China-Beijing: Director of Computational Chemistry

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Date: 05-May-2009

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Director of Computational Chemistry

We are seeking an outstanding informatics leader with the right balance of technical expertise and business acumen to design, develop and implement an informatics platform to support an emerging drug discovery company. Responsibilities:

* Direct the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of informatics solutions and overall research computing capabilities which are directly aligned with the priorities of the research and development organization. * Oversee and manage all IT infrastructure including systems management, end user computing, storage management, and network management. * Conceive and develop novel informatics tools and exploit emerging information technologies as required to directly support research and development goals. * Manage access to public and proprietary third-party information/databases. * Build and manage a staff of professionals who work collaboratively with research project teams to ensure that scientists get the information they need, when they need it while also collecting archiving data and information as a corporate asset.

Background and Experience:

* Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry, Computer Science or related life sciences field. * Minimally eight (8) years of industry experience in supporting pharmaceutical drug discovery/development. * Minimally three (3) years of supervisory experience. * Significant experience and a proven track record of designing software systems to support research and development. * Expertise in software engineering, database design, and database management * Expertise in scientific information management. * Outstanding oral and written communication skills, as well as polished and persuasive presentation skills. * Ability to work on abstract problems across all functional areas of the company as part of interdisciplinary team. * Established track record of building and leading high performance teams of technical talented scientists producing high quality work on time and within budget. * Understanding of biology, chemistry, pharmacology or clinical sciences required to work credibly with discovery scientists. * A demonstrated drive to apply technical knowledge to develop systems and processes in a timely manner. * Ability to effectively align individual staff interests with work assignments. * Recognizes individual and team contributions and aligns rewards to performance.

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