute to/and run multiple drug development projects for a wide range of innovative therapies across many different disease indications. Working as part of a young dynamic team, you will interact with clients, service providers and regulatory authorities nationally and internationally to plan and manage drug development projects. You will also play a key role in writing regulatory documents such as clinical trial applications. We are particularly seeking candidates with a background in chemistry and an interest in managing CMC (manufacture) aspects of drug development.

This is an office-based role requiring scientific insight and regulatory rigour as well as outstanding problem-solving and communication skills.

Key duties and responsibilities:

The duties will be varied and dependent on the level of experience of the successful candidate, but will principally comprise:

• Project leadership and management of preclinical and clinical development programmes

• Client liaison

• Preparing development plans

• Writing Requests For Proposals, selecting and negotiating with service providers for out-sourced manufacturing and laboratory-based activities

• Management and monitoring of out-sourced activities, including drug substance and drug product manufacturing

• Critical review and analysis of scientific data

• Writing regulatory documents for clinical trial applications and other regulatory filings

• You hold an MSc or a PhD or equivalent in Chemistry, Pharmacy or another appropriate scientific discipline.

• You have 1-5 years experience in a drug development environment

• You have excellent English oral, written and presentation skills

• You are a confident and effective communicator, able to manage multiple activities to agreed deadlines

• You collate and process information in an intuitive, analytical, meticulous and conceptual manner; your problem-solving skills are outstanding

• You are motivated by teamwork, and responsibility, and enjoy gaining new skills and knowledge

• You are dynamic, proactive, determined, and objective

This will be a permanent position with excellent opportunities for growth and promotion. It is based in Paris (France), with a competitive salary and a performance-based profit-sharing scheme.

To apply please provide a CV and cover letter outlining your experience, motivation and suitability for this role. Both documents should be in English and in PDF format.

The recruitment process will be initiated with a short informal virtual meeting to discuss your background and motivation. This is followed by more comprehensive and technical interviews with the company’s management.