Job Description
At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice. Principal Scientist - Multi-Omics At Bayer Pharmaceuticals, our mission is to pioneer innovations that treat the untreatable, cure diseases, and instill hope. If you aspire to craft a meaningful career within a vibrant community of creative and diverse professionals dedicated to making a transformative impact, you've found your place. We encourage you to bring your ideas, questions, passions, and unique perspectives and join us today. At Bayer, we believe your career journey should be guided by your distinct skills and ambitions, not merely defined by your job title. Our team comprises real individuals with energy, initiative, curiosity, and dedication, all eager to drive positive change.
Join us in our mission to transform the future of healthcare through cutting-edge research and innovation. Your unique contributions will help shape the next generation of pharmaceutical advancements, making a lasting impact on pipeline projects and translational science.
YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES The primary responsibilities of the Principal Scientist - Multi-Omics are to:
- Develop and implement innovative research strategies that align with and support pipeline projects, ensuring impactful contributions to drug development and translational science.
- Propose and justify the directions of multi-omics research by prototyping, designing, optimizing, and executing experiments across proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics focusing on translation to clinical applications.
- Oversee end-to-end sample preparation, processing, data generation and data processing pipeline for complex biological samples, such as blood and urine, to ensure high-quality data for biomarkers and novel drug targets.
- Collaborate closely with pharmacologists, biologists, clinical leads, computational biologists across multiple locations worldwide
- Translate complex data into meaningful biological insights, significantly contributing to drug target discovery, biomarker translation, disease understanding, and elucidation of drug modes of action.
- Summarize and present results effectively to project team members and collaborators, fostering an environment of knowledge sharing and innovation. Mentor junior scientists to guide their professional development and research efforts.
WHO YOU ARE Required Qualifications: - You hold a PhD in relevant fields such as chemistry, biochemistry, or biology
- You have significant post-graduate experience in industrial environment of multi-omics data generation.
- Your expertise is demonstrated through a significant track record of publications, patents and presentations at scientific meetings, supported by excellent written and oral communication skills.
- You have proven experience in leading and completing complex scientific projects independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary environment.
- You possess advanced skills and deep, hands-on experience in high-resolution LC-MS and MS analysis, covering metabolomics, lipidomics, and proteomics, with specialized expertise in sample preparation for complex matrices, particularly blood and urine.
- Driven by curiosity, advanced science, and innovation, you deploy a strong analytical, investigative, and solution-oriented mindset.
- You have a passion for collaborating, mentoring and developing scientists, fostering growth and contributing to the overall success of the team
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5+ years of post-graduate experience in industrial environment of multi-omics data generation.
Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $136,000.00 - $204,000.00 Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include healthcare, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.
This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, skills, prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.
This posting will be available for application until at least 04/03/2026
YOUR APPLICATION Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Health for all, Hunger for none, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer.
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Location: United States : Massachusetts : Cambridge
Division: Pharmaceuticals
Reference Code: 864046
Contact Us Email: hrop_usa@bayer.com
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