Team Leader Disease Bioinformatics - BE, Mechelen - Galapagos (glpg.com) <https://careers.glpg.com/o/team-leader-disease-bioinformatics-be-mechelen> Dear, we have two open positions for a *Bioinformatic team leader *and a *Senior Scientist*. Please find more information below and apply for the jobs using these respective links: Team Leader Disease Bioinformatics - BE, Mechelen - Galapagos (glpg.com) <https://careers.glpg.com/o/team-leader-disease-bioinformatics-be-mechelen> Senior Scientist Disease Bioinformatics - Galapagos (glpg.com) <https://careers.glpg.com/o/senior-scientist-disease-bioinformatics-mechelen> Kind regards, dr. ir. Tim Van den Bulcke Head Bioinformatics Galapagos (www.glpg.com) --------- Team Leader Disease Bioinformatics <https://careers.glpg.com/o/team-leader-disease-bioinformatics-be-mechelen> *Scope of the job* We are seeking an innovative, collaborative and accomplished Disease Bioinformatics Team Leader to manage an existing team of senior computational biologists. The Disease Bioinformatics Team works on various Multi-Omics driven projects in the fields of Inflammation, Fibrosis, Kidney and Autoimmune diseases. You will work as part of a larger dynamic bioinformatics team with two additional bioinformatics core teams on network/pathway modelling and on data sciences to contribute to Galapagos’ drug discovery pipeline. You collaborate with different stakeholders across Research as well as vendors and academic researchers to ensure successful planning, managing and execution of integrative bioinformatics projects. You lead your team by motivating and empowering each team member and organize the team’s resources. More specifically, you will: - Lead a team of computational biologists focused on Disease Area projects in the bioinformatics group. - Act as the lead for communicating key achievements and requirements for the Disease Bioinformatics team with Discovery, Translational and Biomarker development leaders - Act as an influencer and thought leader by staying up to date with relevant scientific developments and providing scientific recommendation within and across teams. - Act as a role model for your own team by offering guidance and support, and mentoring their professional development - Organize the workload and resources of the team - Is accountable for the correct implementation of GLPG values, behaviour, process and way of working in its own team. #LI-LB1 Job requirements *Who are you?* - A Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Biology, Genetics or equivalent scientific discipline - 10 years of experience in computational biology is required with proven high levels of performance and publication record. A background in systems immunology, systems biology and/or single cell genomics and/or proteomics is a plus - A minimum of 5 years’ experience in pharmaceutical industry and drug development - Outstanding communication, organizational and leadership skills, with a successful track record of collaborating with cross-functional scientific teams and delivering on objectives in defined timelines - Strong experience with project conceptualization including refining objectives, experimental design, technology assessments and reporting strategies - Ability to identify new tools for the integrative analysis and visualization of integrative multi-omics datasets, assess requirements and strategic fit - Proficiency with R, Python or other scripting languages. Experience with data visualization platforms, data curation/organization and cloud computing is a plus - As a team player, you promote an open and supportive climate and a collaborative organization. - Your [basic / good / excellent] presentation skills guarantee a proper communication during meetings or amongst team. - Well organized, you are able to handle multiple tasks and project. *What’s in it for you?* You will be part of a fast growing and amazing company. As ‘make-it-happener’ you will get all the support you need to make your job successful. At Galapagos we aim to recruit the best people, who stand out among their peers, with integrity and excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Our employees are the strength behind Galapagos, a highly motivated team, eager to maintain Galapagos’ leading position and achieve breakthroughs in pharmaceutical research. Galapagos offers a competitive remuneration package and a dynamic work environment. *We are Galapagos: together we can make it happen…!* *-----------------------------------------* Senior Scientist Disease BioinformaticsJob description Pleased to meet you, we are Galapagos, a dynamic fast growing Biotech company with offices in Europe in *Belgium *(Mechelen), *France *(Romainville & Paris), *the **Netherlands *(Leiden), *Switzerland *(Basel), *Italy * (Milano), *Spain *(Madrid), the *UK *(London), *Germany *(München), and in the *US *(Boston). We’re in the business of changing lives. In our quest to discover and develop life-improving medicines we go where no one has ever gone before. In every challenge we face, we see new opportunities. We want to challenge the impossible. We need thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters. Collaborative innovators and perseverant idealists. We need the best-in-class. In other words, we need you: The ‘make-it-happeners’. We are looking for a *Senior Scientist Bioinformatics – Chronic Kidney Disease - BE/Mechelen* *Scope of the job* We have an opportunity for a senior bioinformatics scientist with a profound interest in unravelling complex diseases from a holistic systems biology perspective to join our recently expanded Bioinformatics team. Your challenge is to contribute to and apply cutting-edge computational biology approaches to target discovery and characterization for our rapidly expanding research area. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary group of bioinformaticians who closely collaborate with Disease Area Scientists and Translational Research teams to directly impact our drug discovery pipeline. More specifically, you will: - Act as the lead bioinformatics scientist for our rapidly developing Chronic Kidney Disease area, spanning both Research and Translational efforts, and contribute to Immune Inflammation and/or Fibrosis related projects - Actively participate in the conceptualization and design of multi-omics experiments as well as their analysis, interpretation and integration with key datasets in support of collaborative projects that fuel our drug development pipeline. - Contribute to our mission to develop first in class therapeutics by bringing expert knowledge in the computational systems biology area - Share our relentless drive to innovate Job requirements - You have a Master’s degree or PhD in bioinformatics or Life Sciences. - You are a true computational system biologist, highly skilled in the analysis of complex biological datasets. - You have a solid understanding of disease driving processes such as dysregulation of immune/inflammation pathways preferably in the context of chronic kidney diseases - You have at least 5 years of combined academic/industry working experience (post PhD, or equivalent) with a proven track record of research achievements - You have ample experience working with a number of common –omics data types including bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing. Experience with computational analysis of proteomics, metabolomics or lipidomics data would be a considered a plus - You have hands-on experience running and developing, computational pipelines, preferably using R or Python. - You have successfully applied machine learning and data visualization strategies to prioritize functional leads and identify predictive biomarkers from complex biological datasets - You are a team player with excellent communication and organization skills. You are capable of assuming a leading role in high-profile projects with a variety of stakeholders under tight deadlines *What’s in it for you?* You will be part of a fast growing and amazing company. As ‘make-it-happener’ you will get all the support you need to make your job successful. At Galapagos we aim to recruit the best people, who stand out among their peers, with integrity and excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Our employees are the strength behind Galapagos, a highly motivated team, eager to maintain Galapagos’ leading position and achieve breakthroughs in pharmaceutical research. Galapagos offers a competitive remuneration package and a dynamic work environment. *We are Galapagos: together we can make it happen…!*