Head of Phenomics — Novartis
- Location
- Basel (City)
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 37 days ago
Role overview
Salary Range
CHF146,300.00
CHF271,700.00 Job Description Summary Location: Basel, Switzerland LI-Hybrid 3 days/week in office Internal job title: Head of Phenomics
- Salary Range:
- CHF146,300.00
- Key Responsibilities:
- Set phenomics strategy leveraging Data42 capabilities to connect real world data and human genetics to clinical phenotypes to support therapeutic area programs across Drug Development stages.
Main responsibilities
- Key Responsibilities:
- Set phenomics strategy leveraging Data42 capabilities to connect real world data and human genetics to clinical phenotypes to support therapeutic area programs across Drug Development stages.
- Defines where and how human genetics and RWD are most impactful across the portfolio.
- Leads multidisciplinary teams of data scientists, statisticians, computational biologists, data engineers to delivering end-to-end analyses from question framing to validated outputs.
- Develop and operationalize pipelines for phenotype curation, cohort construction, feature engineering, and multimodal modeling across structured and unstructured real world data sources.
- Integrate human genetics evidence (e.g., GWAS, rare variant analyses, PRS, eQTL and colocalization where applicable) with real world phenotyping to support: target discovery and prioritization, causal inference and mechanistic hypotheses, biomarker discovery and patient segmentation, repurposing and indication expansion opportunities.
- Drive cross-functional decision support by translating analytic results into clear program recommendations, assumptions, limitations, and impact on go/no-go decisions.
- Partner within Data42 to define requirements for data assets, metadata, governance, and scalable compute and tooling; influence roadmap based on scientific needs.
- Ensure scientific rigor and reproducibility through strong study design, validation approaches, documentation, and standards for analytic code and model lifecycle management.
- Champion responsible use of data and AI aligned with privacy, compliance, and ethical expectations; contribute to governance forums and risk reviews as needed.
Additional details
- Job Description Summary Location: Basel, Switzerland; LI-Hybrid 3 days/week in office Internal job title: Head of Phenomics
- This leader will build high-impact partnerships across research, development, and BR Data & Digital, delivering scalable analytics products, robust scientific insights, and measurable decision impact
- Talent development through hiring, mentoring, performance management, and building an inclusive culture that values scientific excellence and collaboration in a global team. Essential Requirements:
Notes and original content
- CHF271,700.00
- Job Description Summary
- Location: Basel, Switzerland;
- LI-Hybrid 3 days/week in office
- Internal job title: Head of Phenomics
- About the Role:
- Job Description
- Talent development through hiring, mentoring, performance management, and building an inclusive culture that values scientific excellence and collaboration in a global team.
- Essential Requirements:
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