Pharmaceutical R&D Domain Expert

• Vet the quality of pharmaceutical knowledge work tasks and model outputs, spotting missing behaviors, thin reasoning, unsupported efficacy or safety claims, and answers that read well but would not survive scientific or regulatory scrutiny.
• Write high-quality instruction specs, produce golden solutions to drug discovery and development problems, and define new tasks that reflect how the work is actually done in industry.
• Design challenging pharmaceutical tasks and evaluation sets, and help build domain-specific skills and tools together with the research team.
• Work with client researchers and specialists in adjacent fields to keep standards consistent, translating tacit development judgment into explicit, teachable criteria.

• Genuine specialization in at least one stage of the pipeline, for example target identification and validation, medicinal chemistry and lead optimization, preclinical pharmacology and toxicology, translational and biomarker science, clinical development, or regulatory affairs and CMC.
• Clear progression to a senior level, for example Senior Scientist, Principal Scientist, Director of Research, or a VP level R&D role, with real ownership of a discovery project or development program.
• Hands-on working use of large language models in your professional work, and the judgment to tell a well-reasoned answer from a plausible-sounding wrong one.
• Excellent written communication, and the ability to give precise, well-structured written feedback.

• Peer-reviewed publications, granted patents, or contributions to programs that reached the clinic.

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