Drug Development Specialist - Fully Remote | Upto $115/hr

Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality of pharmaceutical knowledge work tasks and AI model outputs.
• Identify missing behaviors and unsupported claims.
• Develop high-quality instruction specs and golden solutions for drug discovery.
• Define tasks reflecting industry practices.
• Design challenging pharmaceutical tasks and evaluation sets.
• Collaborate with the research team to build domain-specific skills and tools.
• Work with client researchers to maintain consistent standards.
• Translate tacit development judgment into explicit criteria.

Qualifications

• Must-Have:
• PhD or PharmD in a relevant discipline (e.g., medicinal chemistry, pharmacology).
• 4+ years of pharmaceutical or biotechnology R&D experience.
• Specialization in a pipeline stage (e.g., target identification, clinical development).
• Seniority with ownership of a discovery project or development program.
• Peer-reviewed publications or contributions to programs that reached the clinic.
• Hands-on use of large language models in professional work.
• Commitment to 40 hours/week for 6 months.
• Living in the Bay Area, California and able to work on-site when required.
• PREFERRED:
• MD with substantive drug development experience.

Compensation & Legal

W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC.

Application Process

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