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Preclinical R&D Expert Fully Remote

Mercor

Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 17 August 2026 (2 hours ago)

Application Deadline: 14 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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: Preclinical R&D Expert ADC & Bispecifics
Type: Contract
Compensation: $85$142/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

Review technical materials and real-world R&D data across ADC and/or bispecific programs.
Label classify and annotate scientific data and model outputs to improve model performance.
Provide expert perspective on key scientific and development decisions including target/modality selection optimization trade-offs and risk.
Help define structure and quality standards for the clients dataset pipeline.
Participate in expert discussions interviews and research engagements.
Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

Hands-on non-administrative preclinical R&D experience at a company that develops its own drug assets in-house and has taken programs to the clinic.
Direct experience with ADCs and/or bispecific (or multispecific) antibodies.
Work in a core R&D function: discovery biology medicinal chemistry protein/antibody engineering computational in vivo/translational pharmacology/PK-PD toxicology or CMC/formulation.
5 years of relevant industry R&D experience.

Preferred

Experience taking a program through lead optimization or IND-enabling/preclinical development.
Experience at mid-sized emerging or resource-constrained biotech ideally outside the top-20 pharmaceutical companies.

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