Senior Expert / Senior Principal PKS Data Scientist & Scientific Software Engineer (Dual level posting) — Novartis
- Location
- Basel
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 38 days ago
Role overview
Salary Range
CHF102,200.00
CHF189,800.00 Job Description Summary LI-Hybrid Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Salary Range:
- CHF102,200.00
- Key Responsibilities
- Senior Principal: Act as a senior Modeling & Simulation Data Science representative on discovery and lead optimization programs, contributing scientific and strategic input to project discussions and decisions, and helping shape data science direction across programs.
Main responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities
- Senior Principal: Act as a senior Modeling & Simulation Data Science representative on discovery and lead optimization programs, contributing scientific and strategic input to project discussions and decisions, and helping shape data science direction across programs.
- Senior Expert II: Act as a key Modeling & Simulation Data Science representative on discovery and lead optimization programs, providing expert scientific input and contributing to project discussions and decisions.
- Senior Principal: Partner with Data & Digital and PKS wet- and dry-lab teams to identify priority gaps, clarify business needs, and translate them into strategically aligned analytical and computational solutions with broad scientific and operational impact. Own the
- Senior Expert II: Partner with Data & Digital and PKS wet- and dry-lab teams to identify priority gaps, clarify business needs, and translate them into high-impact analytical and computational solutions for projects and platforms.
Application process
- Partnering closely with pharmacokinetic sciences (PKS) scientists, Data & Digital teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, this position will drive the development of scalable analytical applications, reusable computational workflows, and decision-enabling in silico solutions that accelerate lead optimization and strengthen scientific decision making. Job Description
- 200+ experimental datasets are generated every day in the Pharmacokinetic Sciences (PKS) department at Novartis Biomedical Research.
- This role sits at the center of efforts to unlock the value of these data for decision making and to shape the future of medicine through advanced data science.
- As Senior Expert II / Senior Principal Data Scientist & Scientific
- Software Engineer, you will join the Modeling & Simulation Data Science team in the Translational Medicine Unit and work at the intersection of data science, software engineering, and drug discovery.
- You will apply machine learning, statistics, and modern software development practices to harness ADME and PK data, uncover structure - property relationships, and translate scientific and business needs into scalable, strategically aligned solutions.
- You will collaborate closely with Data & Digital and PKS wet- (ADME and bioanalytical) and dry-lab (modeling) teams to identify opportunities where data, applications, and in silico methods can meaningfully improve decision quality, efficiency, and scientific impact.
- In addition to hands-on technical delivery, you will help shape and champion fit-for-purpose solutions that are robust, reusable, and maintainable in a production setting.
Additional details
- Job Description Summary Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Internal Title: Senior Expert II Data Science or Senior Principal Data Science The Senior Data Scientist & Scientific
- Partnering closely with pharmacokinetic sciences (PKS) scientists, Data & Digital teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, this position will drive the development of scalable analytical applications, reusable computational workflows, and decision-enabling in silico solutions that accelerate lead optimization and strengthen scientific decision making.
- Senior Principal: Partner with Data & Digital and PKS wet- and dry-lab teams to identify priority gaps, clarify business needs, and translate them into strategically aligned analytical and computational solutions with broad scientific and operational impact.
- Apply data mining, visualization, and exploratory analysis to derive insight from complex experimental datasets and communicate fi
Notes and original content
- CHF189,800.00
- Job Description Summary
- Location: Basel, Switzerland
- Internal Title: Senior Expert II Data Science or Senior Principal Data Science
- The Senior Data Scientist & Scientific
- Job Description
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What salary does Novartis offer for this role?
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