Senior Data Scientist, Quantitative Biosciences
Senior Data Scientist, Quantitative Biosciences
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At our company we are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people around the world. As a leading global pharmaceutical company we strive to make a difference through innovative research discovery and development of lifesaving medications and vaccines. With over a century of experience and a steadfast dedication to scientific excellence we have become a trusted name in the industry. Join our team and be a part of our mission to create a healthier future for all.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Data Scientist with a background in machine learning statistics data science to join our Pharmacology team in either London UK or West Point PA. In this role you will be working collaboratively with our local discovery teams and other AIML & data science functionsto advance therapeutic programs in Immunology Neuroscience and Infectious Diseases/Vaccines and to build computational pipelines that make better use of the data we generate. If you are datafocused energetic and looking to further develop your career in data science and drug discovery wed love for you to be part of our diverse and passionate team.
In this role you will:
Work with department pharmacologists to design statistically sound experiments and critically analyze and interpret the data from these experiments to ensure the success of discovery programs in Immunology Neuroscience and Infectious Diseases/Vaccines.
Help develop novel data pipelines that move integrate and analyze diverse sources of biological data that aid in the identification of targets profiling of therapeutic candidates or improving the chances of translation (e.g. cellular images flow cytometry multiomics deep profiling).
Identify develop and implement data visualization approaches that help drive decision making on program teams and manage resources for the department.
Help wrangle and analyze unstructured and structured data that will drive new translational strategies for the company.
Participate in the development and implementation of active learningbased approaches to drug discovery.
Work with automation engineers and laboratory scientists to develop the infrastructure to collect and move data off of labbased instrumentation to help facilitate downstream analyses including those implementing AIML methodologies.
Identify validate and integrate new technologies or methodologies to increase efficiency and productivity drive program progression and facilitate clinical translation of discovery programs.
Collaborate across the network to help guide the data transformation process and build data science infrastructure.
Effectively communicate data analyses and computational strategies to stakeholders and management.
Democratize computational approaches and upskill labbased scientists to become more data science savvy.
What you will need:
Ph.D. in Pharmacology Data Science Biostatistics Computational Biology/Chemistry or other quantitative field; or a Masters degree in the same field with experience in some aspect of computational drug discovery or machine learning in a pharma or biotech setting.
An understanding of pharmacology experiments for the purposes of drug discovery and how to design statistically sound experiments that will help drive pipeline decisions.
A background in statistics and machine learning.
Experience with databases database queries scripting programming and/or the use of statistics or analysis software including SQL Prism Python or R.
An ability to wrangle structured and unstructured data for use in downstream data analyses.
Experience with multiple data modalities e.g. genomics data and/or chemical structure data and insights on how to integrate them with other data formats and perform interpretations.
A robust understanding of drug discovery and clinical development and experience on drug discovery programs from at least lead identification through to the delivery of a preclinical candidate.
The ability to communicate effectively with and relate to a broad range of stakeholders including senior leaders peers direct reports partner organizations and external collaborators.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
The ability to adapt to changing priorities.
A passion for innovation and problemsolving.
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Application Deadline: 11:59pm on the 18th May
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