About CTC
CTC is a specialized search and recruitment partner for the Life Sciences industry, serving clients and candidates since 1997. We enable careers by connecting talented professionals with meaningful opportunities, and we support our clients in engaging, retaining, and developing the right talent when needed.
About Our Client
Our client is a leading global player in the Pharmaceutical industry with global headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. They are undergoing a transformation with respect to culture and outside perception. The organization focuses on novel therapies in Oncology and Ophthalmology and is also currently developing a world-leading pipeline in Neuroscience and Dermatology, boasting one of the strongest pipelines of Phase II/III studies in the world.
Position: Data Scientist – Translational Research
Contract Duration: 6 months, location: Basel
Main Tasks
- Approaching model multi-modal clinical data to identify biomarkers predictive of disease progression and treatment response, and to nominate novel therapeutic target hypotheses.
- Developing and applying a portfolio of pre-clinical models derived from internal and public data to departmental projects.
- Working closely with a core team of Translational Research & Data Science scientists fluent in wet and dry lab practices.
- Actively participating on interdisciplinary teams to model biology and guide impactful decision-making.
- Building alliances with external partners at top healthcare institutions.
Your Profile
- Relevant working/residency permit or Swiss/EU-Citizenship required.
- Demonstrated working knowledge and application of statistics and data modeling to large-scale life-sciences data.
- Proficiency in R/Python and competency working in a Linux environment.
- Hands-on experience applying AI and machine learning methods to scientific or R&D data, including large language models and agentic workflows.
- Experience in integrating large multi-omics data (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) to answer key scientific questions related to understanding disease.
- Hands-on expertise across transcriptomics, genetics, and proteomics, including single-cell and bulk RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, CITE-seq, CyTOF, and imaging mass cytometry.
- Hands-on industry experience modeling biomedical research data.
- Experience working with or fine-tuning foundation models in biology, chemistry, or clinical data (desirable).
- Strong communication skills in English.
How to Apply
If you would like to know more about CTC and the opportunity outlined, apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.
Work location, Switzerland