Role overview
As a Senior Principal Data Scientist in the Advanced Quantitative Scientists group you will be responsible for the discussion and implementation of data science and high-dimensional modelling methodologies applied to patient-level data (including various biomarker, clinical and outcomes data) across clinical development in Neuroscience. You will combine your data science and AI skills and your scientific knowledge in biology, imaging or medicine to enrich drug development decisions in close collaboration with internal and external partners.
What you'll work on
Our Development Team is guided by our purpose: to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives.
To do this, we are optimizing and strengthening our processes and ways of working.
We are investing in new technologies and building specific therapeutic area and platform depth and capabilities – all to bring our medicines to patients even faster.
We are seeking key talent, like you, to join us and help give people with disease and their families a brighter future to look forward to.
Apply today and welcome to where we thrive together!
What we're looking for
- Ph.D. in data science, biostatistics, pharmacology, bioinformatics, mathematics, or other quantitative field (or equivalent).
- Experience in clinical drug development with extensive exposure to clinical trials.
- Clinical, pharmacological, and therapeutic knowledge in neuroscience. Good understanding of clinical study design principles and basic familiarity working with clinical data in a clinical trial (GxP) setting.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of (multivariate implementations of) statistical methods such as time to event analysis, machine learning, meta-analysis, mixed effect modelling, longitudinal modelling, Bayesian methods, variable selection methods (e.g., lasso, elastic net, random forest), design of clinical trials.
- Familiarity with statistical and analytical methods for high dimensional data (e.g. imaging, digital, genetics or -omics data).
- Strong programming skills in R and Python. Demonstrated knowledge of data visualization, exploratory analysis, and predictive modeling.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and writing)
- Ability to develop and deliver clear and concise presentations for both internal and external meetings in key decision-making situations.
Why Novartis:
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture