Associate Director, Data Science Lead
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Job Location:
Cambridge, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 158000 - 217000
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About This Role
The Associate Director Data Science Lead will play a pivotal role in Biogens Data Science team driving the development of advanced modeling solutions that inform strategic business decisions across Marketing Sales and Access. This role will be responsible for leading high-impact data science initiatives including marketing optimization patient-level predictive analytics machine learning-based personalization and field force effectiveness strategies.
As a hands-on contributor you will guide and execute while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure that data science outputs are actionable accurate scalable and aligned with brand priorities. Youll be a thought partner to commercial leadership championing the use of data and AI to deliver measurable business value.
What Youll Do:
- Execute flawlessly the long-term data science and AI vision ensuring alignment with enterprise capability roadmaps commercial priorities and emerging AI/ML trends.
- Lead the end-to-end development deployment and scaling of data science solutions including predictive models clustering segmentation optimization and advanced natural language processing (NLP) and large language models (LLMs) to address complex commercial challenges and extract insights from unstructured data.
- Act as a trusted partner to the insights and marketing teams demonstrating rigor and knowledge in data science algorithms while displaying agile ways of working accountability and value.
- Being open to feedback from adopters on the quality of outputs and building corrective model fine tuning and performance continuously
- Serve as the primary data science partner for U.S. commercial brand teams translating business objectives into analytical frameworks that drive measurable impact across marketing sales and access strategies.
- Guide business stakeholders through insight interpretation and activation ensuring outputs are integrated into workflows and decision-making processes.
- Provide technical expertise and thought leadership on the development of analytical tools reusable frameworks proprietary data products and service lines-contributing directly where needed.
- Promote analytical rigor responsible experimentation and model governance best practices serving as a champion of quality and innovation across the analytics organization.
- Collaborate with a high-performing team of data scientists that encourages learning and experimentation.
- Collaborate with IT to develop and co-create the ML Ops environments and deliver productized solutions
- Design and operationalize Next Best Action (NBA) strategies using machine learning to optimize field force effectiveness drive personalized omnichannel engagement and increase HCP engagement ROI.
- Develop and scale Patient 360 models and predictive targeting algorithms to support AI-driven lead generation enable high-value patient outreach and enhance commercial performance across key therapeutic areas.
- Guide measurement and ROI optimization efforts through marketing/media mix modeling and budget allocation using data from APLD PlanTrak claims and specialty pharmacy sources.
- Manage relationships with external analytics partners ensuring alignment with internal data engineering insights IT and compliance teams for scalable secure solution delivery.
Who You Are:
You are a data scientist with strong business instincts a leadership presence and a passion for solving ambiguous problems. You thrive at the intersection of analytics and action-building machine learning pipelines that scale and deliver insights that drive strategic decisions. Youre not only a strong individual contributor but also an experienced team leader who enjoys guiding others with ideas mentoring talent and fostering collaborative problem solving.
Experience Required:
- Minimum 7 years of hands-on analytics or data science experience including at least minimum 4 years leading data science projects or teams.
- Strong command of statistical modeling supervised and unsupervised learning A/B testing and time-series forecasting.
- Strong experience in marketing mix portfolio optimization decision engine build Gen AI product design
- Experience deploying data science solutions in a commercial setting-ideally within pharma biotech or healthcare.
- Proficient in Python R SQL and Snowflake; experience with Power BI Tableau or other data visualization tools.
- Proven track record of designing and implementing Next Best Action strategies marketing optimization models and omnichannel analytics.
- Experience working with APLD Plan Trak specialty pharmacy or claims datasets.
- Strong communication and influencing skills; comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
Preferred:
- Masters degree in data science Statistics Engineering Computer Science Business Analytics or related field.
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including but not limited to relevant skills & experience job location and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees and their families physical financial emotional and social well-being; including but not limited to:
- Medical Dental Vision & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning growth and expanding their skills. Above all we work together to deliver life-changing medicines with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds cultures and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.Read onto learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status race color national origin ancestry ethnicity religion age veteran status disability genetic information or any other basis protected by federal state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Program assessment
- FDA Regulations
- Manufacturing & Controls
- Program Evaluation
- budget forecast
- Research Experience
- Operations Management
- Research & Development
- Strategic Planning
- Contract Management
- Leadership Experience
- negotiation
About Company
Founded in 1978, Biogen is a leading biotechnology company that pioneers innovative science to deliver new medicines to transform patients lives and to create value for shareholders and our communities. We apply deep understanding of human biology and leverage different modalities, ... View more
