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VP of Discovery Biology: Lead Target Discovery Engine

Gordian

Gordian Biotechnology is a therapeutics company pursuing cures for age-related disease and aims to wake up every morning more capable than the day before. We are building a discovery engine in living animals to validate hundreds of targets across cardiometabolic and related indications and translate insights into new medicines.

Your role as VP of Discovery Biology is to captain and pace our target discovery engines across multiple therapeutic areas, reporting to the CSO and guiding a portfolio

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Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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