Senior Level Research and Development (R&D) Jobs in South San Francisco, CA

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Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
MSD	MSDPrincipal Scientist (Director), Translational Medicine - Cardiovascular HybridFull Time2d	Boston or Upper Gwynedd or Rahway or West Point or South San Francisco	$260k - $410k/yr	2d	View
MSD	MSDPrincipal Scientist, Translational Clinical Biomarkers - Hematology/Oncology HybridFull Time2d	North Wales or Boston or Rahway or South San Francisco	$191k - $300k/yr	2d	View
Thermo Fisher Scientific	Thermo Fisher ScientificDirector of R&D qPCR Platform OnsiteFull Time4d	South San Francisco, California	$192k - $288k/yr	4d	View
MSD	MSDSenior Scientist, Cytometric Profiling OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1w	South San Francisco, California	$131k - $207k/yr	1w	View
Eli Lilly and Company	Eli Lilly and CompanyAgentic Automation Lead - Frontier AI OnsiteFull Time1w	South San Francisco or Indianapolis or North America	$194k - $339k/yr	1w	View
Eli Lilly and Company	Eli Lilly and CompanyChemical Reactivity Landscape, Scientific Project Leader OnsiteFull Time1w	South San Francisco or San Francisco or Indianapolis or	$177k - $308k/yr	1w	View
MSD	MSDPrincipal Scientist (Scientific Director Level)– Nonclinical Drug Safety HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1w	Pennsylvania or West Point or Boston or South San Francisco or Cambridge or San Diego	$176k - $277k/yr	1w	View
Merck Research Laboratories	Merck Research LaboratoriesAssociate Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow - Metabolic Disease (Onsite) OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship2w	South San Francisco, California	$72k - $113k/yr	2w	View
MSD	MSDAssociate Director, Data Science, Functional Genomics HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship2w	South San Francisco or Cambridge or San Diego or Rahway or United States or Puerto Rico	$176k - $277k/yr	2w	View
MSD	MSDPrincipal Scientist (Director), Translational Medicine - Infectious Diseases HybridFull Time2w	South San Francisco or Boston or Rahway or West Point	$260k - $410k/yr	2w	View
AstraZeneca	AstraZenecaGlobal Clinical Program Lead, Hematology HybridFull Time3w	South San Francisco, California	$288k - $432k/yr	3w	View
Msd	MsdAssociate Principal Scientist, Clinical Research HybridFull Time3w	Rahway or Boston or West Point or South San Francisco	$142k - $224k/yr	3w	View
Msd	MsdSenior Specialist, Nonclinical Medical Writing HybridFull Time3w	South San Francisco, California	$131k - $207k/yr	3w	View
Msd	MsdSenior Scientist, Chemistry OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship4w	South San Francisco, California	$131k - $207k/yr	4w	View
Merck & Co., Inc.	Merck & Co., Inc.Associate Director, Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, Cardiometabolic HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1mo	Rahway or Boston or South San Francisco or West Point	$157k - $247k/yr	1mo	View
Msd	MsdSenior Director of Clinical Science - Lung HybridFull Time1mo	Rahway or Boston or North Wales or South San Francisco	$191k - $300k/yr	1mo	View
Merck	MerckSenior Director of Clinical Science - Hematology HybridFull Time1mo	Rahway or Boston or Upper Gwynedd or South San Francisco	$191k - $300k/yr	1mo	View
Msd	MsdAssociate Director, Translational PK/PD HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1mo	South San Francisco or Boston or West Point	$157k - $247k/yr	1mo	View
Msd	MsdPrincipal Scientist, DMPK OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1mo	Boston or South San Francisco or West Point or Rahway	$176k - $277k/yr	1mo	View
Merck	MerckSenior Principal Scientist, Pharmacokinetics OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1mo	South San Francisco, California	$194k - $306k/yr	1mo	View
Lilly	LillyDirector/Sr. Director - Medicinal Chemistry (synthetic macrocycles) OnsiteFull Time1mo	San Francisco or Indianapolis or South San Francisco or San Diego or Louisville or Alcobendas	$164k - $282k/yr	1mo	View
Msd	MsdSenior Director, Pharmacokinetics OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1mo	South San Francisco, California	$194k - $306k/yr	1mo	View
Msd	MsdExecutive Director, Clinical Science, Ophthalmology & Neuroscience HybridFull Time1mo	Rahway or Boston or North Wales or South San Francisco	$256k - $403k/yr	1mo	View
Msd	MsdDirector, Obesity and Metabolic Diseases OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1mo	South San Francisco, California	$214k - $337k/yr	1mo	View
AstraZeneca	AstraZenecaGlobal Development Senior Medical Director, Hematology Oncology HybridFull Time2mo	Barcelona or Boston or South San Francisco or Gaithersburg	$288k - $432k/yr	2mo	View

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