Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please see below our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.

Welcome to Next Phase Recruitment! Please use the above link to see our current jobs that match your search criteria. For a broader job search please visit the home page or call us on 01403 216216 to discuss career options in other areas of Life Science and Technology.

Mid/Senior Computational Drug Discovery Scientist

Computational Drug Discovery Scientists use modelling and simulation to accelerate early-stage drug discovery. They design and optimize small molecules through computer-aided drug design (CADD) and structure-based modelling.

Core duties:

  • Running molecular docking, dynamics, and pharmacophore modelling – Using software like Schrodinger, MOE, or OpenEye.

  • Collaborating with medicinal chemistry and biology teams – Informing compound selection and SAR analysis.

  • Designing virtual screening workflows – Prioritising libraries and filtering based on predicted properties (e.g., ADMET).

  • Building QSAR and ML models – To predict compound activity and guide lead optimization.

  • Contributing to publications and intellectual property – Supporting innovation across internal pipelines or collaborations.

Candidates typically have a PhD in computational chemistry, structural biology, or cheminformatics, with strong coding and visualization skills.​

Greenford

Greenford is located in the London Borough of Ealing in north west London.  Towns and suburbs close to Greenford include Harrow, Brentford, Hayes, Watford and Slough.  Greenford is on the Central Line of the London Underground and also has overground rail connections into central London.  Road connections are also good as Greenford is located on the A40 which leas out to the M40 and then onto the M25, Heathrow Airport is on 12 miles away.  Greenford is well-located for a number of leisure-time places of interest including the world-famous Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena, both of which are only 3 miles away.   Two excellent museums are also in the Greenford area; the London Motorcycle Museum, which has a wide range of bikes & memorabilia on display, and the Musical Museum which has a huge collection of self-playing musical instruments ranging from very small clockwork music boxes to huge “Mighty Wurlitzer” organs.   

Famous people from Greenford: Jourdan Dunn, model and Steven Warner, actor