Research Scientist, Bioinformatics

About this role

Responsibilities

• Are you passionate about using data to transform cancer treatment? Join Orion Pharma to become part of a mission to shape the future of Oncology.
• At Orion Pharma, our mission is to promote development of new therapeutics and wellbeing. Within the Oncology Therapy Area, we are committed to delivering innovative, transformative cancer medicines and the right drug for the right patient through rigorous science, disciplined execution and speed.
• To support this mission, the Bioinformatics team within Translational Medicine is seeking a talented Bioinformatician to support drug target discovery and R&D across our Oncology research units. In this role, you will contribute to cutting-edge research by leveraging proteomics data as a primary focus, integrated with other multimodal datasets, and advanced computational approaches to drive discovery and translational impact.
• This is a two-year fixed-term, onsite position based in Turku or Espoo, Finland, reporting to the Head of Bioinformatics.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary teams by delivering bioinformatics and data analysis for proteomics focused studies, integrating multimodal data to support all phases of drug R&D.
• Provide bioinformatics expertise to support experimental design and ensure high quality results.
• Manage, curate and document data in compliance with best practices and organisational guidelines.
• Develop, implement and maintain scalable and reproducible data analysis workflows.
• Preprocess, analyse and model complex biological datasets and interpret results to address key questions during the R&D of new therapeutics.
• Document, communicate and present results clearly to cross-functional teams, supporting data driven decision making.
• You will work closely with bioinformatics and cross-functional teams to discover and validate novel cancer targets and contribute to development of new therapeutics from concept to clinical candidate.