Position Snapshot

Location: Nestlé Research, Lausanne, Switzerland  
Company: Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.
Act. Rate: Full-Time 100% 
Type of contract: Permanent contract 

What we offer at Nestlé

Genuine opportunities for career and personal development
Modern “smart office” locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces
Dynamic international working environment
Attractive additional benefits 

Position Summary  

Nestlé Research is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, employs approximately 1000 people and is comprised of five Nestlé Institutes: Food Sciences, Health Sciences, Food Safety & Analytical Sciences, Agricultural Sciences and Packaging Sciences. Please have a tour of our facilities using this link or read more about Nestlé Research at our website.

As a Group Leader, you will lead data-driven research across our strategic research priorities in health sciences. You will operate in a fast-paced, inclusive, and international working environment with many opportunities across different companies, functions, and regions. Don’t miss the opportunity.

A Day in the Life of a Group Leader

• Transform our health benefit portfolio towards data-driven translational research taking on a leadership role that puts data analytics and data modeling at the core of our projects
• Coordinate closely with subject matter experts to build research programs that leverage data from clinical and real-world trials as well as large cohort studies with a focus on modeling impact of nutrition on health outcomes
• Unlock consumer- and patient-facing precision nutrition strategies through digital ecosystems
• Work with a team of junior and senior scientists to enable their career ambitions as experts and managers 

What will make you successful

• PhD with a minimum of 6-8 years post-graduate work experience in data science in the domain of life sciences 
• Proficiency in data analytics including biostatistics, multi-omics analyses, deep learning and/or predictive modeling based on large datasets that include health- and nutrition/diet-related metadata
• Experience with mining nutrition data such as content of macronutrients, micronutrients and non-caloric bioactives from food and diet reports and predicting their effects on health outcomes is a plus
• Impactful contributions to product translation in a digital health, nutrition or pharmaceutical industry setting is a plus
• Excellent communication, organization and interpersonal skills, and previous experience in team leadership
• Track record in scientific publications and a strong external network 
• Fluency in English (spoken and written)