Senior Data Scientist, Clinical Solutions
Job Description
Who We Are:At Neurocrine Biosciences, we pride ourselves on having a strong, inclusive, and positive culture based on our shared purpose and values. We know what it takes to be great, and we are as passionate about our people as we are about our purpose - to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options.
What We Do:Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington's disease, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visitneurocrine.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Formerly Twitter) and Facebook. (*in collaboration with AbbVie)
About the Role:
The role will be responsible for developing and maintaining data pipelines and solutions to enable clinical teams to design, run, and analyze clinical trials while optimizing for safety, efficacy, and efficiency. In addition to supporting ongoing deployed solutions, this position will work with others on a cross-functional Bioinformatics & Data Analytics team using programming, statistics, and visualization techniques to transform data into useful outputs for analytics, exploration, and decision making.Our ideal candidate is a self-starter that has a passion for building analytical tools, working cross-functionally, and has the ability to create practical solutions from complex problems.
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Your Contributions:Collaborate cross-functionally with clinical development, clinical operations, biometrics, and other medical teams to support the design, execution, and reporting of clinical trials.
Provide technical direction and support to team members, guiding them in best practices for data organization, utilization, and analysis in clinical development.
Support the design and creation of technical solutions, including data ingression, modeling, and visualization/consumption to make data more accessible, consistent, and clear.
Identify and build operational metrics and models for stakeholders in the form of digestible analytical information via readily accessible tools and technologies.
Identify and resolve analytical issues and data operation challenges that arise during clinical trials, using innovative approaches to improve data integrity and clinical efficiency.
Optimize analytical solutions and infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
Maintain production solution stacks and enhancement backlogs to deliver on requested features and strategic roadmaps.
Create and update documentation to support development, definitions, and business rules.
Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Bio/Pharma Development, or related field and 7+ years in an analytical capacity supporting development and maintenance of solutions OR
Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Bio/Pharma Development, or related field and 5+ years as noted above OR
PhD or equivalent in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Bio/Pharma Development, or related field and 2+ years as noted above
Demonstrated passion for practically solving complex problems with technology
Prior bio/pharma experience highly preferred, similar hi-tech/regulated field will be considered
Expert proficiency in python, R or other mainstream programming languages
Proficiency in SQL and building relational database models
Proficiency in data exploration and visualization tools, such as Tableau, Power BI, R, etc.
Familiarity with visualization libraries and frameworks, such as shiny, plotly, ggplot, etc.
Experience with CDISC standards and GCP regulatory guidelines
Experience with clean code principles, testing methodologies, and GitHub
Experience with cloud infrastructure and computing platforms
Familiarity with statistical analysis and related software and tools (e.g., SAS, R, JMP)
Familiarity with machine learning in clinical data analysis as pertaining to patient stratification and other predictive modeling
Familiarity with clinical data capture, trial management, and randomization systems
Familiarity with Real World Data, electronic health records (EHR) and wearable data sources
Familiarity with compliance standards and how those are implemented
Ability to work as part of a team
Ability to communicate complex analytical and technological concepts to non-technical peers
Ability to manage multiple priorities to meet deadlines
Neurocrine Biosciences is an EEO/AA/Disability/Vets employer.
We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, and we recognize there are a variety of ways to meet our requirements. We are looking for the best candidate for the job and encourage you to apply even if your experience or qualifications don't line up to exactly what we have outlined in the job description.
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The annual base salary we reasonably expect to pay is $99,200.00-$143,675.00. Individual pay decisions depend on various factors, such as primary work location, complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus with a target of 20% of the earned base salary and eligibility to participate in our equity based long term incentive program. Benefits offered include a retirement savings plan (with company match), paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.
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