Scientist Medicinal Chemistry (m/f/d)

Scientist Medicinal Chemistry (m/f/d)

Arbeitsort

Berlin

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where health for all and hunger for none is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be a member of project teams and contribute to projects to help identify pre‑clinical and clinical development candidates to address unmet medical needs and create positive economic impact for the company as well as society.
• Be part of design teams and collaboratively identify biologically active compounds for target validation and disease‑to‑target link clarification (support chemical biology).
• Contribute to the lead identification process based on hit‑structures out of our >4.5 million compound library in collaboration with experienced colleagues.
• Collaborate with computational chemists and contribute to structure‑based drug discovery approaches in projects.
• Realize novel design ideas by hands‑on synthetic chemistry in close collaboration with other project chemists, the automated medicinal chemistry group or contract‑research organisations to reach project goals and milestones.
• Provide state‑of‑the‑art documentation of all experiments, including in‑depth analytical data analysis (LC‑MS, MS, NMR…) and physicochemical characterization as well as ideas for chemical scale‑up of important intermediates and final compounds.
• Be familiar with modern analytical methodologies and separation technologies.
• Help secure IP in collaboration with patent lawyers and experienced medicinal chemistry project leads by contributing experimental parts of future patent applications.
• Help ensure high safety standards and compliance in your work environment.

WHO YOU ARE

• PhD in synthetic organic chemistry or a related field.
• Knowledge of classical and modern synthetic methods as well as modern tools in chemical research.
• Experience in medicinal chemistry is a plus.
• Motivated self‑starter, passionate about pharmaceutical research and medicinal chemistry, willing to collaborate to bring new drugs to patients by constantly challenging the status quo of drug discovery and medicinal chemistry.
• Affinity to digital tools and their application in Drug Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry.
• Research experience in organic chemistry or related disciplines, demonstrated by scientific publications and/or patent applications.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, as well as intercultural skills and ability to work in cross‑functional teams.
• Readiness to help implementing AI/ML in the daily drug discovery tasks.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken, willingness to learn German.

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary between 88,900€ and 108,000€ per year (full‑time) plus a variable component, based on qualifications, skills and professional experience.
• Hybrid work models or part‑time arrangements provide flexibility to work how, when and where it works best.
• Family support: company daycare centres, childcare assistance, time off for caring for elderly or dependent family members, summer camps for children, and more.
• Professional growth: access to learning and development opportunities, training programmes through the Bayer Learning Academy, development dialogues, coaching and mentoring programmes.
• Health awareness and self‑care opportunities: free health checks with the company doctor.
• Inclusive work environment welcoming, supporting and encouraging employees to bring their whole selves to work.

Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any criterion under applicable law.