Novartis
Director, GDC Head of ADC Oncology Chemistry
$186K–$344K
Cambridge (USA) · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 12 years of pharmaceutical or biotechnology research and development experience, including significant scientific and people leadership experience.
- Education
- Doctoral degree in Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry or a closely related scientific discipline.
About the job
Leads oncology medicinal chemistry strategy and teams advancing antibody-drug conjugate and other vectorized drug conjugate programs from discovery toward candidate nomination and development.
What you'll do
- Lead chemistry strategy and guide drug discovery programs toward milestones, including candidate nomination.
- Build and develop a medicinal chemistry team, and partner across disciplines to advance programs.
- Shape portfolio strategy, prioritization and resourcing; identify scientific opportunities and external collaborations.
What they ask for
- Doctoral degree in Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry or a closely related scientific discipline.
- Proven success advancing oncology drug discovery programs toward clinical development.
- Deep knowledge and experience with antibody-drug conjugates and other vectorized drug conjugate approaches.
- Broad drug discovery knowledge, including pharmacokinetics, toxicology and pharmacology; demonstrated multidisciplinary and people leadership.
Nice to have
- Experience with computational chemistry tools and structure-based drug design.
- Expertise in synthetic organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, structure-activity relationships, lead optimization and rational drug design.
Pay
185,500.00 - 344,500.00 USD annual base salary
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