Molecular/Cellular Senior Scientist, NIBR Preclinical Safety

6500! That’s the number of associates in the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR). This division is the innovation engine of Novartis, focusing on powerful new technologies that have the potential to help produce therapeutic breakthroughs for patients. <br><br>The Pre-Clinical Safety (PCS) group in NIBR provides world class preclinical safety profiling and assessment for optimal drug discovery, development and commercialization, with state-of-the-art regulatory compliance.<br><br>We are seeking a Safety Scientist to join the PCS organization in Translational Medicine. In this role, you would be supporting complex modality safety across a broad mix of therapeutic areas. You will support laboratory investigations of project and platform specific issues through design and oversight of experimental work.<br><br>What you’ll be doing:<br><br>Your responsibilities will include, but not limited to:<br><br>• Work with senior scientific staff to conceive, execute, and interpret a large range of molecular biology and in vitro experiments in support of Novartis’s complex modality programs.<br><br>• Identify, assess utilize novel scientific approaches and technologies to address key project and platform scientific questions about safety of our therapies.<br><br>• Based on experimental results, assist in the design of follow-up studies, recognize challenges and actively provide input on solutions.<br>Write up detailed documentation of experiments with next steps/conclusions, maintain electronic lab notebooks, perform high quality research, and generation of reports for health authorities.<br><br>• Collaborate with research scientists across Novartis global platform and disease areas.<br><br>• Participate in and contribute to laboratory, departmental and project teams meetings, summarizing experiments and results, and contributing to scientific discussions.