The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) supported by an international hiring committee of top scientists and entrepreneurs is seeking an outstanding scientist and visionary leader to serve as the SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR (F/M/X) of CeMM, the Research Center for Molecular Medicine. The candidate will follow the founding Director Giulio Superti-Furga, a renowned molecular biologist who will become Director of the Biomedical Research and Biotechnology Center in Sicily.

The Scientific Director of CeMM will share the management and CEO leadership role with Anita Ender, Administrative Director of CeMM, who is also the Managing Director of AITHYRA, a brand-new CeMM sister-institute of biomedical artificial intelligence. This partnership and also the prime location of CeMM at the large research-intensive campus of the Medical University Vienna and the Vienna General Hospital provide unique opportunities to achieve maximum scientific innovation in molecular medicine to improve healthcare. 

There are many good things to say about CeMM: faculty and adjunct groups, scientific output, grants and awards, commercialization activities including spin-offs, technologies and research infrastructure, BSF and MDP facilities, PhD and Pre-ERC PostDoc training programs, science and art projects, corporate identity, collaborative culture, international environment, cafeteria/terraces, HR Excellence Award, Alumnae/Alumni network, EU-LIFE alliance. But most importantly there is a large number of talents, “CeMMies”, who are open for constant improvements and new developments, which makes CeMM a special place that will also welcome a new Scientific Director. 

We invite you to have a look at our previous research reports to learn more about the research, life, creativity and facts at CeMM. And feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Please apply until 10.1.2025: 
Link to ÖAW Job Ad and application details

CeMM Principles:

Create innovative technologies
At CeMM, we are specialized in creating the new kinds of tools necessary to foster innovation in biomedicine at all levels.

Explore biological roots of disease
We are dedicated to research excellence. We use the tools we create to explore the depth of human biology at a molecular level with the goal of identifying opportunities capable of defeating disease at its root cause.

Push opportunities into medical application
We are ready and determined to move the best of the opportunities we have discovered in fields like drugs/therapeutics/diagnostics into clinical testing – in partnership with universities and industry.

Empower talents
Key to our innovation strategy is the identification and training of exceptional talents to empower them as future stars in discovery research and research management.

Multiply impact by sharing
At CeMM, we stand for cooperation, openness, and transparency. We share data, tools, and reagents to multiply the impact of our activities. We feel responsible for many challenges regarding health and society, and in return plead for a stronger societal engagement and commitment to research.