Senior Expert - Bioinformatics (80-100%*)

About the role

Location: Basel, Switzerland or Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Full time, onsite, #LI-onsite

Improving and extending people’s lives is what we do. It’s our purpose, our calling – the summit we’re always striving to reach.

But doing this consistently, at scale, for people around the world is no easy task. Getting patients the medicines they need presents a series of complex challenges that can only be overcome with curiosity, determination and the support of a strong, united team.

The Biologics Research Center (BRC) is looking for a bioinformatician, a data scientist, or a computational biologist to join the Bioinformatics and Biotherapeutics modeling team as Senior Expert in Bioinformatics.

The team collaborates closely with experimental scientists to analyze different types of -omics data sets, define and develop data analysis pipelines and tools to support our biologics programs, and to develop technology platforms in the cell and gene therapy and RNA space.

One of the key responsibilities of the successful candidate is to provide computational, bioinformatic, and statistical support for research and early development biologics and technology projects.

You will work in a collaborative and multi-disciplinary environment by translating projects’ needs into bioinformatics solutions; you identify computational needs and influence the introduction and the design of new/state-of-the-art analysis techniques and tools to leverage the use of bioinformatics in the biologics focus area.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide bioinformatics support to biologics and technology projects by consistently collecting, analyzing and integrating -omics data to draw relevant and innovative conclusions
• Independently design, plan, execute, and document complex -omics data analysis, then interpret, summarize and report findings to help drive decisions and set priorities
• Follow the latest advances in the field, raise awareness, and influence the introduction of novel and state-of-the-art computational techniques
• Collaborate in a matrix environment, working with scientists and teams in different areas to address projects’ specific needs and quickly adapt to new technologies and changing needs
• Develop user-friendly applications to make genomic data accessible to bench scientists for broader and repeated use
• Communicate data and analyses to broad scientific audience, technical and non-technical team members and colleagues
• Independently identify and lead, or support, the development of innovative bioinformatics solutions in a matrix environment to answer scientific questions with an impact on the internal drug discovery process.

Role Requirements

What you will bring to the role:

• Ph.D. degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, Computer Science, or related field, or an MS degree with 5+ years of relevant industry experience with deep knowledge on drug discovery and development processes, including experience working closely with experimental scientists in developing predictive models and data analysis pipelines
• Demonstrated experience working with next-generation sequencing data (Ilumina short reads and PacBio/Oxford Nanopore long reads), its commonly used analysis tools, and ability to develop new pipelines and workflows based on business needs
• Strong domain knowledge in genomics. Experience in virology or viral gene therapy is considered a plus.
• Knowledge of programming languages, i.e. Python and R, and Unix / high-performance computing environment, including software development practices as version control, testing, documentation, etc
• Strong communication skills (oral and written), ability to multi-task, and to communicate own results to collaborators with different expertise

Why Novartis:
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us!

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*Restrictions on working flexibility may apply to this position and can be discussed at interview as required

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Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.