Arkana Therapeutics
Boulder, CO
Position Summary
Arkana is seeking an experienced biotech scientist to lead its appetite suppression programs. The Program Lead will drive program strategy, experimental design, study execution, data interpretation, and decision-making across internal teams and external CROs.
The ideal candidate has drug discovery and preclinical development experience, with demonstrated ability to lead preclinical programs to successfully identify development candidates in a fast-moving biotech environment. Experience in small molecule discovery and development, metabolic disease biology, and cell-based assays is strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
· Lead appetite suppression programs from experimental strategy through execution, interpretation, and next-step recommendations.
· Design and interpret studies supporting pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, efficacy, safety, mechanism of action, and preclinical proof of concept.
· Develop, optimize, and...