Life Sciences AI & Data Science Consultant (Hybrid)

EPAM Systems; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)

Private medical insurance

Dental care

Employee Assistance Program

Pension plan

Job summary

EPAM Systems in London, United Kingdom, is seeking a Data Science Consultant – Life Sciences to join our hybrid team. You will help leading pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations leverage data, AI and analytics to transform R&D, clinical and commercial functions.

You will design scalable AI/ML solutions, work with senior stakeholders to align AI strategies with business priorities, and drive measurable value across drug discovery, clinical development, pharmacovigilance and patient

Qualifications

• 8+ years of data science experience in life sciences or consulting.
• Production-grade AI/ML solutions in regulated environments.
• Strong Python/SQL and cloud deployment skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI-driven solutions across life sciences use cases.
• Advise executive stakeholders on AI strategy and translate technical concepts into business outcomes.
• Define and deliver enterprise-wide AI and ML adoption roadmaps.
• Create governance frameworks to ensure AI solutions meet regulatory and ethical requirements (GDPR, FDA, EMA).
• Prototype Generative AI and LLM-based applications to support literature mining, safety monitoring and patient programs.
• Collaborate with data engineers, clinicians and business teams to tailor solutions to client needs.
• Deploy AI and ML models in production environments using MLOps and LLMOps practices.
• Use cloud platforms and data solutions to ensure scalability and operational integrity.
• Present data-driven recommendations to senior audiences, demonstrating impact of AI solutions.
• Support pre-sales activities including solutioning, proposals, workshops and industry presentations.

Skills

Data science

Life sciences

AI strategy

MLOps

Python

SQL

LLMs

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Hugging Face

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

EPAM Systems in London, United Kingdom, is seeking a Data Science Consultant – Life Sciences to join our hybrid team. You will help leading pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations leverage data, AI and analytics to transform R&D, clinical and commercial functions.

You will design scalable AI/ML solutions, work with senior stakeholders to align AI strategies with business priorities, and drive measurable value across drug discovery, clinical development, pharmacovigilance and patient