Lab Head (Principal Scientist) - Neurodegeneration

150 million people. That’s how many people worldwide are living with neurodegenerative diseases. Join us to help change this!<br><br>The Neuroscience Department within the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR) in Cambridge (US) is searching for a motivated and innovative PhD-level research investigator with demonstrated expertise in neurodegeneration. The candidate will lead a lab that develops and runs in vitro and in vivo assays to support the discovery and early development of pharmacological interventions addressing the pathological processes involved neurodegenerative diseases. A strong background in neuroscience and experience in neurodegeneration are essential for success. <br><br>This key role will support our discovery efforts to identify, validate and pursue targets in the neurodegeneration field to address the high medical needs in brain diseases such as AD, PD, ALS and MS.<br><br>Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:<br><br>Provide strategic and broad team leadership on drug discovery and/or early development projects and initiatives throughout the lifecycle<br><br>Lead broad technology development areas within the department and NIBR. <br><br>Utilize deep expertise to assesses impact, limitations, and added value of scientific activities in order to define team's strategic objectives, advance related projects, and/or significantly expand scientific/technical knowledge within one or several related areas<br><br>Vaccine Policy: While Novartis does not require vaccination at this time, for certain Novartis sites in the US all associates and candidates may be required to either upload an image of their COVID-19 vaccine card demonstrating proof of full vaccination for COVID-19 (or other similar evidence of vaccination) or proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken by the associate or candidate within the past seven days to enter any of our sites and/or customer office or healthcare facility, as well as prior to participating in other work related off-site meetings. Employees working in customer-facing roles must adhere to and comply with customers’ (such as hospitals, physician offices, etc.) credentialing guidelines, which may require vaccination.<br><br><br>[#video#https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggbnzRY9z8w{#400,300#}#/video#]