Senior Investigator - Biology Job at Novartis, Cambridge, MA

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  • Novartis
  • Cambridge, MA

Job Description

~~~Please note: This is a temporary contractor opportunity at Novartis ~~~
Novartis touches the lives of a tenth of the world’s population. Every role here, regardless of contract type, makes an impact on human life!

Novartis US partners with external managed service provider Magnit Global to offer engaging temporary contractor opportunities like this, to those who are looking for flexibility in their career while looking to gain new skills and experiences providing services to an inclusive global medicines company. Click here to learn more about Magnit

Ready to work with/through Magnit at Novartis? Please read on...
Senior Investigator - Biology

Duties (But not limited to:)
Leads the decision-making process for establishing multidisciplinary project/program goals within own team or matrix working group(s) and drives their completion (with other units in Novartis and/or external partners).
Maintains state of the art knowledge of emerging scientific/technological trends and successfully applies those to advance department/Division strategy & objectives.
Builds and empowers a matrix, cross-functional community in specific scientific or technical area.
Directly leads a diverse team, including setting achievable, developmental objectives, or builds matrix team objectives and integrates work across multiple labs.
Develops constructive culture within direct and matrix team(s); role-models giving and accepting constructive feedback, creates an extended team dynamic of open communication.
Mentors' others to develop their own leadership capabilities and identifies/develops talent across the organization, and/or creates a constructive culture and enables talent development within own scientific/technical community.
Links scientific strategy with specific objectives in novel areas that will lead to fundamental insights or new discoveries, through flexible matrix communities and/or direct team leadership and empowerment, including collaborations with external partners to bring new knowledge into the department/Division.
Develops innovative research, technology and/or early development projects with team, and/or enables internal multidisciplinary teams to progress assets through the department pipeline.
Identifies and validates molecular targets that play a key role in a particular disease process.
Studies origin, relationship, development, anatomy, functions, and chemical processes of living organisms.
Analyzes materials to determine their toxic or nontoxic properties, binding and efficacy.
Isolates or purifies analyses, and identifies hormones, minerals, proteins, and/or cultures of microorganisms to determine their biological properties.
Examines and conducts research on chemical aspects chemistry of cells and cell division. Requires an understanding of one or more of the following: molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology, cell biology, biophysics, virology and/or immunology.
May identify and produce small quantities of new drugs, pharmaceutical compounds and/or nutrients. May develop an assay which employs in vitro and/or in vivo biological and immunological systems.

Experience:
Advanced knowledge of emerging scientific/technological trends
Advanced degree in similar disciplines

Location: Cambridge, MA (Hybrid/Onsite)
Pay Rate: $61.67 - $80.63/hr based on experience and qualifications (W2 Only)
Contract: 6 months
Health, dental, vision, 401k

Why Novartis:
Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?

EEO Statement:
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Accommodation:
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Magnit at directsourceproteam@prounlimited.com.

Job Tags

Contract work, Temporary work, For contractors, Flexible hours,

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