Recursion
Your work will change lives. Including your own.
The Impact Youll Make As the Head of Toxicology you will sit at the crucial intersection of Discovery and Development supporting both our internal pipeline and strategic partnerships. You will lead a team responsible for embedding modern data-driven decision-making into our NCE progression ultimately accelerating our mission to decode biology to radically improve lives.
As a forward-looking leader you will be instrumental in positioning Recursion at the forefront of the industrys shift away from reliance on traditional pre-clinical studies. You will champion the adoption and validation of highly predictive human models as this is central to our TechBio approach of industrializing drug discovery.
In this role you will :
Guide internal strategy and external collaborations to ensure Recursions toxicology and safety science remains state-of-the-art driven by the mantra to predict more test less.
Provide pivotal support to Discovery teams expertly guiding them through exploratory small molecule safety studies toward Development Candidate (DC) nomination.
Support Development teams in successfully navigating regulatory (GLP / IND-enabling) small molecule studies through First-in-Human (FIH) trials and beyond.
Partner with data science AI and machine learning experts to design deploy and leverage the state-of-the-art computational and predictive tools that generate robust clinically-relevant translational datasets within the Recursion OS.
The Team You Will Join You will lead the Toxicology function and operate in a highly cross-functional manner collaborating closely with leaders across Discovery Clinical Development Translational Biology and our core AI / ML and Data Science organizations across our various locations.
The Experience Youll Need
Ph.D. is strongly preferred together with accreditation such as ERT or DABT.
As an experienced leader you will have worked at / with a mixture of company types (CRO large pharma and biotech).
You are an integrator of information skilled at synthesizing complex data to provide Project Teams Partners and Management with data-driven recommendations and risk assessments as projects advance through the portfolio.
Demonstrated ability to lead interdisciplinary cross-functional teams in a complex organization. Must be able to manage and prioritize multiple projects to ensure they are high-quality on time and on budget.
Proven track record of supporting programs from preclinical discovery into clinical development specifically supporting research for small molecule drugs.
Strong working knowledge of preclinical drug discovery models and the ability to synthesize scientific content and strategy for senior management. Must be able to manage complex variables and uncertainty to align drug development with preclinical research.
Excellent communication presentation and high-level negotiation skills. Ability to resolve conflict and effectively interact with diverse stakeholders including discovery clinical regulatory and operations teams.
Exceptional attention to detail with strong planning time management and organizational skills.
Working Location & Compensation : This is an office-based hybrid position at one of our offices located in Salt Lake City Utah / London / New York City . Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time.
At Recursion we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role the estimated current annual base range for this role is $255200 to $331100 (USD) . You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
The Values We Hope You Share :
We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking take calculated risks and push boundaries but never at the expense of ethics science or trust.
We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up speaking honestly and taking action.
We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment test and refine embracing iteration over perfection.
We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isnt about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability we enable trust and autonomyleaders take accountability for decisive action and teams own outcomes together.
We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust clarity humility and impact. Through sharing we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.
Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate support one another spend our time make decisions and celebrate collectively.
More About Recursion Recursion (NASDAQ : RXRX) is a clinical stage TechBio company leading the space by decoding biology to radically improve lives. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS a platform built across diverse technologies that continuously generate one of the worlds largest proprietary biological and chemical datasets. Recursion leverages sophisticated machine-learning algorithms to distill from its dataset a collection of trillions of searchable relationships across biology and chemistry unconstrained by human bias. By commanding massive experimental scale up to millions of wet lab experiments weekly and massive computational scale owning and operating one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world Recursion is uniting technology biology and chemistry to advance the future of medicine.
Recursion is headquartered in Salt Lake City where it is a founding member of BioHive the Utah life sciences industry collective. Recursion also has offices in Toronto Montréal New York London Oxford area and the San Francisco Bay area. Learn more at or connect on X (formerly Twitter)and LinkedIn.
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state local or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies : Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursions internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Recursion and Recursion will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.
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The Impact Youll Make As the Head of Toxicology you will sit at the crucial intersection of Discovery and Development supporting both our internal pipeline and strategic partnerships. You will lead a team responsible for embedding modern data-driven decision-making into our NCE progression ultimately accelerating our mission to decode biology to radically improve lives.
As a forward-looking leader you will be instrumental in positioning Recursion at the forefront of the industrys shift away from reliance on traditional pre-clinical studies. You will champion the adoption and validation of highly predictive human models as this is central to our TechBio approach of industrializing drug discovery.
In this role you will :
Guide internal strategy and external collaborations to ensure Recursions toxicology and safety science remains state-of-the-art driven by the mantra to predict more test less.
Provide pivotal support to Discovery teams expertly guiding them through exploratory small molecule safety studies toward Development Candidate (DC) nomination.
Support Development teams in successfully navigating regulatory (GLP / IND-enabling) small molecule studies through First-in-Human (FIH) trials and beyond.
Partner with data science AI and machine learning experts to design deploy and leverage the state-of-the-art computational and predictive tools that generate robust clinically-relevant translational datasets within the Recursion OS.
The Team You Will Join You will lead the Toxicology function and operate in a highly cross-functional manner collaborating closely with leaders across Discovery Clinical Development Translational Biology and our core AI / ML and Data Science organizations across our various locations.
The Experience Youll Need
Ph.D. is strongly preferred together with accreditation such as ERT or DABT.
As an experienced leader you will have worked at / with a mixture of company types (CRO large pharma and biotech).
You are an integrator of information skilled at synthesizing complex data to provide Project Teams Partners and Management with data-driven recommendations and risk assessments as projects advance through the portfolio.
Demonstrated ability to lead interdisciplinary cross-functional teams in a complex organization. Must be able to manage and prioritize multiple projects to ensure they are high-quality on time and on budget.
Proven track record of supporting programs from preclinical discovery into clinical development specifically supporting research for small molecule drugs.
Strong working knowledge of preclinical drug discovery models and the ability to synthesize scientific content and strategy for senior management. Must be able to manage complex variables and uncertainty to align drug development with preclinical research.
Excellent communication presentation and high-level negotiation skills. Ability to resolve conflict and effectively interact with diverse stakeholders including discovery clinical regulatory and operations teams.
Exceptional attention to detail with strong planning time management and organizational skills.
Working Location & Compensation : This is an office-based hybrid position at one of our offices located in Salt Lake City Utah / London / New York City . Employees are expected to work in the office at least 50% of the time.
At Recursion we believe that every employee should be compensated fairly. Based on the skill and level of experience required for this role the estimated current annual base range for this role is $255200 to $331100 (USD) . You will also be eligible for an annual bonus and equity compensation as well as a comprehensive benefits package.
The Values We Hope You Share :
We act boldly with integrity. We are unconstrained in our thinking take calculated risks and push boundaries but never at the expense of ethics science or trust.
We care deeply and engage directly. Caring means holding a deep sense of responsibility and respect - showing up speaking honestly and taking action.
We learn actively and adapt rapidly. Progress comes from doing. We experiment test and refine embracing iteration over perfection.
We move with urgency because patients are waiting. Speed isnt about rushing but about moving the needle every day.
We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability we enable trust and autonomyleaders take accountability for decisive action and teams own outcomes together.
We are One Recursion. True cross-functional collaboration is about trust clarity humility and impact. Through sharing we can be greater than the sum of our individual capabilities.
Our values underpin the employee experience at Recursion. They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate support one another spend our time make decisions and celebrate collectively.
More About Recursion Recursion (NASDAQ : RXRX) is a clinical stage TechBio company leading the space by decoding biology to radically improve lives. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS a platform built across diverse technologies that continuously generate one of the worlds largest proprietary biological and chemical datasets. Recursion leverages sophisticated machine-learning algorithms to distill from its dataset a collection of trillions of searchable relationships across biology and chemistry unconstrained by human bias. By commanding massive experimental scale up to millions of wet lab experiments weekly and massive computational scale owning and operating one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world Recursion is uniting technology biology and chemistry to advance the future of medicine.
Recursion is headquartered in Salt Lake City where it is a founding member of BioHive the Utah life sciences industry collective. Recursion also has offices in Toronto Montréal New York London Oxford area and the San Francisco Bay area. Learn more at or connect on X (formerly Twitter)and LinkedIn.
Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state local or provincial human rights legislation.
Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies : Recursion Pharmaceuticals and its affiliate companies do not accept resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Recursion or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Recursions internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Recursion and Recursion will not owe any referral or other fees. Our team will communicate directly with candidates who are not represented by an agent or intermediary unless otherwise agreed to prior to interviewing for the job.
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