Conditions of employment:
Salary range: 190 000 $US - 250 000 $US per year, depending on experience.
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Position Summary
HAYA Therapeutics is seeking a bold and visionary leader to serve as our Head of Drug Discovery Sciences – a transformative role at the forefront of RNA-based medicine. This is your opportunity to architect and lead a strategically positioned department focused on the design, optimization, and preclinical advancement of next-generation nucleic acid-based therapeutics. This role bridges early target discovery and translational development, ensuring a seamless progression from hit-to-lead through to high-quality development candidates.
We’re looking for scientifically rigorous leadership – someone who brings deep expertise in RNA therapeutics, delivery technologies, and, most importantly, effective cross-functional team leadership. You’ll manage a small, high-performing internal team while working in a tight partnership with experts across Data Science, Functional Genomics, and CMC to deliver potent, safe, and scalable therapeutic candidates for clinical development. Your ability to influence and coordinate across disciplines will be critical in driving discovery efforts forward and positioning HAYA for continued growth and innovation.
What’s in it for me?
Leading HAYA’s Drug Discovery Sciences department, you’ll have a rare opportunity to work with the leadership team to shape the strategy, culture, and scientific direction of a function critical to HAYA’s mission. You’ll be at the forefront of pioneering RNA-based therapeutics, translating breakthrough science into real-world impact for patients with common and chronic diseases.
You’ll work alongside a collaborative, deeply knowledgeable team that thrives on intellectual curiosity and scientific rigor. Every day will offer opportunities to learn, grow, and stretch your expertise—whether you're exploring novel delivery platforms, refining candidate selection strategies, or integrating the latest advances in AI, computational biology, and organoid models.
This role is designed for those who want to do career-defining work—where your ideas will be heard, your contributions will be valued, and your growth will be supported in an entrepreneurial environment that celebrates innovation and impact.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Leadership & Vision
2. Candidate Design and Optimization
3. Cross-Functional and Translational Interface
4. Scientific and Team Leadership
Qualifications
HAYA Therapeutics is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where all individuals feel valued and empowered. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, ancestry, age, marital or familial status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind and are committed to ensuring fair and equitable treatment in all aspects of recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, and career development.
At HAYA, we believe that diversity of thought, experience, and background drives innovation and strengthens our mission to transform patient care through cutting-edge RNA-based therapeutics.
HAYA Therapeutics is a precision RNA-based therapeutics company that discovers and develops innovative genomic medicines for the treatment of fibrosis and other serious health conditions associated with aging. The company’s discovery engine focuses on long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) within the “dark matter” of the human genome -- key tissue and cell-specific drivers of multiple disease processes including fibrosis -- to identify novel targets and drug candidates with the potential for greater efficacy and safety than existing treatments.
Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland with laboratory facilities in San Diego, USA, HAYA is a rapidly growing company led by a world-class team and supported by a strong investor consortium.