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.
Hampshire
Hampshire is a large county on the south coast of south east England. Major towns and cities in the county include Southampton, Portsmouth, Fareham, Farnborough, Farnham, Gosport, Andover, Basingstoke, Aldershot and Winchester which was the capital city of England in days gone by.
Hampshire is the birthplace of the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force and Portsmouth is still home to a large Royal Navy base. Portsmouth and Southampton are amongst the largest ports in Europe and as a result, the logistics industry is a major employer in the county. Other industries that are prominent in Hampshire include aerospace, defence, financial, ICT and digital media, the latter particularly around Basingstoke in the north of the county. Hampshire's has many tourist attractions including the New Forest, the South Downs, Winchester Cathedral, the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, Thruxton motor racing circuit and the annual Farnborough air show.
Famous people born in Hampshire: Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, both authors
