💼 Full-Time Position

Principal or Senior Principal Scientist, Peptide & Bioconjugate Drug Discovery

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Zealand Pharma
📍 cambridge, england, United-Kingdom
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Location
cambridge, United-Kingdom
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Posted
June 29, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Overview

Does it excite you to build next-generation peptide drug discovery capabilities in metabolic disease, and do you have experience leading peptide chemistry strategy from concept through lead-candidate selection? If this sounds like you, and you are ready to take on a broad area of responsibilities, then you could be our new colleague.

Your new position

Zealand Pharma is significantly expanding its global R&D capabilities and is establishing new research units in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As part of this expansion, we are creating a new organization—Molecular Platform Development—to strengthen and advance diverse drug modality capabilities in metabolic disease.

We are seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Scientist – Peptide & Bioconjugate Drug Discovery to take a leading scientific role in building peptide- and bioconjugate-based discovery capabilities within this new organization. The position offers a unique opportunity to shape s...