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Apply to JobJob ID261665BRPosition TitlePrincipal / Sr. Principal Scientific Computing & ConsultingJob Description20 years of untapped data waiting to be explored – the digital revolution is changing everything, especially in pharmaceuticals where we are collecting more data in our clinical trials than ever before thereby unlocking the secrets of the next breakthrough in innovative medicines for patients in need. We are forming a new Scientific Computing and Consulting team that has the opportunity to reimagine how Novartis handles its clinical trial data by enabling the use of state of the art computing infrastructure, leveraging advanced visualization software solutions to dynamically explore our data in an interactive and collaborative manner.



Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive the evaluation of business technology, scientific software, novel visualization tools, automated data provisioning pipelines and computation infrastructure improve, increase and enhance the quality and efficiency of Novartis drug development

• Provide a tight link with the IT organization. Use influencing skills to ensure infrastructure and decisions made on IT systems meet the needs of the business, i.e. enable the business for the delivery of complex analytics

• Provide software tools and IT infrastructure solutions to enable Quantitative Sciences to work efficiently and effectively to deliver on tasks and make quantitative decisions to trial and or project level activities including dynamic solutions to proactively explore data and deeply characterize patients

• Incorporate evidence from sources of big data (e.g. genomics, biomarkers, digital technology, sensors, imaging and real world evidence)

• Support the implementation, communication and education of innovative data interrogation / visualization methods

• Build collaborative working relationships and communicates effectively with Quantitative Sciences partners along with clinical teams promote a greater mindset where associates may leverage each other’s skills in an open and transparent mannerMinimum requirementsPosition will be filled at level commensurate with experience.



What you’ll bring to the role:

• PhD or Masters in computer science, data sciences, software engineering, bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, systems engineering, IT infrastructure, biostatistics preferred

• At least 1 year of experience with application of innovative software, data science, or influencing IT on infrastructure within a drug development setting preferred

(Principal – at least 1 year of experience; Senior Principal – at least 3 years’ of experience)

• Solid interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) bridging scientific and business needs

• Experience in at least one of the following areas a. Data Visualisation b. Software Development and engineering c. DevOps, CI/CD d. High Performance Computing e. Big Data Analytics f. Application Performance Tuning



WHY CONSIDER NOVARTIS?

817 million. That’s how many lives our products touched in 2018. And while we’re proud of that, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people’s lives?

We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are empowered to ask new questions, make bolder decisions and take smarter risks.

We are Novartis. Join us and help reimagine medicine.DivisionGlobal Drug DevelopmentBusiness UnitCD&A GDDLocationSwitzerlandSiteBaselCompany/Legal EntityNovartis Pharma AGFunctional AreaResearch & DevelopmentJob TypeFull TimeEmployment TypeRegular

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