Associate Director, Comparative Medicine Coordinator – West Coast

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Level 5

Job Description Summary

Provides strategic and broad team leadership for the West Coast CM team encompassing San Diego and Emeryville. Through strong team leadership and a deep expert all aspects of the Comparative Medicine landscape; direct a high-quality vivarium operation, program and facilities that comply or exceed AAALAC guidelines define team’s strategic objectives, advance related projects, to proactively resource and metric animals care and research collaborations to support multiple DA and FA. Significantly expand scientific/technical platforms and processes within the various areas of CM to ensure facility space, equipment, veterinary care and technical research needs are efficiently adapted to the changing landscape of research.

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Internal job title: Associate Director
Location: La Jolla, California

This role is based in La Jolla, California. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support for this role: please only apply if this location is accessible for you.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Defines West Coast team goals, aligns and provides input to global CMLT.
• Successfully operationalizes key scientific/operational/development areas to advance West Coast CM team supporting multiple in vivo DA and FA.
• Leads and enables team to conduct novel or innovative activities and provides deep technical expertise leading to fundamental technical insights integrating information and knowledge across disciplines.
• Champions and advances new science and operational efficiencies relevant for the CM team goals.
• Assumes responsibility for and directly leads a team of varying levels scientific expertise and operational skill.
• Builds a clear connection to global CM department goals, and Sci Ops goals and initiatives; uses strong coaching skills and balances direct and indirect leadership.
• Finds opportunities to delegate and empower others; has strong self-awareness.
• Fosters ideation, encourages and supports idea development in broad team and local West Coast community.
• Drives talent development priorities within the West Coast team or acts as a mentor and coach for key talent within the group.
• Generates innovative strategy input and project concepts across multiple scientific/technical/development and operational domains.
• Develops and leads innovative interdisciplinary teams, and initiatives using a well-developed internal and external scientific and technical network.
• Conducts long- and mid-term planning to identify specific, measurable anticipated impact of team objectives and adapts plans based on strategic changes, external forces, and own insights. 

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years’ experience in Comparative Medicine leadership
• Lead teams in animal care, or pharmacology; set strategic goals; manage operations
• Deep knowledge of AAALAC guidelines, vivarium operations, in vivo research, pharmacology, and animal care
• Travel to San Diego/Emeryville

The salary for this position is expected to range between $152,600 and $283,400 per year.

The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors.

Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.

US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.

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Eeo Statement:

The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Accessibility and reasonable accommodations

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Salary Range

$152,600.00 - $283,400.00

Skills Desired

Analytical Skill, Analytical Skill, Analytical Thinking, Animal Welfare, Collaboration, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Design Of Experiments, Employee Welfare, Ethics, Grid Database, Humility, Incident Report, Leadership, Management, Motivating Employees, Organization, Pharmacology, Problem Solving Skills, Project Teams, Regulatory Compliance, Research, Retirement Planning, Science, Sop (Standard Operating Procedure) {+ 2 more}