About the Role
Main Accountabilities
Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1. Independently plan, organize, perform and document scientific experiments and lab scale process activities for process development and to support late-stage programs and life cycle management under minimal supervision
2. Participate in tech transfer activities from laboratory to industrial scale, support validation activities
3. Identify improvement options of current processes and contribute to the development and implementation of new technologies
4. Take over responsibility for and utilize lab equipment or specialized facilities as an expert; schedule and perform maintenance and qualification of instruments
5. Work according to appropriate standards for quality, ethics, health, safety, environment protection, and information security as well as lead initiatives to ensure continuous improvement
6. Documentation of raw data, evaluation and interpretation of results; propose and actively support the design of next experiments
7. Write protocols, scientific reports or lab procedures based on templates or SOPs under minimal supervision
8. Perform information and literature searches under minimal guidance while actively fostering knowledge exchange
9. Participate in function-specific sub teams and fulfil assigned project tasks as well as responsibilities under supervision – tasks which will include the approval of experiments performed by others
10. Train and coach other scientists, lab technicians, temporary employees and employees under training/education
What support you will bring to the role:
1. Master of Science with 1 year of relevant experience / Bachelor of Science with 3 years relevant experience / Apprenticeship in industry (or equivalent technical education) with 10 years relevant experience
2. Full professional proficiency in spoken and written English
3. Good theoretical and scientific knowledge in the relevant area of expertise
4. Proficient with laboratory and/or technical equipment
5. Good knowledge of software and computer tools
6. Good documentation and presentation skills
7. Basic scientific/technical writing skills
8. Professional proficiency in spoken and written German
9. Experience in the pharmaceutical industry
Why Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us!
In addition to a market-competitive base salary, we offer an attractive incentive program, a modern company pension scheme, childcare facilities, learning and development options as well as worldwide career opportunities within the Novartis group.
Disabilities: Accessibility and Reasonable Adjustments
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable adjustments to individuals with disabilities. If you need an adjustment for any part of the recruitment process, please reach out to disabilities.austria@novartis.com.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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