Reporting to the Head of Research, the Associate Director will serve as a bridge, operationally linking our Research & Development organizations. The successful candidate will work collaboratively across functions to provide operational support for ongoing drug discovery and development programs through coordination of external activities and relationships, meticulous tracking and documentation of vendor agreements & contracts, and overall project planning and management. From an operational perspective, this individual is expected to be a key member of the Pre-clinical Development Team (PDT) for multiple Frontier drug discovery programs, working closely with, and enabling project team leads to successfully deliver Development Candidate (DC) molecules to IND and beyond.