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Job Description

12,000. The number of associates worldwide working together to reimagine medicine!

The Global Drug Development (GDD) organization oversees the development of new medicines discovered by our researchers and partners. We transform the lives of people by developing innovative and life-changing medicines.

This is a site-based role that can be located in: San Diego, CA or Cambridge, MA or East Hanover, NJ or Durham, NC.

This role does not have the ability to be fully remote but will have flexibility of 2 days/week for remote work.

The Senior Expert Science & Technology is within the Quantitative Sciences & Statistics group within innovative Cell & Gene Therapy Organization. We work in a highly collaborative environment, and the successful candidate will build and develop bioinformatics support to next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and platforms in advancing AAV gene therapy platform. He/she/they will have an active role in leading and managing bioinformatics initiatives and work in close collaboration with wet lab scientists and internal and external collaborators.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

* Work as a lead bioinformatics scientist both independently and as a member of cross-functional teams to lead the effort on NGS experimental design, data analysis and interpretation.
* Develop bioinformatics pipelines for NGS data analysis, data management and enabling data analysis pipelines in routine analysis. Provide troubleshooting and maintenance supports.
* Produce high quality written documentation including study protocols, data analysis plans and reports.
* Refine algorithms and tools for sequencing data analysis and propose improvements.
* Communicating internally with other departments and externally with collaborators about technological capabilities and gap analysis.
* Lead bioinformatics pipeline validation and transfer.
* Support the wider R&D team with general bioinformatics needs.

EEO Statement

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Minimum requirements

What you'll bring to the role:

* PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, molecular biology, virology or related discipline.
* At least 5 years of relevant industry work experience is required.
* Strong domain knowledge in genomics, excellent programming skills, and deep experience with next-generation sequencing and analysis.
* End-to-end complete life cycle experience in analysis and workflow/pipeline development for major NGS platforms for mutation analysis, genome mapping, variant calling and interpretation.
* Strong communication skills, ability to work both independently and collaboratively, to manage multiple concurrent, fast-paced projects and to work with multidisciplinary teams.
* Ability to set up bioinformatics computation systems from ground up.
* Experience in virology or viral gene therapy and working experience in GxP environment is considered a plus.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $144,000 and $216,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.


Why Novartis?
236 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2022, and while we're proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people's lives.

We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world's toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!
Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Division

Global Drug Development

Business Unit

TECHNICAL R & D GDD

Country

USA

Work Location

San Diego, CA

Company/Legal Entity

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Functional Area

Data Science

Job Type

Full Time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

No