- Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring clear communication, alignment on objectives, and high client satisfaction
- Lead multiple concurrent early discovery projects from initiation through delivery
- Translate client goals into actionable project plans, timelines, and deliverables
- Proactively identify risks and implement mitigation strategies
- Oversee and guide scientific activities across:
- Hit finding (e.g., protein production, screening, assay development, structure determination, in silico screening)
- Hit-to-lead progression
- Collaborate with cross-functional scientific teams (e.g., medicinal chemistry, biophysics, computational chemistry, structural biology, biochemistry)
- Ensure scientific rigor, data quality, and strategic alignment with client objectives
- Interpret and communicate complex scientific data to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Coordinate internal resources across multiple departments to ensure timely project execution
- Monitor project progress, budgets, and scope; adjust plans as needed
- Facilitate internal meetings, track milestones, and ensure accountability
- Support capacity planning and resource allocation in collaboration with department heads
- Contribute to proposal preparation, project scoping, and budgeting for new business opportunities
- Support business development activities by providing scientific and operational insights
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and operational efficiency within project workflows