Scientific Director, Biology Integration
Novo Nordisk
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Lexington • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $187,000 - $300,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Take project leadership and oversight for drug programs run in external alliances or originating from external discovery efforts
- Integrate external resources to accelerate drug discovery
- Conduct due diligence and ensure scientific drive and value generation for ongoing and new external collaborations
- Collaborate with data science and genomics teams to realize the impact of big data and machine learning
- Drive new collaborations across Diabetes & Obesity to support the therapeutic area strategy
- Own, initiate, and drive key external collaborations and partnerships with global, cross-organizational impact
- Lead activities that set direction for innovation scouting
- Secure global, cross-organizational collaboration
- Drive change management within own area and make recommendations to influence broader change
- Collaborate across R&ED and across therapy areas at all levels in R&D
Requirements
- A PhD or MD in relevant field
- Minimum of 12 years’ experience in early drug discovery
- Demonstrated experience in providing technical & strategic understanding within the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
- Prior direct and/or indirect people leadership experiences preferred
- Experience in target discovery and validation
- Subject matter expert with a high level of creativity, innovation and inquisitiveness
- Demonstrable experience of working in close collaboration with in vivo and in vitro teams
- Strong project management experience
- In-depth disease understanding and drug discovery skills to drive projects
- Commercial awareness in the context of biotech/pharma drug discovery and development
- Experience in driving innovation through the application of state-of-the-art tools
- High level of personal integrity and confidentiality
- Both a team leader and a team player with strong people skills
- Strong negotiation skills
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance.
- Time off pursuant to sick time policy
- Flexible vacation policy
- Parental leave policy
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
drug discoverytarget discoverytarget validationproject managementbig datamachine learningin vivoin vitroinnovation scoutingcollaboration
Soft Skills
leadershipcreativityinnovationinquisitivenessnegotiationteam leadershipteam playerpeople skillsintegrityconfidentiality
Certifications
PhDMD