Who we are ?

Pierre Fabre is the 2nd largest dermo-cosmetics laboratory in the world, the 2nd largest private French pharmaceutical group and the market leader in France for products sold over the counter in pharmacies.

Its portfolio includes several medical franchises and international brands including Pierre Fabre Oncologie, Pierre Fabre Dermatologie, Eau Thermale Avène, Klorane, Ducray, René Furterer, A-Derma, Naturactive, Pierre Fabre Oral Care. 

Established in the Occitanie region since its creation, and manufacturing over 95% of its products in France, the Group employs some 10,000 people worldwide. Its products are distributed in about 130 countries. 86% of the Pierre Fabre Group is held by the Pierre Fabre Foundation, a government-recognized public-interest foundation, while a smaller share is owned by its employees via an employee stock ownership plan. 

In 2019, Ecocert Environment assessed the Group’s corporate social and environmental responsibility approach in accordance with the ISO 26000 sustainable development standard and awarded it the “Excellence” level.

Pierre Fabre is recognized as one of the "World's Best Employers 2021" by Forbes. Our group is ranked in the Top 3 in the cosmetics industry and in the Top 10 in the pharmaceutical industry worldwide. 

Your mission

Pierre Fabre Group is committed to Medical Care R&D to bring novel, innovative therapeutic opportunities to patients in need. Oncology is a major priority and constitutes a strategic focus for the Pierre Fabre Group.

Our internal R&D pipeline, supplemented with future external opportunities, will be central in shaping the future orientation of Pierre Fabre Medical Care.

We are seeking a talented and highly motivated Biomarker Data Scientist to join our growing Data Science and Biometry group.

The candidate will contribute to clinical biomarkers analysis and interpretation, enabling advancement of our molecules through clinical phases, as well as back-translation research to fuel our growing early drug discovery portfolio.

The location of the position will be Toulouse, with high flexibility in terms of commuting from France/Europe and home office.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop and deploy processing, analytics, and visualization pipelines for omics-based clinical biomarkers data, primarily ctDNA and RNAseq.
• Collaborate closely with translational research, drug development, and clinical teams to address key scientific questions in translational oncology research using pre-clinical, clinical, and real-world evidence datasets.
• Develop scientific publications to communicate new findings to the wider scientific community.
• Stay updated with the latest scientific literature and technological advancements in the field.

Who you are ?

Who are you?

• An advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in applying analytics to high dimensional molecular data and a proven ability to generate actionable hypotheses.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and interpreting ctDNA and RNAseq data.
• Proficiency in Python and R programming languages, with a proven track record of conveying scientific results through both static and interactive reports and visualizations (e.g., RShiny and others).
• Skilled in scripting within Unix/Linux environments and proficient in using command-line interfaces with high-performance computational clusters and cloud computing platforms. Committed to good coding practices and adept at writing reproducible scripts within version control systems (e.g., Git or similar).
• Excellent English written and oral, presentation and communication skills.

• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

We are convinced that diversity is a source of fulfillment, social balance and complementarity for our employees, which is why our offers are open to all, without restriction.