Discovery Scientist – Neural Retina & Ocular Disease — Roche

NewCHF 62'000 - 94'000

Roche · Basel (BS)

Categoria: Altro Contratto: full-time Salario: CHF 62'000 - 94'000

Location: Basel
Contract: full-time
Posted: Yesterday

SalaryCHF 62'000 - 94'000

Role overview

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring.

Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally.

This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come.

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring.
Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally.
In this role, your key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Target Identification & Validation: Utilize and establish advanced in vitro and in vivo models of ocular disease, and leverage available patient sample datasets to identify, validate, and characterize novel therapeutic drug targets.

Main responsibilities

In this role, your key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Target Identification & Validation: Utilize and establish advanced in vitro and in vivo models of ocular disease, and leverage available patient sample datasets to identify, validate, and characterize novel therapeutic drug targets.
Therapeutic Approach Development: I dentify and evaluate optimal therapeutic modalities for selected targets.
Project Leadership: Independently lead and manage drug discovery projects from target initiation through early clinical development stages (up to Phase II readiness).
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with interdisciplinary teams across pRED (including bioinformatics, safety, and translational medicine) to advance pipeline programs.
External Collaboration: Initiating and leading external collaboration projects to bolster internal efforts.
Manage CRO activities, including project design, timelines, and quality of deliverables.
Scientific Communication: Present research findings at internal decision-making meetings, author high-impact publications in top-tier peer-reviewed journals, and represent Roche at international scientific conferences.
Discovery Lab Management: Support and coordinate safety, health, and environmental processes in the lab. You who are:
You hold a PhD in Biology, Neuroscience, Biochemistry, or a related life sciences discipline.

Company and context

You demonstrate excellent organizational skills, rigorous record-keeping, exceptional oral and written English communication, and a strong collaborative mindset in a fast-paced environment.
You bring 2–3 years of additional professional experience in academic or industry drug discovery settings, together with a proven track record of leading research projects and cross-functional project teams and a strong publication record in top-tier vision or scientific journals.
You have an established professional network within the global ophthalmology research community.
At Roche, we aim high to deliver life-changing healthcare solutions.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact on patients and healthcare systems worldwide, this is the place for you. Who we are A healthier future drives us to innovate.
Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated

Additional details

Join Roche, where every voice matters.
We are seeking a highly motivated Discovery Scientist with specialized expertise in the neural retina and retinal pathology, including processes such as inflammation, vascular dysfunction, ischemia, fibrosis, and neurodegeneration, to drive our early-stage drug discovery efforts.
Discovery Lab Management: Support and coordinate safety, health, and environmental processes in the lab.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact on patients and healthcare systems worldwide, this is the place for you. A healthier future drives us to innovate.

Notes and original content

The Position
The opportunity:
You who are:
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact on patients and healthcare systems worldwide, this is the place for you.
Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate.

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