职位描述
职位描述:
Position Title: Principle Scientist – LRL IT China
This position supports the implementation of informatics solutions for Lilly China Research and Development Center (LCRDC) at Shanghai, China, which is focused on delivering or improving on pharmaceutical products in the area of diabetes. This position applies deep expertise of both scientific and technical capabilities to scientific and medical information-based problems to deliver innovative solutions within individual portfolio projects and/or research processes. As part of the global Lilly Research Laboratories IT (LRL IT) organization, the individual in this role is accountable to work with broader LRL medicinal chemists and the Informatics Capabilities group to identify and apply new computational/informatics approaches that improve research productivity, quality, and technical success of our portfolio projects at the LCRDC site in China, while also recommending and supporting solutions in support of the overall multi-site research plans of the company. This role will report directly to Head – LRL IT China at the LCRDC site.
The LRL IT Research Dedicated group located at the LCRDC site, when fully staffed will be a team of five professionals: two Informatics Scientists, two IT Systems managers, and the team leader. This team will be critical to the development of the LCRDC site as a key Research site performing discovery research in the diabetes therapy area. The successful candidate for this position will be accountable to:
? work as an aligned and contributing member of the LRL IT Global Organization
? understand the global and local LRL Research scientific/business with specific emphasis on informatics solutions
? effectively work with business and IT peers to recommend and implement China and global IT projects in support of LRL’s
Research mission
? recommend, implement, and transition LRL informatics solutions by leveraging existing or emerging capabilities
The job tasks listed below outline the scope of the position. The application of these tasks may vary, based upon current business needs.
KEY OBJECTIVES/DELIVERABLES:
? Function as a cheminformatician in partnership with LCRDC medicinal chemists and computational chemists to perform computational, in-silico, or informatics approaches to solve key issues and/or drive decisions in individual projects within the various stages of our drug discovery efforts.
? Drive innovation to transform our application of in-silico or informatics technologies and techniques for improved success of small molecule/large molecule drug development projects through improvements to current data integration, data analysis, and/or data interpretation.
? Work in conjunction with the LRL IT Informatics group, the Informatics Capabilities group, and/or Application Services group to improve our LRL Research informatics capabilities and ability to deliver innovation and value to our LRL Research efforts.
? Support/foster/initiate/drive cross-functional collaborations and sharing of best practices.
? Actively support the broader LRL Research IT Dedicated Resources objectives related to support for the LRL Research strategy, effective use of external resources, enhanced decision-making in project teams by better use of informatics and in-silico tools, improved data access and analysis, and definition/ implementation of a transformation agenda.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
? Ph.D. in Natural Science, Computational Chemist/Informatics, related fields or equivalent experience.
? Experience in appropriate use of informatics or in-silico technologies in support of the Drug Discovery & Development process.
? Demonstrated strong organizational, written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
? Agile learner, innovative thinker, and ability to contribute on a cross-functional team.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS/PREFERENCES:
? Experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
? Programming or ｓcripting capabilities.
? Domain-specific tools or
