Senior Director / Vice President, Machine Learning (Generative Chemistry)

What you'll do

• Direct AI/ML and computational projects, including planning, budgets, timelines, and progress reporting.
• Oversee methods, pipelines, LLM-based agents and workflows, benchmarking, scaling, and production implementation.
• Manage and mentor scientists and engineers, support recruiting, and identify emerging AI/ML opportunities.

What they ask for

• MSc or PhD in Computer Science, AI/ML, Physics, Biophysics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of scientific, engineering, or computational experience in Pharma or Biotech settings.
• Depth across core tools and concepts including Python; modern ML frameworks (PyTorch or JAX/TensorFlow); version control; databases; deep learning architectures; and relevant informatics software.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, independent creative contributions, and ability to drive results through teams.

Nice to have

• Industry AI/ML experience; breadth in protein modeling/design, cheminformatics, biophysics/MD, or LLM/agentic automation.
• MLOps, cloud, generative modeling, docking, workflow orchestration, or relevant scientific software experience.

Pay

$279,000 - $412,500 USD base salary

Tools

Python, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, DVC, LakeFS, MLflow, AWS

AI focus

Develop and deploy multimodal generative models for biomolecular design and drug discovery, including LLM-based agent/workflow design, benchmarking, and scaling.