Senior Principal Data Scientist: Medical Analytics Lead

Novartis; Dublin; On-site; EUR 63,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance plans

Retirement plans

Wellbeing resources

Global recognition programs

Hybrid working options

Parental leave (14 weeks)

Job summary

Novartis is seeking a Senior Principal Data Scientist in Dublin to lead data science strategies across clinical development. You will combine biology/medicine knowledge with advanced analytics to inform drug development decisions, collaborating with internal and external partners.

You will apply advanced statistics, ML/AI methods, and data visualization to clinical and real‑world data, building scalable pipelines and communicating insights to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in data science, biostatistics, or other quantitative field (or equivalent).
• Experience in clinical drug development with extensive exposure to clinical trials.
• Strong knowledge of statistical methods (time-to-event, meta-analysis, mixed effects, Bayesian, variable selection like lasso/elastic net).
• Strong programming skills in R and Python.
• Demonstrated knowledge of data visualization and predictive modeling.
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, execute, interpret, validate and communicate innovative exploratory analyses and algorithms to support internal decisions.
• Provide technical expertise in data science and machine learning to identify opportunities and influence decision making.
• Perform hands-on analysis of integrated clinical trial and real-world data to generate evidence for drug development decisions.
• Translate business questions into analytical problems and build solutions using visualization, ML/DL, and statistical modeling.
• Develop new algorithms and models, providing insight into structured and unstructured data.
• Apply R-based analytical techniques to solve business problems.
• Wrangle and analyze data using AI, R, Python, Bash, and SQL.
• Develop and manage data pipelines using R, Python, Bash, and SQL.

Skills

R

Python

Data visualization

Biostatistics

Education

Master's degree in data science

PhD in biostatistics

Tools

SQL

Bash

Pandas

AI

Job description

Novartis is seeking a Senior Principal Data Scientist in Dublin to lead data science strategies across clinical development. You will combine biology/medicine knowledge with advanced analytics to inform drug development decisions, collaborating with internal and external partners.

You will apply advanced statistics, ML/AI methods, and data visualization to clinical and real‑world data, building scalable pipelines and communicating insights to stakeholders.