Senior Drug Discovery Scientist

Lead early small-molecule discovery programmes from hit finding towards lead optimisation and translational value. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, integrate computational predictions with experiments, interpret structure–activity relationships and advise on discovery chemistry. The full-time, open-ended role is based at VIB Discovery Sciences in Leuven; part-time arrangements may be negotiable.

A relevant chemistry, biochemistry or pharmaceutical-sciences PhD and five to ten years of industry drug-discovery experience. Project leadership, medicinal chemistry, modelling/predictive methods and collaboration across chemistry and biology; fluent English.