Applications Scientist, Japan

The role

You will work with pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers to help them apply a scientific platform to drug-discovery questions. You will serve as a scientific advisor, deliver presentations, and collaborate with internal teams to support customer success.

What you will do

• Build trusted relationships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers as a scientific advisor
• Propose scientifically sound solutions and best practices based on customer research objectives
• Deliver tailored scientific presentations, demonstrations, workshops, and trainings
• Lead or contribute to scientific discussions, troubleshooting, and workflow development
• Partner with Account Managers on strategic accounts and adoption strategies
• Contribute to scientific collaborations, research services, publications, and conference presentations
• Take ownership of a defined scientific, customer, or project area
• Contribute to team capability through sharing and mentoring

Required qualifications

• PhD in computational chemistry, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, structural biology, pharmaceutical sciences, or related drug-discovery field
• A solid understanding of the commercial drug discovery process
• Practical experience in one or more relevant computational drug-discovery approaches
• Ability to communicate complex scientific concepts clearly and credibly to scientific audiences
• Fluency in Japanese language
• Business-level English language skills (both verbal and written)
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively across local and global teams
• Strong presentation, facilitation, listening and problem solving skills
• Willingness to travel within Japan and internationally required

Nice to have

• Experience in molecular dynamics simulations, free energy calculation methods, ligand-based drug design, chemoinformatics, quantum mechanics, virtual screening and/or structural modeling at the pharma
• Post-doctoral research and/or relevant experience in the commercial or academic sector

Benefits

• competitive salary
• bonus plan
• mutual-aid retirement plans
• over three weeks of paid vacation time
• numerous company holidays
• parental leave program
• healthcare through partnership with the Japanese Health Insurance Association
• professional development opportunities including trainings and continuous education support

About the company

Schrödinger is a global scientific organization developing and applying advanced computational technologies to improve human health and quality of life. It is a global leader in the field of computational chemistry, drug discovery, and materials design software.