Biomedical Machine Learning Innovation Scientist

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Scientific Innovation Senior Expert:

• Work with a team of AI researchers and SMEs with core domain expertise in applying AI to drug discovery.

• Work with AI modelers to ensure models are robust and performant

• Work with Engineering and Product Development resources to ensure delivery of AI solutions.

• Raise the awareness of AI applications to aid in answering key research questions across BR.

• Help position AI-aided drug discovery contributions to deliver and support progress of BR's portfolio, enable new kinds of therapeutic discoveries, shorten cycle times, and increase efficiency.

Collaboration & partnership:

• Act as liaison of AICS for identification of research questions, solution design, and evangelism of results and impacts of AI across BR

• Regularly communicate, engage, align with AICS teams, broader data science community, and senior scientists.

• Initiate and lead key high-value internal collaborations across BR.

• Help design translatable metrics for AI models that will lead to tangible impact in collaboration with BR DAs and FAs.

Essential Requirements:

• 4+ years of significant experience in innovation, development, deployment and continuous support of Machine Learning data management and modeling, including experience in an Enterprise environment

• Specialization in at least one of the core drug discovery functional areas like target identification, computational chemistry, protein structure modelling and design or translational medicine.

• Expertise in bringing advanced analytics insights and actions to a large Research organization & deep understanding of Drug development.

• Entrepreneurial spirit with can-do, pro-active attitude which compliments your passion for understanding emerging technologies with pragmatic insight into where those technologies can be integrated into business solutions.

• Ability to balance requirements, manage expectations, and drive effective results using a proactive attitude towards identifying and resolving issues.

• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and influencing skills and demonstrated track record of exceptional teamwork.

• Functional leadership capability with excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.

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.

Benefits and rewards:

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For Basel, Switzerland:

Switzerland Accessibility and accommodation Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion_ch@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

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