Want to join us at Vaccibody and work on next generation cancer vaccines?

We are currently seeking a Bioinformatician with strong data analytical skills to work on next generation cancer vaccines! This is a unique opportunity to become part of our rapidly growing, exciting and dedicated Vaccibody team. You will gain knowledge from and take an active part in advancing the Vaccibody vaccine-development in one of Scandinavia´s leading Biotech companies.

About the role

You will work with a team of talented scientific experts and bioinformaticians with focus on the analysis of proprietary and public high throughput ‘omics data to advance the research & development on shared cancer antigens as efficient immune targets for a new generation of therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines. You are a proactive and motivated team player, with strong problem solving and data analysis skills. And you believe that good communication is key to getting things done.

You will:

• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team of experts (bioinformaticians, biostatisticians, software engineers and immunologists) to further develop our program on off-the-shelf cancer vaccines
• Develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines for high-quality production-ready analysis
• Analyze and handle proprietary clinical/preclinical data, as well as public ‘omics data to:
• Support development of vaccines that include relevant cancer antigens as targets
• Provide supporting data for preclinical experiments
• Identify biomarkers to support the selection of target patient populations for the development of clinical studies
• Organize proprietary and public data to provide a framework for robust and reproducible data analysis
• Prepare presentations and documentations for internal teams and external collaborators

Key qualifications:

• MSc/PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, cancer genomics or relevant discipline
• Experience with analysis of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and/or immunomics data, preferably within the oncology field
• Experience in programming and experience in languages often used in bioinformatics (e.g., R/Python)
• Experience with Linux/cloud/HPC environment

The bioinformatician/data analyst will report to Monika Sekelja, Associate Director, Head of Bioinformatics.

Who are we looking for? 

When hiring new employees, we also look for the individuals who are inspired by Vaccibody’s entrepreneurial spirit and whom we think would be a good fit with our collaborative and inclusive company culture. We believe that you are driven by an eagerness to learn, you are proactive and not afraid of facing new challenges. You are also pragmatic about the tradeoffs between features, quality, and timelines, as well as quality-conscious and accurate. Moreover, you are ambitious and have an appetite for working in a growing start-up company to “get things done”.

We can offer a unique opportunity to work at one of Scandinavia’s most interesting biotech companies, with a competent and dedicated Vaccibody team who develops cutting edge vaccine technology. With challenging responsibilities in a fun and dynamic work environment you will have the possibility to grow your personal skills through continuous learning and development in close collaboration with colleagues who focus on quality and efficiency.

Why join our Vaccibody Team?

Vaccibody is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, founded in 2007. Since then, we have become one of the world’s most exciting Biotech companies, rapidly growing, today counting more than 50 amazing employees within medical and development teams, manufacturing, bioinformatics, and research teams. We are dedicated to the discovery and development of novel immunotherapies, and are using the Vaccibody technology to generate best-in-class therapeutics to treat cancers with a high unmet medical need. Furthermore, we also focus our research on infectious diseases. We closely collaborate with Roche and Nektar Therapeutics, and are proud to have entered into a worldwide license and collaboration agreement with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to develop individualized neoantigen cancer vaccines.

At Vaccibody, we develop cutting-edge, targeted DNA vaccines for clinical use, based on a deep understanding of immunological principles. Vaccibody’s vaccines specifically target Antigen Presenting Cells. By intelligent design, Vaccibody’s vaccines can be tailored to induce the desired immune response profile correlating with protection for each specific disease with any given antigen. 

The people at Vaccibody are at the heart of our organisation, which is why we always keep striving to offer a workplace where they can have fun and find motivation. We provide our employees with opportunities for personal growth in close collaboration with our dedicated and experienced teams. Furthermore, we ensure that proper training is provided and we support them in managing their work-life balance. Eager to learn more about our Team and our work? Please visit us at Vaccibody.com

Location:

Forskningsparken, Oslo.

Deadline:

February 28th. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

We look forward to receive your application! Applications sent by e-mail will not be accepted.