UCB · 1 day ago
Senior or Principal Data Scientist - Research Analytics
Cambridge, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$138K/yr - $181K/yr
4+ years expUCB is a global biopharmaceutical company focusing on neurology and immunology. As a Senior/Principal Data Scientist within the Research Analytics team, you will provide analytics solutions to inform compound and antibody discovery for early drug discovery platforms.
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Responsibilities
Enhance data processing pipeline to support experimental set-up and analyses on assays mentioned above
Deliver data-driven insights on molecules using analytics and machine learning on high-dimensional datasets conducted with complex biological assays (e.g. next-generation sequencing, mRNA display, affinity selection mass spectrometry)
Active collaboration and clear communication with relevant stakeholders in function areas such as Discovery Biology, Medicinal Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Protein Sciences and fellow data science teams & IT
Qualification
Required
PhD in biological, chemical, or data science with strong skills & experience in informatics, statistics, or computer science and demonstrated delivery in the life sciences space
Strong biological and/or chemical domain knowledge
Understanding of data types, file formats, and common metadata used in biology, including high-dimensional experiments such as imaging, or high-throughput experiments such as peptide/biologics display and mass spectrometry
Experience with machine learning on large / high dimensional datasets including data manipulation, wrangling, and analytics
Experience with machine learning on chemical, sequence, and/or biological features
Demonstrated ability to work as part of interdisciplinary teams
Strong programming skills in relevant language(s) (R / Python)
Excellent written and oral communication skills demonstrated by publications and conference presentations
Preferred
Prior experience (4+ yrs) in pharma or biotechnology industry is a bonus
Experience with programmatic querying of relational or graph databases is desirable (SQL, neo4j, etc.)
Company
UCB
At UCB, we believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can - as free as possible from the challenges and uncertainty of disease.
5001-10000 employees
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