Our Quantitative Sciences team use big data to analyze the safety and efficacy claims of our potential medical breakthroughs. We review the quality and reliability of clinical studies using deep scientific knowledge, statistical analysis and high-quality data to support decision making in clinical trials. As an Associate Principal Scientist in the Cardiometabolic Disease Group, you will be responsible for growing internal capabilities in bioinformatics for the site and discovering biological insights from multi-omics datasets. The scientist will be integrated across the Cardiometabolic Disease teams to facilitate analysis of genomic, metabolomic, proteomic and other omics datasets, identify new targets and develop new mechanistic insights into diseases across the group. Responsibilities and Duties Build omics/digital capabilities for projects across several key therapeutic areas. Develop new bioinformatics approaches for analysis of large-scale genomics datasets and application development. Manage the development of data-driven workflows and integrate omics capabilities. Collaborate with various internal teams including software, clinical, operations, research, and product development. Act as bioinformatics functional lead for scientific collaborators in the group. Be responsible for analyses that include design, data gathering, processing, iteration with collaborators, and presentation of results. Education Minimum Requirements Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, Statistics, Genetics, Genomics, Biological Sciences, Physics, or equivalent with 4+ years of relevant experience in positions of increasing responsibility Required Experience and Skills Experience in conducting research where statistical methods and algorithms are applied to large-scale omics datasets. Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, perform translational research, and contribute to cross-functional projects. Effective written and verbal communication skills. We are a research driven bio-pharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we “follow the science and that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. And we believe that a research-driven enterprise dedicated to world-class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe. Who we are … Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA is known as “Merck in the United States, Canada & Puerto Rico. We are known as “MSD in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America & Asia Pacific. We are a global biopharmaceutical leader with a diverse portfolio of prescription medicines, oncology, vaccines and animal health products. We are driven by our purpose to develop and deliver innovative products that save and improve lives. With 69,000 employees operating in more than 140 countries, we offer state of the art laboratories, plants and offices that are designed to Inspire our employees as we learn, develop and grow in our careers. We are proud of our 125 years of service to humanity and continue to be one of the world’s biggest investors in Research & Development. What we look for … In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth. INVENT. IMPACT. INSPIRE. 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