The Impact You’ll Make

Serna Bio is building the world’s first map of the druggable transcriptome, systematically opening up the universe of RNA biology to small molecule drug discovery. Using our Discovery Platform, we are tackling the classically intractable targets ranging from coding and non-coding RNA. In this role, you will:

• Design and lead experiments to move our drug discovery programs forward
• Own our early-stage drug discovery project timelines by establishing timelines and leading on fundamental scientific questions. 
• Manage project progress on drug discovery target work both in-house and in with Contract Research Organizations (CROs), towards the progression of our early drug discovery programs.
• Play a leading role in experiment and project design and data analysis/ interpretation

The work

As a Cancer Biology Projects Lead, you will be responsible for driving, monitoring, and reporting project delivery for our early-stage discovery programmes. Using your knowledge and experience in oncology research and project management, you will be accountable for applying structured scientific, project, resource and CRO management and processes to define and deliver against drug discovery timelines

You will be skilled in asking complex questions of the science and managing project delivery via global partners. Experience in leading complexity and prioritising work in line with business priorities is a key skill for this role, in addition to being adaptable, collaborative and motivated to find solutions and reach goals.

This role entails delivering consistent, professional support on projects involving external stakeholders like CROs and academic collaborators. 

Requirements

Technical Requirements:

• PhD in Biological Sciences
• Deep understanding of cancer biology
• Professional experience and qualification in project management
• Proven capability in managing multi-disciplinary collaborative project teams to deliver strategic and complex projects and operational activities.
• Proven ability to operate independently, defining scope and taking ownership of results.
• Experienced in using Google Suite as well as project/activity tracking tools
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills.

Bonus skills:

• Background in managing/delivering projects related to harnessing AI technologies
• Experience in early-stage drug discovery industry, including contracting with external scientific partners.
• Understanding of Agile Methodologies
• Comfort with ambiguity and pace.

Interpersonal Requirements

• Exceptionally detail-oriented with a love for organization and critical thinking.
• Excellent documentation, planning and communication skills
• Comfortable with juggling activities and can (re)prioritize effectively
• Resilience, humility, integrity 

The Values You’ll Share

• We are unapologetically unrealistic: We are unapologetic that our expectations for delivery are extraordinarily high. There is urgency to our existence: our ambition grounded in relentless execution of well designed experiments.
• We are data-driven: Data trumps opinions.
• We are humble: We understand the limitations of our knowledge and seek to learn from others to minimize them.
• We are curious: Learning from the diverse perspectives of our fellow teammates, and from failure, is an essential part of how we make progress. At Serna Bio, we celebrate failure, mistakes, and the ability to learn from them.
• We are one company: We operate with a ‘company first, team second’ mentality. Our success comes from working as one interdisciplinary organization.

Benefits

What We Offer

• The opportunity to accelerate your career. You will have the opportunity to grow your career as we grow the business.
• The opportunity to make a difference. Your work will have a direct impact on the experiments we run, and will influence our programs destined for the clinic to affect patient outcomes.
• A place to explore the range of your interests. We pride ourselves in an environment that cultivates curiosity, creativity and autonomy. At Serna the “why” of things is always the most important question.
• An environment designed to broaden your perspectives. We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. Diversity is integral to our success, and an inclusive environment allows the team to do their best work.

About Us

Serna Bio is building the world’s first map of the druggable transcriptome, systematically opening up the universe of RNA biology to small molecule drug discovery. Using our Discovery Platform, we are tackling the classically intractable targets, with an initial focus on Oncology and Rare Disease.

The current toolkit for developing drugs is focused almost entirely on protein targets. However, 85% of the approximate 3 billion base pairs in the human genome encodes for RNA but not protein. Our platform enables a novel approach to understand RNA structure, function and binding sites in order to develop a new class of drugs. Targeting RNA in this way enables us to explore therapeutics for the many diseases with no known treatments.

Our mission is to develop a new class of drugs that will impact patient lives. We are curious, nimble, breaking new ground and growing fast. Come make an impact with us and be part of our story.

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