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YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Screening Team Lead, are to: 

• Collaborate with research teams in the development of experimental and technical protocols, best practices, and LIMS systems for data capture, interrogation, and analysis;
• Establish high-throughput screening processes that conform to industry quality standards and efficiency;
• Lead and mentor junior scientists;
• Coordinate and manage scientists to deliver plant, insect, nematode and fungal cell-based assays to support portfolio projects;
• Implement screens leveraging high content imaging technologies as appropriate;
• Drive innovation and ensures scientific excellence through internal scientific development, external collaborations, and maintains competitive awareness;
• Partner with the Assay Development & MOA Team to develop and implement screens, both medium and high throughput;
• Summarize and communicate technical data to internal and external stakeholders.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values. More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• M.S. or Ph.D. with experience in cell-based assay, phenotypic screening, or high throughput approaches to hit discovery and characterization;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead and develop people;
• Expertise in High Throughput Screening, robotics, LIMS, and the application of statistics;
• Strong strategy, innovation, experiment design and collaboration  skills across disciplines;
• Excellent leadership skills including leading, influencing, and partnering across geographies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D. with 5+ years of experience in cell-based assay, phenotypic screening, or high throughput approaches to hit discovery and characterization;
• M.S. with 10+ years of experience in cell-based assay, phenotypic screening, or high throughput approaches to hit discovery and characterization.

Relocation may be offered for this role.