Experienced Peptide Chemist

Join a fast growing and innovative Life Science company in Sweden where discoveries are designed to fly
About Red Glead Discovery
The purpose of Red Glead Discovery is to contribute to better health. Being experts in drug discovery, we help our clients to develop novel and innovative lead series and clinical candidates. We aim to be the obvious choice of provider for biotech and pharmaceutical companies on the Nordic pre-clinical market. Red Glead Discovery has a strong drive to become one of the leaders in the development of sustainable drug discovery services.
We are currently over 50 people, located at Medicon Village in Lund, and we have the ambition to continue to grow. Our corporate culture rests firmly on our corporate values –Aspire, Collaborate, Competence, and Delivery that guide our work.
About the position
We are now looking for an experienced peptide chemist. You will play an important role in our peptide chemistry team and contribute with your knowledge around peptide synthesis and design. You are expected to add peptide chemistry expertise and leadership skills to the team and provide scientific mentoring and technical training of other team members.
What you do
You will predominantly work in the lab as a peptide chemist and become a part of a team that delivers peptides, peptidomimetics, data, and results in various drug discovery projects to clients. We hope that you also will help to develop our peptide skills further so we better can match the current and future needs from our clients. You will work with co-workers, partners, and clients in various projects –often in global and multi-disciplinary settings.
You will be offered
A pleasant work environment where we collaborate daily between R&D functions in various projects. We are non-prestigious with co-workers of mixed ages and nationalities represented.
A workplace, where we are focused on delivering agreed results, and where competence and aspiration are important and rewarded.
An international environment with opportunities to develop both professionally and personally.

Qualification requirements:
You have at least five years of peptide synthesis experience combined with a M.Sc. or Ph.D. in relevant field. In-depth understanding of current peptide chemistry synthesis and analysis methods is required.
A strong working knowledge of key components and processes in drug discovery is highly advantageous.Experience from peptide synthesis in the pharmaceutical industry is considered very valuable.
You are confident in written and oral communication in English and can maintain dynamic interactions both internally and with external partners to ensure synthetic and data needs are fulfilled according to agreed timelines and standards.
We expect you to have a personality and drive that fits with our company values.
Are you...?
Enthusiastic about delivering peptides in drug discovery projects?
A team player that thrives in developing new ideas?

And do you have...
An aspiration to always be better?
A passion to help people and planet to be healthy?

Then we would love to see your application! We are also curious to hear what you can add besides what we believe is necessary to succeed in this role. Describe in your application your strengths and please give concrete examples what you have contributed with in your previous roles.
Other Information
Deadline: 16 November 2022, Applications will be reviewed continuously
Start:As agreed
Scope of work: Full time, permanent position
Place to work: Lund
If you would like to know more, please contact Samara Mamidi, (e-mail: samara.mamidi@redglead.com and phone: +46 (0)46-460 1197).
Please send your application together with your CV by e-mail to jobs@redglead.com. Please include “RGD_PC01_2022” in the header of the mail.