ADC Expert - Preclinical R&D

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 D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position

Preclinical R&D Expert – ADC & Bispecifics

Type

Contract

Compensation

$60–$100/hour

Location

Remote

Commitment

10 hours/week

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, and risk assessment .
• Help define structure and quality standards for the client's dataset pipeline .
• Participate in expert discussions, interviews, and research engagements .

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 .