About the role: 

Superluminal Medicines, Inc. is seeking an experienced drug discovery scientist who has made the career transition to program management to join our team as Associate Director of Program Management. Superluminal’s platform aims to develop candidate-ready compounds with unprecedented speed using a combination of deep biology, computational and medicinal chemistry, machine learning, and proprietary big data infrastructure. This role will work closely with project teams to manage workflows and track the status of projects within our discovery and early development pipeline. This role is highly integrated across the company and will have a critical role in delivering on the program strategy, making sure projects are executed efficiently and effectively. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, thrives in a startup environment, and brings deep scientific, drug discovery, and program management experience.

Key responsibilities: 

• Execute a program management process that aligns with the organization's goals and objectives for drug discovery and early development projects
• Work with team members to develop and maintain integrated project plans to support the advancement of projects through the project workflow
• Leverage Smartsheets to track deliverables and timelines and summarize the status of all projects
• Collaborate and communicate cross-functionally to measure and achieve program goals
• Attend project team meetings, capturing meeting notes, key takeaways, and action items
• Drive project risk management via scenario planning and proactive identification of key risks; facilitate risk mitigation and contingency planning
• Work closely with the management team to align on how decisions are made and ensure approval is obtained throughout the project lifecycle
• Build and leverage relationships and networks to improve and enhance team dynamics, proactively identifying opportunities and removing obstacles
• Collaborate with Project Team Leads to develop internal and external presentations to gain support for projects and future investments
• Work closely with Operations to translate the project objectives into a budget and resource plan for various stages of the project lifecycle
• Maintain strong communication channels to keep stakeholders informed about program progress and issues
• Identify, communicate, and manage resource constraints, synergies, and redundancies
• Provide guidance, mentoring, and coaching on project management tools and process to colleagues
• Organize and lead project team meetings to gain an understanding of project trajectory
• Identify inefficiencies in our operational processes and implement solutions to address them

Qualifications & Skills:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

• Advanced degree in a scientific discipline
• 7+ years of industry experience with 4+ years of scientific drug discovery experience and 1+ years program management experience
• Drug discovery and early development knowledge across multiple disciplines; familiarity with in silico modeling, machine learning, or computational chemistry programs is highly desirable
• Experience working in cross-functional project teams; experience leading project teams a plus
• Experience with alliance management a plus
• Experience with Smartsheets, Jira, or other program management software
• Exceptional organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including well-developed presentation skills
• Highly adaptable in the face of change as we follow the science
• Good understanding of business and scientific processes to assess the impact of project decisions on scientific, financial, and corporate objectives
• Ability to work onsite at least part-time

About the role: 

Superluminal Medicines, Inc. is seeking a highly organized, detail oriented, and experienced Head of Compound and Data Management to help us build fully integrated, automated, and data-driven compound management and assay biology workflows. This role is essential to ensure that the scientists can focus on the science and trust that every experimental data point that is collected is underpinned by confidence in the compounds being tested. The person that fills this role understands how fundamental and critical compound management is to the experimental data being generated and how important data capture, recording, and communication is to drug discovery. 

Superluminal’s platform aims to develop candidate-ready compounds with unprecedented speed using a combination of deep biology, computational and medicinal chemistry, machine learning, and proprietary big data infrastructure. This role will sit at the interface of biology, chemistry, and technology and requires the candidate to have experience in cross-functional collaborations. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, thrives in a startup environment, and brings strong experience in management.

Key responsibilities: 

• Key business partner to chemistry, biology, and digital data & technology (DDT) groups
• Oversees strategy, roadmaps, and long-term plans of the group
• Participate in project team meetings to anticipate and respond to needs and keep the team informed of capabilities and bottlenecks
• Manage external CRO relationships and internal compound manager
• Lead the build of internal compound management capabilities
• Collaborate with biology and DDT to:
• establish dashboards, new CDD vault protocols, run-booking systems, data pipelines, etc.
• develop harmonized experiment templates, assay workflows, and metadata models to ensure scientific and operational consistency across projects
• improve process from plate maps to CDD upload
• improve integration across ELN/instruments/CDD
• Own the assay tracking Smartsheets across programs
• Investigate new automation, LCMS, and other capabilities. Develop a business case as appropriate and lead new capability builds if approved.
• Assist leadership with laboratory expansion planning and scaling strategy and ensure efficient execution
• Ensure compliance with all laboratory safety requirements including OSHA, biosafety, chemical hygiene and other regulatory standards
• Identify inefficiencies in our operational processes and implement solutions to address them

Qualifications & Skills:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, or closely related field with 10+ years of industry experience or M.S. degree with 7+ years of industry experience
• Experience managing direct reports, CROs and key stakeholders
• Experience building or overseeing compound management capabilities 
• Experience with laboratory automation
• Experience managing lab buildouts or expansions
• Experience with research informatics, data science, or scientific programming is a plus
• Experience with compound shipping logistics, particularly with international shipments and customs documents a plus
• Highly organized self-starter with a strong ability for problem solving and effective execution
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across multiple tasks
• Ability to work onsite full-time

About the role: 

Superluminal Medicines, Inc. is seeking a highly organized, detail oriented, and experienced Compound Manager to help us build and execute a fully integrated, automated, and data-driven compound management. This role is essential to ensure that the scientists can focus on the science and trust that every experimental data point that is collected is underpinned by confidence in the compounds being tested. The person that fills this role understands how fundamental and critical compound management is to the experimental data being generated and how important data capture, recording, and communication is to drug discovery. 

Superluminal’s platform aims to develop candidate-ready compounds with unprecedented speed using a combination of deep biology, computational and medicinal chemistry, machine learning, and proprietary big data infrastructure. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, thrives in a startup environment, and brings strong experience in compound management.

Key responsibilities: 

• Key business partner to chemistry and biology
• Monitor Smartsheets for weekly orders then coordinate orders of weekly shipments from external compound management CROs. Regularly communicate with the chemistry and biology team around order progress and any hurdles encountered.
• Update Smartsheets with compound and mother plate inventories. Monitor inventories and flag compounds for resynthesis as needed.
• Manage and track shipments between CROs and Superluminal.
• Execute internal compound management capabilities:
• Maintain internal inventory
• Receive and evaluate plates for potential issues, flagging to chemistry and biology as appropriate
• Create assay ready plates using in house automation
• Create cherry pick plates from mother plates for follow-up
• Generate QC plates and prepare for shipment or internal analysis
• Develop, document, and maintain SOPs
• Ensure compliance with all laboratory safety requirements including OSHA, biosafety, chemical hygiene and other regulatory standards
• Identify inefficiencies in our operational processes and implement solutions to address them

Qualifications & Skills:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, or closely related field
• 5+ years of industry experience in compound management
• Experience coordinating efforts with external CROs
• Experience with laboratory automation
• Experience with Smartsheets or other tracking systems a plus
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly organized self-starter with a strong ability for problem solving and effective execution
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across multiple tasks
• Ability to work onsite full-time