Cardio-Renal Discovery Area Leader - Expert Scientist — Roche
- Location
- Basel
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 3 days ago
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.
- Your key responsibilities will include:
- Novel Target Identification: Drive scientific strategy to validate disease-modifying targets across CV and renal segments.
- & Experience:
- Education Level: PhD, MD, or MD/PhD in Cardiovascular Physiology, Renal Physiology, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, or a h
Main responsibilities
- Your key responsibilities will include:
- Novel Target Identification: Drive scientific strategy to validate disease-modifying targets across CV and renal segments.
- Mechanistic Subspecialties: Champion programs targeting advanced mechanisms like myocardial energetics and podocyte injury.
- Modality-Agnostic Innovation: Lead teams across small molecules, RNA-based therapeutics, and advanced biologics.
- Phenotypic & Human-Centric Screening: Oversee 3D cardiac organoids and kidney-on-a-chip models.
- Preclinical-to-Clinical Translation: Accountability for scientific integrity of preclinical pharmacology and design architecture for transitioning leads into IND/CTA-enabling packages.
- Scouting & Due Diligence: Serve as technical authority for evaluating external assets and biotech platforms.
- Scientific Eminence: Cultivate collaborative relationships with academic research networks and consortia. Who You Are
- You will bring 10+ years of progressive biopharmaceutical industry or premier academic translation experience, with a documented history of driving CV/renal assets from early concept to successful IND/CTA filing and FIH readiness.
Key requirements
- & Experience:
- Education Level: PhD, MD, or MD/PhD in Cardiovascular Physiology, Renal Physiology, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, or a h
Company and context
- In Roche’s Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development organization (pRED), we make transformative medicines for patients in order to tackle some of the world’s toughest unmet healthcare needs.
- At pRED, we are united by our mission to transform science into medicines.
- Together, we create a culture defined by curiosity, responsibility, and humility, where our talented people are empowered and inspired to bring forward extraordinary life-changing innovation at speed.
- pRED Cardiovascular & Metabolism, Immunology (CMI), located in Basel, Switzerland, focuses on the discovery and early development of innovative treatments for specific diseases that affect the lives of millions.
- In the cardiovascular and metabolism area, we are developing cutting-edge therapies to treat metabolic diseases. The Position
- The Cardio-Renal Discovery Area Leader is a newly created and premier scientific leadership role within the CVRM therapeutic area, acting as the principal architect of the early-stage pipeline in cardiovascular and renal diseases.
- The focus is on pioneering novel cardiovascular and renal discovery programs and advancing them from target assessment through preclinical candidate selection .
- This role emphasizes deep, mechanistic disease expertise, leading an elite team of translational scientists and discovery biologists to interrogate the complex, interconnected biology of the cardiorenal axis.
- This role reports directly to the Discovery Head of CVRM.
- Key interactions include presenting high-level portfolio strategies to the Leadership Team and governance boards, as well as maintaining deep collaborative relationships with world-renowned scientists and academic networks in cardiology and nephrology.
Additional details
- Join Roche, where every voice matters.
- In the cardiovascular and metabolism area, we are developing cutting-edge therapies to treat metabolic diseases.
- Scientific Eminence: Cultivate collaborative relationships with academic research networks and consortia. Qualifications & Experience:
Notes and original content
- The Position
- Scientific Eminence: Cultivate collaborative relationships with academic research networks and consortia.
- Who You Are
- Qualifications & Experience:
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What salary does Roche offer for this role?
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