Peptide Designer (m/f/d) - (Associate) Principal Scientist - Senior Principal Scientist

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Bayer is seeking a Peptide Designer at the Associate Principal Scientist to Senior Principal Scientist level in Wuppertal to lead peptide discovery projects from ideation to development candidates, design new chemical matter, and provide scientific leadership in interdisciplinary teams. The role strengthens our peptide discovery platform with modern synthesis, automation and digital tools, while supervising master’s students and postdocs and collaborating across the R&D value chain. You should hold a PhD in chemistry or biochemistry with a proven track record in peptide optimization and advancing candidates to clinical stages, fluent English and a willingness to learn German. Tip for applicants: tailor your CV to show end-to-end peptide programs, SAR, platform development and cross functional impact. Benefits include 88,900 to 138,500 euros, hybrid work, family support and development opportunities. Reference code 830851; location Wuppertal-Aprath.

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Peptide Designer (m/f/d) - (Associate) Principal Scientist - Senior Principal Scientist 
 

At Bayer we are committed to discovering and developing new therapies to treat the untreatable, offer hope and cure disease. We continue to grow our novel modality labs within Drug Discovery Sciences, and we are seeking a creative, experienced and highly motivated Peptide Designer (m/f/d) – Associate Principal Scientist / Principal Scientist / Senior Principal Scientist (m/f/d), depending on experience – to join our team in Wuppertal, Germany.

The peptide discovery lab - leveraging its state-of-the-art synthesis platform - was founded with the mission to discover and develop new peptide-based therapeutics and providing tool compounds and technologies to validate biological targets and pathways across all modalities in collaboration with the drug discovery community.
We are a dynamic, highly motivated and diverse team that collaborates closely with the drug discovery community along the R&D value chain as well as with our external partners. Our new operating model “Dynamic shared ownership” will allow you to generate maximum impact, focus on what is important and innovate in an agile and collaborative way.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strategically build and drive peptide and conjugate projects, from ideation through target validation to the identification of development candidates
• Design new chemical matter, generate SAR understanding, and apply your experience in interdisciplinary drug discovery teams
• Providing scientific leadership in interdisciplinary drug discovery teams, you share your knowledge with scientists and technical staff 
• Supervise master's students and postdocs 
• Support and drive the development of our peptide discovery chemistry platform, focusing on modern synthetic methods, automation solutions, and digital tools.

WHO YOU ARE

• PhD in natural sciences, chemistry, or biochemistry with a focus on peptide synthesis and design
• Some years of industrial experience with a proven track record in advancing drug candidates to clinical stage development including:
  • Successful optimization of peptides, conjugates, glycopeptides, or peptidomimetic structures
  • Design and synthesis of complex peptide-based building blocks 
  • Use of screening technologies to identify peptide-based lead structures
• Awareness and ability to work successfully in diverse, high performing teams and to challenge the status quo
• Curiosity, creativity, and passion for drug discovery drive you, with the aim of transforming treatment paradigms for patients
• High learning agility and excellent self-organization skills
• Excellence at communicating and presenting scientific and technical data concisely
• Fluent English skills, with an interest in learning German

WHAT WE OFFER

Our benefits package is flexible, appreciative, and tailored to your lifestyle, because: What matters to you, matters to us! 

• We ensure your financial stability with a competitive salary between 88.900 € and 138.500 € per year (full-time) plus a variable component. Your compensation is based on your qualifications, skills, and professional experience
• Whether it’s hybrid work models or part-time arrangements: Whenever it is possible, you will have the flexibility to work how, when and where it is best for you
• Your family is a top priority. We offer loving company daycare centers at multiple locations, support in finding childcare, time off for the care of elderly or dependent family members, summer camps for children, and much more
• We support your professional growth by providing access to learning and development opportunities, training programs through the Bayer Learning Academy, development dialogues, as well as coaching and mentoring programs
• We promote health awareness and opportunities for selfcare through various measures
• We embrace diversity by providing an inclusive work environment in which you are welcomed, supported, and encouraged to bring your whole self to work.

YOUR APPLICATION

This is your opportunity to tackle the world’s biggest challenges with us: Maintaining our health, feeding growing populations and slowing the rate of climate change. You have a voice, ideas and perspectives and we want to hear them. Because our success begins with you. Be part of something big. Be Bayer.

Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.
 

Location:           ​​ ​   Wuppertal-Aprath​

​​Division: ​               Pharmaceuticals​

Reference Code:  830851​