Drug Discovery Expert Fully Remote

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Pharmaceutical Research Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60$80/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include study protocols investigator brochures IND/NDA drafts pharmacology reports biomarker analyses CMC technical reports DMC briefing documents and email threads. Represent platforms like Medidata Rave Oracle Clinical One Schrödinger Suite Benchling and LabArchives.
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Require navigation of multiple apps files and stakeholders to meaningfully challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with other pharmaceutical-research experts to design the environment shape task scope and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for pharma-research agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. The work you produce directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• PhD MD PharmD or MS with deep experience; industry fellowship training a plus.
• 3 years of full-time experience at a Fortune 500 pharma/biotech or top academic research center.
• Background in target ID/drug discovery preclinical/translational research clinical development regulatory affairs or CMC.
• Day-to-day use of Medidata Rave Oracle Clinical One Schrödinger Suite MOE (CCG) Benchling and LabArchives.
• Strong analytical thinking and writing. Able to translate pharma R&D workflows into structured task specs.

Compensation & Legal

• Project starts with an effective hourly rate. Transition to compensation based on throughput of quality work.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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