Associate Director

We are seeking an experienced Research Project Leader (PL) to join the Bicycle Therapeutics team on a permanent, full-time basis. In this role you will provide leadership of projects spanning the drug discovery process from Lead ID to the selection of clinical Bicycle® Radio Conjugate (BRC™) candidate molecules.

In this leadership role, the Research Project Leader will lead a matrix team with accountability for defining, implementing, and overseeing the discovery strategy for Bicycle® molecules. Collaboration, influence and strong communication skills are critical to this position as the role requires working with various stakeholders across the Research organisation, obtaining and managing resources, and delivering evidence to support candidate discovery.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership:

• Closely work with subject matter experts to develop a plan to deliver on the medicine vision for the potential drug candidate
• Lead the multidisciplinary matrix team to plan and execute the project
• Responsible for establishing the inflection points that enable data driven project decision-making
• Efficiently work with the project team to identify core risks and mitigation plans for to the delivery of the candidate molecule
• Define and execute the lead identification and lead optimization strategies for your projects
• Drive urgency across your project team(s) to deliver timely data-driven project recommendations
• Present project plans, progress, risks and issues to senior management and governance boards

Cultural Fit:

• Promote innovative approaches to problem solving, communicate ideas persuasively, decisively confront and resolve issues and work constructively under pressure.
• Excellent communication and people skills; collaborate effectively with stakeholders across functions to align on priorities and make sure that interdependencies are clear.
• Embrace rapid change and ambiguity, proactively identifying opportunities for improving ways of working within the program.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Communicate effectively with senior leadership in a clear, concise, and confident matter.

Requirements

Essential:

• Educated in biological sciences field with extensive industrial experience
• Knowledge of the drug discovery and development process (preferably oncology)
• Project leadership experience delivering clinical candidates (preferably in the area of oncology)
• A demonstrable ability to influence in a highly matrixed environment

Desirable:

• Experience leading projects in the area of radiopharmaceuticals will be an advantage
• Proven ability to think and plan strategically, to lead and work with members of other functions within a matrix environment.
• Ability to integrate and lead a team of multi-discipline experts including chemistry, biology, DMPK, nonclinical toxicology, translational scientists, and others.
• Ability to identify resource gaps and secure appropriate resources to deliver on objectives
• Create and lead an empowered, motivated team where diversity of thought is encouraged.
• Experience of all phases of early drug discovery from Lead ID to candidate selection.
• Previous leadership of project(s) that have delivered candidates for clinical progression