Recursion
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting.
Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com, or connect on X and LinkedIn.
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Please be aware that Recursion will never initiate contact with applicants via text message nor conduct interviews through messaging apps, freelance sites, or social media platforms. Our team will never ask for personal financial information or personal identification information, such as banking account numbers, social security, or driver’s license numbers, nor would we charge job seekers fees or request you to purchase anything as part of the recruitment process. The only legitimate business email domains we use are @recursion.com or @recursionpharma.com, and our team members will never use a Gmail or other personal email address to contact potential applicants.
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Your work will change lives. Including your own.
The Impact You’ll Make:
Recursion is seeking a Director of Neuroscience to lead the development and application of human iPSC-derived cellular models for neurodegenerative disease drug discovery. This role combines scientific leadership with hands-on execution to advance programs from target identification through lead optimization. You will partner cross-functionally and with external collaborators to deliver high-quality, data-driven insights that accelerate therapeutic discovery.
In this role, you will:
- Lead design and development of human iPSC-derived cellular models and mechanistic assays for neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS)
- Drive neuroscience programs from early discovery through lead optimization, establishing robust in vitro assay cascades to enable SAR and decision-making
- Design and oversee cellular and molecular assays using high-content imaging and quantitative approaches to interrogate disease biology and mechanism of action
- Collaborate closely with chemistry, pharmacology, data science, screening, toxicology, and DMPK teams to advance targets and molecules
- Contribute to target validation and translational strategies by integrating phenotypic, genomic, and proteomic datasets
- Lead and mentor scientists, fostering a high-performance, collaborative team environment
- Present scientific findings and strategic recommendations to internal leadership and external partners
The Team You’ll Join:
Reporting to the Vice President of Neuroscience, you will be joining Recursion’s partnership with Roche-Genentech as a key leader. In this role, you will lead a team dedicated to the building of novel technology and projects in neurodegenerative diseases, exploring Recursion’s maps to decode novel neurobiology. This team exploits a multi-omic approach toward the establishment and validation of novel hypotheses in neuroscience disease biology while incorporating functionally relevant translational endpoints.
The Experience You’ll Need:
- Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, or related field, with postdoctoral training
- 5-7+ years of successful leadership, mentorship, and management of drug discovery teams
- 5+ years of industry experience in neuroscience drug discovery
- Experience with CRISPR editing and/or viral systems, familiarity with multi-omics data integration (e.g., RNA-seq, proteomics)
- Prior experience working on partnered programs with external collaborators
- Experience leading cross-functional drug discovery programs
- Expertise in cell-based assays, high-content imaging, and quantitative data analysis
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence across disciplines
- Deep expertise in human cellular disease models, particularly iPSC-derived systems relevant to neurodegeneration
- Proven track record of advancing neuroscience drug discovery programs from target ID through lead optimization
- Thrives in cross-functional, highly collaborative teams and has experience working with external partners or large pharma
- Embraces innovative approaches, including AI/ML-enabled discovery and scalable data generation
Working Location & Compensation:
This is an office and lab-based, hybrid role in our Salt Lake City, UT office. Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time.
At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role, the estimated current annual base range for this role is $198,000-237,600 (USD). You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
The Values We Hope You Share:
- We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.
- We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.
- We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection.
- We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
- We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy—leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.
- We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.
Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.
More About Recursion
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting.
Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com, or connect on X and LinkedIn.
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursion’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Recursion, and Recursion will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.
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The Impact You’ll Make
We are seeking an innovative Research Scientist to join our Experimental Immunology team at our new state of the art laboratories in Oxford. In this primarily lab-based role, you will provide critical cellular data to support therapeutic projects, often venturing into areas of novel biology. You will work within the Recursion Discovery team to uncover solutions for a variety of target classes and I&I indications.
You will have the freedom to design, plan, and execute complex experiments and help drive projects from target ideation through validation and into adoption in the portfolio. You will develop translationally relevant screening assays and function as an immunology expert within project teams. This role offers substantial scope for continuous learning, with exposure to all stages and disciplines of the drug discovery process. You will also have the opportunity to present your findings both internally and externally and will have access to state-of-the-art assay technologies (FRET, Luminescence, FACS, High-Content Imaging) and advanced automation and will be encouraged to evaluate and deploy the latest scientific developments to create efficient processes
In this role, you will:
- Design and execute complex in vitro assays using primary human immune cells and patient-derived tissues for use in target validation, mechanism of action studies and small molecule screening.
- Working closely with team leads to actively contribute to projects through the entire development lifecycle by supporting the transition from initial target ideation to advancing in the pipeline
- Deploy state-of-the-art technologies such as flow cytometry and high-content imaging to address key scientific questions.
- Advance early drug discovery programs by incorporating the latest scientific developments into workflows and by working closely with external collaborators to ensure generation and delivery of critical data
- Provide immunology expertise to guide in vitro and in vivo workstreams in cross functional matrix project teams
The Team You’ll Join
You will be joining an established immunology group consisting of several experienced immunologists working across a number of indication spaces. The experimental immunology team work on a wide range of projects spanning target ideation through to advanced preclinical programs. You will work within project strategy and execution set by project leaders, and collaborate extensively with data scientists, chemists, and biologists throughout the organization and externally, to advance milestones and provide insights to further advance Recursion’s capabilities.
The Experience You’ll Need
- Ph.D in Immunology or a related discipline or a BSc/MSc degree with significant relevant experience, preferably in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
- Extensive hands-on experience in designing, executing and optimizing in vitro assays utilizing primary human immune cells/patient derived tissue
- In depth understanding of gut, skin or airway inflammation and knowledge of in vitro relevant translational models
- Experience of screening small molecules and working on a drug discovery program and in-depth knowledge of data analysis including dose response relationships
- Exposure to a wide range of assay technologies such as ELISA, FRET, RT-PCR, flow cytometry and imaging with experience in target validation studies
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to communicate technical information to a non-specialist audience while working across multiple projects
Working Location & Compensation:
This is a lab-based role in our Milton Park site. Employees are expected to work on-site 100% of the time, with occasional flexibility.
At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role, the estimated current annual base range for this role is £52,000 to £70,400. You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
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The Values We Hope You Share:
- We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.
- We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.
- We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection.
- We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
- We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy—leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.
- We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.
Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.
More About Recursion
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting.
Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com, or connect on X and LinkedIn.
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursion’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Recursion, and Recursion will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.
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Your work will change lives. Including your own.
The Impact You'll Make
Recursion is at the forefront of reimagining drug discovery by integrating technological innovations across biology, chemistry, automation, data science, and engineering to radically improve lives by industrializing drug discovery. We are seeking an experienced Associate Director to join our Discovery Biology team to lead and advance our AI-driven portfolio of therapeutic candidates.
This is a truly unique opportunity to work at the dynamic intersection of technology and biology. You won't just manage projects and key initiatives; you will be an active catalyst contributing to the evolution of a new, powerful paradigm in medicine.
In this Role, You Will:
- Play a critical role in defining and executing our oncology strategy, seamlessly integrating traditional drug discovery principles with cutting-edge in silico computational approaches.
- Lead scientific initiatives focused on successfully delivering various small molecule programs from initial hit to candidate selection and IND submission.
- Contribute to novel target insight generation, patient refinement and patient selection strategies within several early discovery programs and have the opportunity to improve the Recursion OS itself.
The Team You'll Join
You will be an integral part of the Discovery team, working collaboratively with a diverse group of life scientists, computational and technical experts. You will work cross-functionally with team members from various disciplines, including data science, computational biology, pharmacology, DMPK, and chemistry, to accelerate the progression of compounds through the portfolio. This team is responsible for guiding the foundational biology and the critical "tech-to-program" translation across our early Discovery oncology portfolio.
The Experience You'll Need
- PhD in a relevant biological science discipline (e.g., Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Computational Biology) with at least 7+ years of experience in Tech-forward Biotech or Pharma
- A proven track record of accomplishments in drug discovery, with specific experience in operating as a Scientific Team Lead for oncology and/or immuno-oncology programs from early discovery to a clinical candidate stage
- Demonstrated experience with modern drug discovery approaches, including familiarity with AI/ML-driven platforms and models, high-throughput screening, ‘omics data analysis, with a systems biology mindset.
- Strong understanding of the oncology landscape, including key therapeutic modalities, emerging targets, and clinical development challenges.
- Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead and motivate high-performing, cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, matrix environment.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver impactful, clear presentations and memos to a wide range of audiences, including the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), program teams, Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), and external partners.A strategic and tactical thinker who can prioritize competing demands and solve complex problems with a solution-focused mindset.
Working Location:
This is an office-based, hybrid role in our Salt Lake City / New York City office. Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time.
At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role, the estimated current annual base range for this role is $198,000 - $271,700 (USD). You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
#LI-EP1
The Values We Hope You Share:
- We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.
- We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.
- We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection.
- We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
- We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy—leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.
- We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.
Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.
More About Recursion
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting.
Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com, or connect on X and LinkedIn.
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursion’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Recursion, and Recursion will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Recursion
Your work will change lives. Including your own.
The Impact You'll Make
Recursion is at the forefront of reimagining drug discovery by integrating technological innovations across biology, chemistry, automation, data science, and engineering to radically improve lives by industrializing drug discovery. We are seeking an experienced Associate Director to join our Discovery Biology team to lead and advance our AI-driven portfolio of therapeutic candidates.
This is a truly unique opportunity to work at the dynamic intersection of technology and biology. You won't just manage projects and key initiatives; you will be an active catalyst contributing to the evolution of a new, powerful paradigm in medicine.
In this Role, You Will:
- Play a critical role in defining and executing our oncology strategy, seamlessly integrating traditional drug discovery principles with cutting-edge in silico computational approaches.
- Lead scientific initiatives focused on successfully delivering various small molecule programs from initial hit to candidate selection and IND submission.
- Contribute to novel target insight generation, patient refinement and patient selection strategies within several early discovery programs and have the opportunity to improve the Recursion OS itself.
The Team You'll Join
You will be an integral part of the Discovery team, working collaboratively with a diverse group of life scientists, computational and technical experts. You will work cross-functionally with team members from various disciplines, including data science, computational biology, pharmacology, DMPK, and chemistry, to accelerate the progression of compounds through the portfolio. This team is responsible for guiding the foundational biology and the critical "tech-to-program" translation across our early Discovery oncology portfolio.
The Experience You'll Need
- PhD in a relevant biological science discipline (e.g., Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Computational Biology) with at least 7+ years of experience in Tech-forward Biotech or Pharma
- A proven track record of accomplishments in drug discovery, with specific experience in operating as a Scientific Team Lead for oncology and/or immuno-oncology programs from early discovery to a clinical candidate stage
- Demonstrated experience with modern drug discovery approaches, including familiarity with AI/ML-driven platforms and models, high-throughput screening, ‘omics data analysis, with a systems biology mindset.
- Strong understanding of the oncology landscape, including key therapeutic modalities, emerging targets, and clinical development challenges.
- Exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead and motivate high-performing, cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, matrix environment.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver impactful, clear presentations and memos to a wide range of audiences, including the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), program teams, Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), and external partners.A strategic and tactical thinker who can prioritize competing demands and solve complex problems with a solution-focused mindset.
Working Location:
This is an office-based, hybrid role in our Salt Lake City / New York City office. Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time.
At Recursion, we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role, the estimated current annual base range for this role is $198,000 - $271,700 (USD). You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
#LI-EP1
The Values We Hope You Share:
- We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking, take calculated risks, and push boundaries, but never at the expense of ethics, science, or trust.
- We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up, speaking honestly, and taking action.
- We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment, test, and refine, embracing iteration over perfection.
- We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isn’t about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
- We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy—leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.
- We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust, clarity, humility, and impact. Through sharing, we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.
Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.
More About Recursion
Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical-stage TechBio company decoding biology to radically improve lives. Recursion is advancing a portfolio of differentiated investigational medicines across its wholly owned and partnered pipeline in oncology, rare disease, neuroscience, immunology, and other therapeutic areas with significant unmet need. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, an AI-native, end-to-end drug discovery and development platform integrating biology, chemistry, and clinical development into a unified intelligence system. Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter — faster, better, and at scale — for patients who are waiting.
Recursion’s platform infrastructure is anchored in Salt Lake City, Utah and Milton Park, Oxfordshire, where its automated biology and chemistry laboratories generate proprietary data at industrial scale. Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation. Learn more at www.recursion.com, or connect on X and LinkedIn.
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, local, or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursion’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Recursion, and Recursion will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.
Ready to apply?
Apply to Recursion