About this role
<p style="text-align:justify"> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Work Your Magic with us! <span style="color:#ffffff">Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono.</span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. </span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify"> </p><p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Your Role:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">EMD Serono in Billerica, MA is seeking a Senior Scientist – Oligo Bioinformatics to add to their Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Group (DDTech).</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Responsibilities:</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Utilize Bioinformatics platforms to design, evaluate and optimize siRNA sequences for targeted gene silencing</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Analyze gene expression data to identify suitable targets for siRNA/ASO development</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Work closely with chemists and biologists to integrate bioinformatics approaches into experimental workflow</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Perform transcriptome wide off-target prediction and annotation</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Develop pipelines that determine mapping coordinates and homology of oligonucleotides to genomes and transcriptomes</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Who You Are:</strong> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Minimum Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or other Science or Engineering discipline with 3+ years of direct experience Oligonucleotide field</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Strong scientific curiosity and innovation mindset</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Proficient in Bioinformatics tools and software (e.g. BLAST, RNA fold, siRNA design tools)</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Ability to analyze large genomic and transcriptomic datasets including RNA seq, Single cell RNA seq, splice isoforms and variant database</span></li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Highly collaborative with strong problem-solving ability</span><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"> </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Pay Range for this position: $112,800 - $169,200</span></p><p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><strong>What we offer: </strong>We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0px">Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!</span></span></p> <p> </p>