Location: New York, NY
At Roivant, we are passionate about discovering and developing new drugs to impact patients’ lives. Since its inception in 2014, Roivant has launched over 20 portfolio companies (Vants), overseen 5 successful IPOs, established a $3B partnership with a global pharma, built a pipeline of over 40 assets across various modalities and therapeutic areas, and delivered 8 successful phase 3 readouts. Roivant is currently building new capabilities in drug discovery and expanding its existing development engine to become the world’s leading tech-enabled pharmaceutical company.
Roivant’s drug discovery capabilities are driven by our computational discovery platform, which combines preeminent physics-based tools with deep expertise in machine learning to generate unprecedented analytical power that can tackle previously intractable discovery challenges. The tight integration of this computational platform with our experimental capabilities enables the rapid design and optimization of new drugs to address a wide range of targets for diseases with high unmet need.
We believe that the future of drug discovery lies in integrating predictive sciences, biology and medicinal chemistry to accelerate the path to new medicines. This role is an opportunity to be an architect of this paradigm shift and generate transformative benefit for patients.
Responsibilities:
Assemble and lead a team to develop and implement models and methods in computational molecular physics, including but not limited to
Develop accurate and computationally efficient models of molecular interactions, including quantum chemistry, force field, and machine-learning models, for small molecules, proteins, and nucleic acids
Develop multiscale simulation methods that combine force field, quantum chemistry, and machine learning models to enable highly accurate molecular simulations, including binding free energy predictions and protein conformational ensemble predictions
Leverage existing biophysical data and collaborate with experimental groups to design experiments and obtain new data to validate the models and simulation methods
Work with the force field development team to provide accurate and comprehensive reference molecular energies to enable force field development
Collaborate with platform teams to deploy the above models and simulation methods in target evaluation and drug discovery projects to enable or substantially accelerate such efforts
Work with experimental groups to validate and benchmark the computational models in drug discovery projects, and communicate the benchmark results and project impact across the company
Work with scientific leadership at Silicon Tx to develop the strategy for company success through accurate simulations
Recruit top talents, mentor the team, develop individual skills, demonstrate leadership, and support an inclusive culture of scientific innovation
Required Qualifications:
- Highly motivated to develop computational methods for discovering better medicines
- M.S. or Ph.D. in computational physics/chemistry, physical chemistry/chemical physics, applied mathematics, or related fields
- Extensive past experience in quantum chemistry, force field development, and molecular dynamics simulations
- Extensive programming experience (C/C++ and Python preferred)
- Excellent communication skills and strong team player
- Proven record of innovative thinking and a willingness to champion new ideas and solutions
- Highly organized, detailed-oriented with excellent communication skills
- Views the toughest challenges as the greatest opportunities for personal growth and company innovation
- Demonstrates tenacity and willingness to go the distance to achieve goals
- Commitment to building a world-class drug discovery organization
Additional Desirable Qualifications:
• Experience working with a diverse team on an ambitious project
• Experience in deep learning and numerical optimization
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