Location:

Strong candidates at senior/principal level can be home-based in the U.S. or Canada. Candidates who do not meet technical requirements may be asked to work a hybrid schedule with office location near Philadelphia.

Job Summary:

Work fully within the environment of a Biopharma company, as an IQVIA direct-hire employee. Support the long-term data science initiatives of this Biopharma client. Support the clinical drug research and development process by providing strategic planning and execution, including data transformation and all aspects of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analytics of data related to clinical projects like actual trial data, registries and real-world data bases. In particular, this includes the provision of analytics tools, outputs and inference as necessary for the specific use case. 

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) / Process Lead for designing as well as transforming, analyzing and reporting complex phase I-IV clinical trials that represent new challenges and for which project and therapeutic knowledge is not given, such as mega trials or new indications and for complex international R&D projects.

• Identify trends in data science within and outside client. Initiate and turn derived insights into new data science approaches relevant for clinical development.

• Present compelling validated stories regarding complex data science aspects.

• Ensure data transformation and analysis specifications to ensure completeness, correctness and adherence to department guidelines and SOPs as well as to applicable GxP requirements.

• Lead cross-functional client internal working-groups and drive/plan relevant data science aspects.

• Fosters innovative digital approaches to produce sophisticated, intelligent optimization solutions, innovative processes and predictive models.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) from an accredited institution in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field with a minimum of 8 years of data science experience; Or

• Master of Science (MSc) from an accredited institution in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field (Psychology, Data Science, Finance, etc.), with 6 years of experience within the pharmaceutical industry, CROs, regulatory authorities or academic institutions.

• Comprehensive knowledge and advanced experience in understanding the clinical trial development process is required.

• Comprehensive knowledge and advanced experience in Python and R software languages is required.

• R Shiny applications experience is highly desired.

• Developed visualizations in numerous tools such as Spotfire, Tableau, Power BI.

• Experience from POC to Productionizing of Customized AI solutions leveraging open source tools, OTS solutions from AWS/ Google/ Azure. 

• Experience leading cross functional teams across all areas of Data Analytics and Data delivery models including big data, data warehouse, on-prem and cloud, business intelligence and visual analytics.

• Understanding and applying key of principles of data science.

• Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge in planning, transforming, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data in complex situations that represent new challenges and for which project and therapeutic knowledge is not given.

• Excellent knowledge of statistical methodology, design of clinical trials or clinical experiments, basic medical terminology and on processing clinical trial information.

• Advanced understanding of cutting-edge statistical concepts related to Data Science.

• Ability to develop and deliver training related to data science topics.

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The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $119,400.00 - $203,100.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.