Mercor
Pharmaceutical R&D Expert - Biotech
This role focuses on building realistic digital workspaces and multi-step tasks that reflect real pharma and biotech workflows. The work supports frontier AI research by collaborating with experts, refining task designs, and improving evaluation criteria for pharma/biotech agent benchmarks.
Key Responsibilities
- • Build a realistic digital workspace using tools like Medidata Rave, Oracle Clinical One, Schrödinger Suite, and Benchling. Include study protocols, IND/NDA/BLA drafts, and lab notebooks.
- • Design multi-step tasks based on real workflows.
- • Ensure tasks challenge frontier AI agents by navigating multiple apps and stakeholders.
- • Collaborate with pharma and biotech experts to design environments and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
- • Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for pharma/biotech agent benchmarks.
- • Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking.
Required
- • PhD, MD, PharmD, or MS with deep experience; industry fellowship training a plus.
- • 3+ years of full-time experience at a Fortune 500 pharma/biotech or top academic/translational research center.
- • Background in areas like drug discovery, preclinical research, biotech R&D, clinical development, regulatory affairs, or pharmacovigilance.
- • Day-to-day use of Medidata Rave, Oracle Clinical One, Schrödinger Suite, and Benchling.
- • Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.
Benefits & Perks
- • Performance Bonus: Top performers receive a weekly bonus incentive on top of their per task rate.
- • Hourly Opportunity: Top performers may transition to an hourly compensation model based on sustained quality and throughput.
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: Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $1,150–$1,450 per completed task
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
Must-Have
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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: Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $1,150–$1,450 per completed task
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Build a realistic digital workspace using tools like Medidata Rave, Oracle Clinical One, Schrödinger Suite, and Benchling. Include study protocols, IND/NDA/BLA drafts, and lab notebooks.
- Design multi-step tasks based on real workflows. Ensure tasks challenge frontier AI agents by navigating multiple apps and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with pharma and biotech experts to design environments and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
- Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for pharma/biotech agent benchmarks.
- Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.
Must-Have
- PhD, MD, PharmD, or MS with deep experience; industry fellowship training a plus.
- 3+ years of full-time experience at a Fortune 500 pharma/biotech or top academic/translational research center.
- Background in areas like drug discovery, preclinical research, biotech R&D, clinical development, regulatory affairs, or pharmacovigilance.
- Day-to-day use of Medidata Rave, Oracle Clinical One, Schrödinger Suite, and Benchling.
- Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.
- Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~$1,150–$1,450 per completed task, subject to change as the project evolves).
- Performance Bonus: Top performers receive a weekly bonus incentive on top of their per task rate.
- Hourly Opportunity: Top performers may transition to an hourly compensation model based on sustained quality and throughput.
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- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
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