TEKsystems · 3 hours ago
Data Scientist
TEKsystems is seeking a data scientist to help one of our clients in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. The role involves supporting pharmacovigilance and product safety in the pharmaceutical or medical device industry, while also requiring strong skills in searching scientific literature.
Information Technology
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (7+ years of experience), Master's degree (5+ years of experience) or Ph.D. degree (0-2 years of experience) in library science, life sciences, medicine, pharmacy, bioinformatics, biomedical/clinical data science or related field
Experience supporting pharmacovigilance, product safety, health agency requests, or product submissions in the pharmaceutical or medical device industry
Extensive experience searching scientific literature and constructing complex search strategies in databases such as MEDLINE, Embase, Derwent Drug File, or BIOSIS
Ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, with clients and teammates possessing diverse technical and business backgrounds
Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment with shifting priorities
Preferred
Experience with Dialog search platform preferred
Academic or applied library science preferred
Should not be purely computational/computer science or purely biological—must have strong biomedical literature search depth
Benefits
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Company
TEKsystems
At TEKsystems, they understand people. Every year they deploy over 80,000 IT professionals at 6,000 client sites across North America,
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