Research Senior Scientist, Cheminformatics

Job Purpose We are seeking a skilled cheminformatics scientist to join Takeda's cheminformatics team. This role will be key to fostering a prediction-first culture, integrating cheminformatics, computational chemistry, and machine learning to accelerate drug design. Accountabilities Design, automate and deploy cheminformatics workflows and visualization dashboards to support drug discovery projects. Identify opportunities throughout the DMTA cycle where predictive tools can drive acceleration. Build predictive models for molecule design and optimization. Extract medchem design knowledge from large-scale chemical and biological datasets. Stay updated with emerging trends in computational chemistry and machine learning as applied to drug discovery. Implement and execute innovative computational methodologies and tools such as AI-based drug discovery, generative chemistry, synthesizable chemical space exploration, DNA Encoded Library (DEL) data analysis, and DEL/ML application. Se...