Senior Data Science Manager — Drug Development Innovator

Bristol Myers Squibb; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Science to lead cutting-edge analytics across translational to late-stage drug development. You will build reproducible, scalable pipelines and apply AI/ML methods to generate actionable insights for clinical decisions.

The role requires deep experience with clinical trial data or EHRs, strong programming in Python and R, and collaboration with clinicians, biostatisticians, and data engineers to drive methodological

Qualifications

• PhD in a quantitative field with 1+ years of academia/industry experience; or Master's with 3+ years in industry.
• Strong experience in data science and statistical analysis using clinical trial or EHR data in pharma R&D.
• Experience building and validating ML models on high-dimensional data for time-to-event and longitudinal outcomes.
• Proficiency in Python, R, SQL and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Databricks).
• Understanding of clinical trial design and drug development processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop computational methods for patient segmentation, biomarker discovery, and hypothesis generation from multimodal datasets.
• Execute analyses on datasets from clinical trials and real-world cohorts (omics, imaging, flow cytometry).
• Develop integration and visualization techniques for high-dimensional data across early-to-late phase programs.
• Formulate and validate predictive models; establish scalable, automated modelling pipelines.
• Apply AI/ML, NLP, causal ML, and explainable AI across data modalities and contexts.
• Collaborate with statisticians and cross-functional teams to influence study design and decision making.

Skills

Data science

Statistics

Time-to-event analysis

Longitudinal data

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

PhD in Computational Biology/ Biostatistics/ Statistics/ Biomedical Engineering/ CS

Master's in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

R

SQL

AWS/Azure/Databricks

Job description

Bristol Myers Squibb in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Science to lead cutting-edge analytics across translational to late-stage drug development. You will build reproducible, scalable pipelines and apply AI/ML methods to generate actionable insights for clinical decisions.

The role requires deep experience with clinical trial data or EHRs, strong programming in Python and R, and collaboration with clinicians, biostatisticians, and data engineers to drive methodological