What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Scientist, Bioinformatics position at EMD SERONO?
A career with EMD Serono is an ongoing journey of discovery: our 60,300 people are shaping how the world lives, works and plays through next generation advancements in Healthcare, Life Science and Electronics. For more than 350 years and across the world we have passionately pursued our curiosity to find novel and vibrant ways of enhancing the lives of others. EMD Serono is a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.
Your role :
You will work with our scientists and clinicians in Immuno-Oncology and Immunology, applying computational methods to advance drug discovery from target discovery through clinical studies. You will bring a knowledge of techniques, available data, biology, and previous results to multi-disciplinary project teams and will work with them to:
You will also collaborate within the Bioinformatics group to develop shared libraries, tools, datasets, documentation, and practices that enhance our scientific capabilities and turn the impossible into the merely difficult.
Who You Are:
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences.
We celebrate all dimensions of diversity. We believe that it drives excellence, innovation, and human progress. We care about our customers, patients, and our rich mix of people. This diversity strengthens our ability to lead in science and technology.
We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all and empower you to fulfil your ambitions. Our diverse businesses offer various career moves to seek new horizons.
Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to bring their curiosity to life!
Curious? Chat with one of our curious minds on our interactive Q&A platform and catch a glimpse of our people, values, and culture. You can also apply and find more information at https://jobs.vibrantm.com
If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity, and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.emdgroup.com/en/company/press-positions.html
If you are a resident of NYC, Connecticut or Colorado, you are eligible to receive additional information about the compensation and benefits, which we will provide upon request. You may contact 855 444 5678 from 8:00am to 5:30pm ET Monday through Friday, for assistance.
The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and programs relating to recruitment and hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Any applicant or employee who believes they have been discriminated against by the Company or anyone acting on behalf of the Company must report any concerns to their Human Resources Business Partner, Legal, or Compliance immediately. The Company will not retaliate against any individual because they made a good faith report of discrimination.
As an employee of the Company, you will be required to comply with all of the Company's COVID-19 safety protocols and policies. The organization has currently suspended enforcement of its COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, but that policy may be reinstated by the Company in its discretion.
Job Requisition ID: 245520
Location: Billerica
Career Level: D - Professional (4-9 years)
Working time model: full-time
North America Disclosure
The Company is committed to accessibility in its workplaces, including during the job application process. Applicants who may require accommodation during the application process should speak with our Candidate Services team at 844-655-6466 from 8:00am to 5:30pm ET Monday through Friday. If you are a resident of a Connecticut or Colorado, you are eligible to receive additional information about the compensation and benefits, which we will provide upon request. You may contact 855 444 5678 from 8:00am to 5:30pm ET Monday through Friday, for assistance.
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Job Segment: R&D, Research Scientist, Medical Research, Clinical Research, Developer, Research, Science, Healthcare, Technology
United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.
Your role :
You will work with our scientists and clinicians in Immuno-Oncology and Immunology, applying computational methods to advance drug discovery from target discovery through clinical studies. You will bring a knowledge of techniques, available data, biology, and previous results to multi-disciplinary project teams and will work with them to:
- Design, implement, and apply statistical, network, and machine learning techniques to analyze and integrate large datasets generated from "omics" approaches.
- Interpret analysis results to guide experiment design (wet lab and computational), suggest novel biomarkers and biomarker strategies, and inform clinical trial planning. You will work forwards (translating pre-clinical results to clinical approaches) and backwards (bringing clinical datasets into early discovery) across the full R&D lifecycle.
- Explore immune biology through single-cell datasets (scRNASeq, CyTOF, digital pathology readouts, etc), potentially developing new approaches and pipelines.
You will also collaborate within the Bioinformatics group to develop shared libraries, tools, datasets, documentation, and practices that enhance our scientific capabilities and turn the impossible into the merely difficult.
Who You Are:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field
- Minimum of 10 years relevant experience
- Exceptional record of delivering biological insights through computational techniques that demonstrates a deep understanding of analysis methods as well as disease biology
- Expertise in retrieval, management, analysis, visualization, and interpretation of large datasets, especially RNA-Seq, DNA-Seq, and single-cell technologies. Strong experience implementing pipelines and other systems for data integration, analysis, and visualization
- Experience with reproducible research tools and several programming languages (ideally including R, Python and Bash)
- Familiarity with databases of genome annotations, pathways, networks, celltypes, etc
Preferred Qualifications:
- PhD in Bioinformatics
- Experience in Immunology or Immuno-Oncology, especially with clinical and patient datasets
- Experience with methods/algorithm development for single-cell datasets or network analyses
- Experience implementing scalable systems for large datasets.
What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences.
We celebrate all dimensions of diversity. We believe that it drives excellence, innovation, and human progress. We care about our customers, patients, and our rich mix of people. This diversity strengthens our ability to lead in science and technology.
We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all and empower you to fulfil your ambitions. Our diverse businesses offer various career moves to seek new horizons.
Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to bring their curiosity to life!
Curious? Chat with one of our curious minds on our interactive Q&A platform and catch a glimpse of our people, values, and culture. You can also apply and find more information at https://jobs.vibrantm.com
If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity, and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.emdgroup.com/en/company/press-positions.html
If you are a resident of NYC, Connecticut or Colorado, you are eligible to receive additional information about the compensation and benefits, which we will provide upon request. You may contact 855 444 5678 from 8:00am to 5:30pm ET Monday through Friday, for assistance.
The Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, transgender status, marital status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and programs relating to recruitment and hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Any applicant or employee who believes they have been discriminated against by the Company or anyone acting on behalf of the Company must report any concerns to their Human Resources Business Partner, Legal, or Compliance immediately. The Company will not retaliate against any individual because they made a good faith report of discrimination.
As an employee of the Company, you will be required to comply with all of the Company's COVID-19 safety protocols and policies. The organization has currently suspended enforcement of its COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, but that policy may be reinstated by the Company in its discretion.
Job Requisition ID: 245520
Location: Billerica
Career Level: D - Professional (4-9 years)
Working time model: full-time
North America Disclosure
The Company is committed to accessibility in its workplaces, including during the job application process. Applicants who may require accommodation during the application process should speak with our Candidate Services team at 844-655-6466 from 8:00am to 5:30pm ET Monday through Friday. If you are a resident of a Connecticut or Colorado, you are eligible to receive additional information about the compensation and benefits, which we will provide upon request. You may contact 855 444 5678 from 8:00am to 5:30pm ET Monday through Friday, for assistance.
Notice on Fraudulent Job Offers
Unfortunately, we are aware of third parties that pretend to represent our company offering unauthorized employment opportunities. If you think a fraudulent source is offering you a job, please have a look at the following information .
Nearest Major Market: Boston
Job Segment: R&D, Research Scientist, Medical Research, Clinical Research, Developer, Research, Science, Healthcare, Technology