Research Associate - siRNA/Peptides + Antibody

Who We Are

Vial is a global tech-driven CRO providing next-generation clinical trial management services. The Vial CRO powers its drug discovery arm Battery Bio an AI-powered hyper scalable biotech. Battery Bio harnesses Vial's unique 90% lower cost structure to produce more affordable drug development with efficient streamlined clinical trials.

Our mission is to reimagine the drug discovery process to empower scientists to cure all human disease. We have assembled a talented team of clinical operators chemists and innovative thinkers to achieve this vision.

Vial is a San Francisco California-based company founded by Simon Burns in October 2020. Since our founding we have become a fast-growing company of 100+ employees with over $100 million in funding from esteemed investors including General Catalyst Box Group and Byers Capital.

Vial is rebuilding the infrastructure to advance research. By deploying technology at every step we are creating a more efficient future for drug discovery.

What You'll Do

- Work in a structure-based computationally driven drug discovery paradigm

- Iteratively scale rethink and collaborate on a drug discovery engine that will scale to hundreds of programs

- Work on assay development and process development for Vial's in house discovery efforts

- Research new modalities + new approaches and serve as a thought partner to the team

- Work with other scientists clinicians computational biologists project managers and external partners to accomplish our mission of curing diseases

What You'll Bring

- 3-5 years of experience in Antibody discovery/program development or roles directly related to the Research & Development of antibody programs

- Entrepreneurial mindset experience in startup environment preferred a plus

- Deeply analytical systems thinker focused on finding scalable solutions

$90000 - $110000 a year

Why You’ll Love Working At Vial

We are innately curiosity. We found our calling in clinical trials after learning the pain points directly. It is our curiosity that propels us to keep building finding new challenges and fulfilling our vision of reimagining clinical trials.

We believe in autonomy. Team members do their best work when given autonomy. In order to make an impact on the scale of the Vial vision we built our culture to enable each Vial team member to feel ownership of their domain.

We take pride in building mastery . We believe in building master in a craft. Craftsmanship a pride in one’s craft is key to prolonged engagement on a difficult challenge. Vial’s culture is one of highly autonomous deeply focused experts working on an immensely hard problem together.

Our strength is moving fast and staying humble. We believe that if we build a team that is intellectually honest that we stay nimble and keep an open mind to all solutions - we’ll be adaptive and solve the problems that face us at every turn.

Benefits (Not applicable to Contract or Temp Positions)

Competitive Equity Compensation

Comprehensive benefits package including Medical Dental and Vision insurance

401k or RRSP Plan with Company Matching after first 90 days of employment

One time Remote Office Setup Stipend

Paid Parental Leave

Remote-First Flexible Work Schedule

Unlimited Vacation