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Associate Director, Computational Biology – Early Discovery

Recursion · Salt Lake City, Utah

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead a team discovering next-generation oncology targets for internal pipeline.
  • Integrate phenomics, genomics and proteomics to nominate novel disease targets.
  • Define precision oncology strategies to advance programs toward drug discovery.

Ideal candidate

A collaborative player-coach leader passionate about reimagining drug discovery from first principles. You mentor high-performing scientists, translate complex data into compelling biology stories, and thrive partnering across disciplines to move novel therapies toward patients.

Requirements

  • PhD with strong computational focus and 3+ years biotech/pharma early drug discovery experience, or MS with 5+ years
  • Domain expertise in oncology or immunological diseases
  • Strong understanding of patient genetics and druggability of disease-relevant pathways
  • Experience integrating complex biological and clinical data with probabilistic, statistical or ML methods in Python or R
  • Track record managing and developing direct reports in a scientific environment
  • Exceptional data visualization and cross-functional communication skills

Lab profile

About Recursion

AI-native biotech industrializing drug discovery with automation and data to advance oncology and rare disease medicines.

What they build

  • Recursion OS drug discovery platform
  • Oncology clinical pipeline
  • Rare disease clinical pipeline

Known for

  • AI-native end-to-end drug discovery
  • Computational biology for early discovery
  • Clinical development in oncology and rare disease

Key facts

  • Founded 2013
  • Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Public company (Nasdaq: RXRX)
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