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)