UCB · 2 days ago
Data Science Lead
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$148K/yr - $194K/yr
8+ years expUCB is a global biopharmaceutical company focusing on neurology and immunology. They are seeking a Data Science Lead to inform on the commercial viability of various assets through advanced analytics methods, manage and implement AI projects, and oversee ongoing operations of advanced analytics solutions.
BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Provide clear expertise for opportunities to leverage advanced analytics, especially where they are advantageous to reducing the need for primary data or have high marginal impact
Deliver the most impactful data and analytics projects that: address the most compelling business questions, and/or identify new opportunities for patients and UCB through effective visual displays of quantitative and qualitative information
Be the key strategic partner for functional stakeholders and co-create plans and priorities for data and advanced analytics with them together with the Patient Solutions and Evidence Leads
Ensure tight relationships and collaboration with IT, Data Office, and other Analytics teams using relevant data sources
Serve as a mentor and guide to more junior data scientists and translators in demonstrating the application of cutting-edge analytics, clear communication and presentation of insights and practical/pragmatic implementation of key recommendations
Drive the execution of regional and local data-driven insights research and data analytics plans and priorities
Foster a strong data science community with significant business acumen and communication skills across Hubs and Engine and Supervise the conduct of advanced analytics studies in a collaborative manner ensuring that the study methodology is appropriate to deliver reliable results
Improve the team’s partnership with, and impact on, key internal (UCB) and external stakeholders within the specific area of focus by: developing and executing a communication and collaboration plan with key UCB stakeholders; increasing personal and the Advanced Analytics team’s knowledge of the business by ensuring that she/he and each team member has direct interaction with patients and/or other external stakeholders
Attract, retain, motivate, and develop key talent for the Advanced Analytics team; coach and develop team members
Drive deep partnership with the Hub insights team and other 'fellow' Engines and insights generating functions (e.g. regional analytics teams) allowing for a joined delivery of cross-functional, deep impactful insights
Be a champion for a data-driven, decision-making culture
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in quantitative area
Minimum of 8-10+ years experience applying predictive modeling techniques such as ML, decision trees, ensemble learning, neural networks etc, and data transformation such as data cleansing and integration, fuzzy matching, etc., is required
Minimum of 8-10+ years of experience developing program/project plans and leading programs/projects from initiation to implementation is required
At least 8 years of experience working with real world data (Claims data, EMR, IQVIA, -omics, etc)
Minimum of 8-10+ years of experience with programming and application development using Python or R is preferred
Preferred
Master/Doctor's degree in quantitative area
Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry, ideally specialty pharma and biologic treatments
Deep expertise in leveraging data science methodologies within the Research and Development and Clinical trials sphere of the pharmaceutical industry. The Go-to-Market domain encompasses the commercial, medical, and market access facets of the business
Expertise in analyzing a range of large, secondary transactional databases, unstructured data or other computationally difficult challenges
You are a structured problem solver
Possess an 80/20 mindset to push for fast model iterations
Interpret model results and identify potential model errors (e.g., overfitting, model bias, correlation vs causation)
Global role, so willingness and flexibility to work across geographies / time zones (sometimes outside of core hours)
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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Funding
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$201.75MKey Investors
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Jean-Christophe Tellier
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Stefanos Grammatikos
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