Assoc. Director, Medicinal Chemistry

Let’s build the future of medicine—together.

Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry
Hyderabad, India | Full-Time

YOUR ROLE

As Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry at Enveda, you will shape scientific strategy, lead high-performing medicinal chemistry teams, and advance innovative small molecules from lead generation through candidate nomination. Reporting to the VP of Discovery Chemistry, you will be a scientific leader who drives SAR strategy, mentors future scientific leaders, and represents programmes confidently to global leadership and external collaborators — all while building one of the world's leading medicinal chemistry teams.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead medicinal chemistry strategy from hit identification through candidate nomination; drive molecule design using SAR, SPR, DMPK, and AI insights

• Develop study flow schemes integrating in vitro, in vivo, ADME/PK, and tox data to inform programme decisions

• Mentor scientists to become independent medicinal chemists and future scientific leaders; build a culture of scientific excellence and curiosity

• Represent programmes confidently to global leadership and external collaborators; collaborate with Biology, DMPK, Computational Chemistry, and IP teams

• Leverage AI-enabled molecular design and data-driven decision-making to accelerate the design-make-test-analyse cycle