Biomarker Technical Expert

At Bayer, we're visionaries driven to solve the world's toughest challenges and strive for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none' is no longer a dream, but a real possibility.

The primary responsibility of this role, Biomarker Technical Expert, is to provide biomarker technical expertise and support to the Translational Science Lead (TSL) to ensure operational implementation and execution of translational science strategies in clinical trials.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with TSL, Clinical Operations, Biostatistics/Bioinformatics, and data management teams to support and execute translational science strategies in clinical trials.
• Develop and provide operational input into all study-related documentation and processes, and ensure collection, delivery, and analysis of biomarker samples in compliance with these documents as well as GCP/ICH.
• Serve as a single point of contact for biomarker operations across functions, and with collaborators and CROs.
• Provide biomarker operational expertise and guidance to the study teams and ensure learnings are taken across teams.
• Work with data management for set-up and application of biomarker-relevant pages, coordination of biomarker data format and delivery timelines, data transfer specification setup.
• Lab vendor management including contracting, data QC and delivery timelines, data transfers and reporting.
• Manage implementation and execution of clinical biomarker sample logistics and operations.
• Provide real-time sample oversight and drive ongoing sample reconciliation.
• Support Data analysis including processing of data files, curation and integration of datasets.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Extensive pharmaceutical industry experience and in-depth knowledge of clinical drug development.
• Clinical laboratory experience including involvement in the processing and/or analysis of clinical samples.
• Project management skills including planning, organizational and time management skills.
• Global vendor management experience.
• Critical reasoning skills including identification and resolution of complex problems.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to work independently and manage multiple competing priorities.
• Proven project leadership skills, ability to successfully achieve results within multi-cultural and geographically diverse teams.
• Excellent oral/written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry experience required; Doctoral-level degree with 3+ year relevant experience and discipline or Master's degree with 5+ years in a relevant experience and discipline.

Salary: $128,480.00 - $192,720.00

Benefits: Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission. Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.