Senior Data Scientist (Clinical Trial Recruitment)

Our Future Healthis an ambitious collaboration between the public charity and private sectors designed tohelp people live healthier lives for longer through better prevention earlierdetectionand improved treatment of diseases. We will speed up the discovery of new methods of early disease detection and the evaluation of new diagnostic tools to helpidentifyand treat diseases earlywhen outcomes are usually better. With over 2.5M volunteers across the UKwerenow the worlds biggest health researchprogrammeof its kind and our volunteer group is also more diverse than other similar health researchprogrammes.

Technology and data are central to our systems power web sites clinics across the UKsecureanalyticsand researchsystemspipelines thatprocesshighly sensitivehealthand geneticdata and we are continuing to grow ourdata sciencecapability to support this ambition.

Throughour newly launchedClinicalResearchRecruitmentService weenableclinical research teamstofind the right participants grows we have a unique opportunity to transform provenexpert-led recruitmentworkflows into scalable technology that enhances rather than replaces clinical ambition is to deliver increasingly seamless recruitment experiences forcustomersbybuildingdataledcapabilities that capture what works best today and make it repeatable reliable and scalable tomorrow.

In the near term this means building better data foundations and tools that support expert-led recruitment as it workstoday. As we learn what can be reliably standardised these capabilities will increasingly support more streamlined andselfserviceways of working for customers.

TheSenior Data Scientistwill help turn this ambition into realityby shaping the data foundations and technical capabilities we build. You will bring a strong understanding of clinical recruitment workflows and apply it to the design of data products analytical services andenabling closely with engineersandscientificand operational experts you will help guide howourrecruitment technology evolvesensuring it delivers immediate value while positioning us forlongtermscale.

Whatyoulldo

• Work closely with sciencedataand engineering teams to understand how recruitment feasibility and cohortselectionare delivered in practice and how customers engage with these outputs
• Help translate existing recruitment workflows into clear data and technical requirements supporting engineers to build capabilities that reflect operational and user needs
• Contribute to the development of data products and services that underpin recruitment delivery from internal tools used by expert teams through to capabilities that may later supportcustomerfacingworkflows
• Build andmaintainproductionqualitycode with a focus on trust transparency and fitness for use in a regulated environment
• Support early prototyping and iterative delivery usinghandsonexperience to inform what is ready to be standardised automated or scaled
• Define and document datarequirements and pipelinelogic assumptions and quality checks working with others to ensure recruitment outputsremainreliableinterpretableand auditableas usage grows
• Collaborate with governance privacy and compliance colleagues to ensure ethical regulatory and data protection requirements are embedded into how data is used andshared
• Share insights from delivery customer interactions and data usage to help inform priorities and sequencing as recruitment technology evolves over time

This role will be fully hybrid with the expectation we get together in our Holborn London office at least once per month.

We welcome applications from all who may not feel they match the full criteria so if you have most of the belowwedlike to hear from you:

• Significant experienceapplying data science or advanced analytics within health life sciences or clinical research contexts
• Strong understanding of clinical research recruitment feasibility assessment or cohort identification workflows and how these are delivered in practice
• Experience working withrealworldhealth or clinical datasets (e.g. electronic health records registries or research cohorts)
• Ability to translate clinical and operational requirements into clear analytical and technical approaches
• Experience collaborating closely with software engineers on production systems including contributing to the design of data pipelines or services
• Strong programming skills (Python preferred SQL and version control) with the ability to write maintainable auditable code suitable for production use
• Familiarity with working in regulated or governed data environments with an appreciation of ethical privacy and compliance requirements
• Experience working in or alongside CROs digital CROs clinical research organisations or clinical technology companies isdesirable
• Comfortable working in ambiguous problem spaces where requirementsemergethrough delivery learning and iteration
• Able to communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical andnontechnicalaudiences and to contribute effectively withincrossfunctionalteams
• Pragmatic thoughtful and motivated by creatingrealworldimpact through collaborativeproblemsolving.

Hiring Process

We feelhiring should be transparentand give you arealsensefor whatOur Future Healthis canexpect:

• Initial chatwith our Talent team (30 min)to get to know each other discuss the role and answer any questionsyou have
• 1stinterviewwith ourHead of Data Operations(25min)- this is an opportunity to meet your potential line manager andfor you both toalign on role expectations
• Technicalinterviewwith2-3members from our tech and datateams (60min).This will include ashorttaskyoullneed to prepare in advance of the interview and is designed to get a sense for howyoudapproach the real-world responsibilities of this role
• Final stage competency interview (60 min)with a small cross-functional panel of your potential new stakeholders. This willfocus on how you collaborate work with stakeholders and navigate ambiguity and challenges in real-world projects

• Competitive base salary from 75000
• Generous Pension Scheme We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%
• 30 Days Holiday pro rata Bank Holidays Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you
• Enhanced Parental Leave Supporting you during lifes biggest moments
• Cycle to Work Scheme Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice
• Home & Tech Savings Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
• EV Scheme Save up to 40% on abrand newelectric vehicle all-inclusive package through salary sacrifice
• 1000 Employee Referral Bonus Know someone amazing Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
• Wellbeing Support Access to Mental Health First Aiders plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee AssistanceProgrammefor you and your family
• A Great Place to Work We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn and offer flexible and remote working arrangements

Join us -letsprevent disease together.

We recommend you apply as soon as possible as occasionally due to high volumes ofapplicationswe need to close our postings early.

At Our Future Health werecognisethe importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates regardless of their background haveequitableaccess to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as havinga disability neurodiversity or long-term health conditions to let us know if theyrequireany reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.

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Senior IC