Career Category
Research
Job Description
Position Overview
The GCF6 Agentic AI Lead – Protein Design & Molecular Engineering is a senior scientific and technical leader responsible for defining and driving AI-enabled workflows that accelerate protein engineering, structure prediction, molecular design, and related discovery activities.
This role combines deep domain expertise in computational biology and molecular engineering with a solid understanding of emerging AI technologies, including foundation models, scientific AI, and agentic systems.
The leader identifies high-value scientific opportunities, designs AI-assisted workflows, and partners with ML engineers to build reusable agentic capabilities that enhance scientific productivity and decision-making.
This role serves as the primary scientific lead for AI applications in protein engineering and molecular design.

Core Responsibilities
Scientific AI Strategy
Develop and maintain a roadmap for AI-enabled capabilities supporting:
- Protein engineering
- Structure prediction
- Protein design
- Motif discovery




- Protein-ligand interactions
- Sequence-function analysis
- Molecular optimization

Identify opportunities where AI agents, scientific models, and automation can significantly improve scientific workflows and outcomes.

Agentic Workflow Design
Design AI-assisted workflows that combine:
- Scientific reasoning
- Foundation models
- Protein language models
- Structure prediction systems
- Computational biology tools
- Internal and external knowledge sources

Define agent responsibilities, decision pathways, tool integration patterns, and human oversight requirements.
Guide development of multi-agent systems that support complex scientific analyses and discovery workflows.

Scientific Leadership
Serve as the primary interface with research scientists and computational biology teams.
Translate scientific challenges into AI opportunities and technical requirements.
Provide scientific oversight for AI-enabled sol

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