Scientific Director - Mechanistic Cell Biology - Early Molecule Discovery
Company: Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
Location: Odessa
Posted on: May 19, 2025
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Job Description:
At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for
people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader
headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the
world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those
who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease,
and give back to our communities through philanthropy and
volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put
people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make
life better for people around the world.
The Lilly Small Molecule Discovery group is an organization
purpose-built to create molecules that make life better for people.
We focus on using cutting edge science to unlock new approaches
that can treat people suffering from diseases with poor treatment
options. We continually challenge ourselves to deliver molecules
that can provide breakthrough efficacy with the highest possible
safety margins. We are dedicated to optimizing our mindset,
technology, and processes for faster, more nimble execution. Our
success is built on a culture that empowers innovative problem
solving through open collaboration and individual
accountability.
Position Summary:
Lilly's newly created Early Molecule Discovery team is responsible
for small molecule hit to lead prosecution using traditional, and
where warranted, novel mechanisms and technologies on early
pre-portfolio targets. We have an opening for 1-2 experienced drug
hunters, who as the Director of Mechanistic Cell Biology will lead
a group tasked with the rapid evaluation of early hits and leads
using a variety of mechanistic readouts to identify lead series
best suited to deliver towards the target product profile. This is
to include evaluation and confirmation of target occupancy,
evaluation of protein complex formation, drug efficiency, and
signaling effects. In this role the candidate will also direct the
generation of robust, novel, cell-based assays to be used to screen
and interrogate novel inhibition mechanisms and modalities across
therapeutic areas Candidate will organize these efforts across
multiple projects in parallel.
Responsibilities:
Basic Requirements:
Additional Preferences:
Additional Information:
Physical Demands/Travel:
The physical demands of this job are consistent with a lab
environment
The physical demands here are representative of those that must be
met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions
of this job.
This position will require some travel 5-10% of the time
Work Environment:
This position's work environment is in a Laboratory.
The work environment characteristics described here are
representative of those an employee encounters while performing the
essential functions of this job.
*To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform the role and responsibilities satisfactorily. The
requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions.
Lilly is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities to
actively engage in the workforce, ensuring equal opportunities when
vying for positions. If you require accommodation to submit a
resume for a position at Lilly, please complete the accommodation
request form
(https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/workplace-accommodation) for
further assistance. Please note this is for individuals to request
an accommodation as part of the application process and any other
correspondence will not receive a response.
Lilly is proud to be an EEO Employer and does not discriminate on
the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender identity, sex,
gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information,
ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or
any other legally protected status.
Our employee resource groups (ERGs) offer strong support networks
for their members and are open to all employees. Our current groups
include: Africa, Middle East, Central Asia Network, Black Employees
at Lilly, Chinese Culture Network, Japanese International
Leadership Network (JILN), Lilly India Network, Organization of
Latinx at Lilly (OLA), PRIDE (LGBTQ+ Allies), Veterans Leadership
Network (VLN), Women's Initiative for Leading at Lilly (WILL),
enAble (for people with disabilities). Learn more about all of our
groups.
Actual compensation will depend on a candidate's education,
experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage
for this position is
$156,000 - $250,800
Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company
bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance).
In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to
eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a
company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility
for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits;
flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care
flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits;
certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being
benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and
employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend,
modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its
sole discretion and Lilly's compensation practices and guidelines
will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of
Lilly employees.
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