Compound Manager

About the role: 

Superluminal Medicines, Inc. is seeking a highly organized, detail oriented, and experienced Compound Manager to help us build and execute a fully integrated, automated, and data-driven compound management. This role is essential to ensure that the scientists can focus on the science and trust that every experimental data point that is collected is underpinned by confidence in the compounds being tested. The person that fills this role understands how fundamental and critical compound management is to the experimental data being generated and how important data capture, recording, and communication is to drug discovery. 

Superluminal’s platform aims to develop candidate-ready compounds with unprecedented speed using a combination of deep biology, computational and medicinal chemistry, machine learning, and proprietary big data infrastructure. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, thrives in a startup environment, and brings strong experience in compound management.

Key responsibilities: 

• Key business partner to chemistry and biology
• Monitor Smartsheets for weekly orders then coordinate orders of weekly shipments from external compound management CROs. Regularly communicate with the chemistry and biology team around order progress and any hurdles encountered.
• Update Smartsheets with compound and mother plate inventories. Monitor inventories and flag compounds for resynthesis as needed.
• Manage and track shipments between CROs and Superluminal.
• Execute internal compound management capabilities:
• Maintain internal inventory
• Receive and evaluate plates for potential issues, flagging to chemistry and biology as appropriate
• Create assay ready plates using in house automation
• Create cherry pick plates from mother plates for follow-up
• Generate QC plates and prepare for shipment or internal analysis
• Develop, document, and maintain SOPs
• Ensure compliance with all laboratory safety requirements including OSHA, biosafety, chemical hygiene and other regulatory standards
• Identify inefficiencies in our operational processes and implement solutions to address them

Qualifications & Skills:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry, or closely related field
• 5+ years of industry experience in compound management
• Experience coordinating efforts with external CROs
• Experience with laboratory automation
• Experience with Smartsheets or other tracking systems a plus
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly organized self-starter with a strong ability for problem solving and effective execution
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across multiple tasks
• Ability to work onsite full-time