AI-Driven Clinical Trial Surveillance Scientist

BioSpace; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Data Scientist for Trial Surveillance & Analytics in South San Francisco. You will design and scale AI-enhanced analytics for clinical trial surveillance, medical monitoring, and safety evaluation, translating data into actionable insights.

You will leverage R/Python, advanced visualization, and generative AI to improve efficiency and reporting quality. The role combines statistics, machine learning, and data engineering in a collaborative environment within AbbVie's Data &

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience in data science, analytics, statistical programming, data engineering, or related disciplines.
• Complete or Full / Career proficiency in R, Python or other statistical languages and packages.
• Experience applying machine learning, artificial intelligence, or generative AI technologies to business problems.
• Experience developing automated reporting, data products, or end-to-end analytical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to understand surveillance, analytics, and reporting needs and translate them into scalable, fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Develop analytical products, automated workflows, and AI-enabled capabilities that support trial surveillance, medical monitoring, and safety assessment activities, including streamlined solutions from data to analytics to reporting.
• Apply statistical methodologies, machine learning techniques, and advanced analytics approaches to generate actionable insights from clinical trial data.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of integrated analytics platforms, data pipelines, and reporting solutions that support ongoing monitoring and safety surveillance.
• Transform complex clinical and operational data into clear visualizations, decision-support tools, and meaningful business insights for clinical and safety teams.
• Apply AI to transform statistical programming: use agentic coding and generative AI to generate, validate, and document code and outputs, contribute to migrating legacy SAS programs to R, and measure resulting efficiency gains.
• Collaborate with team members to establish best practices, reusable analytical assets, and standards that ensure high-quality and consistent user experiences.
• Support continuous innovation through experimentation, proof-of-concept development, and evaluation of emerging analytical and AI technologies.
• Contribute to operational excellence initiatives by identifying opportunities to improve processes, reduce manual effort, and enhance data quality and reporting efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, GCP, ICH guidelines, AbbVie policies, and departmental quality standards.

Skills

Experience in data science

ML/AI application

Automated reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in statistics/analytics/bioinformatics/data science

Tools

R

Python

Spotfire/Plotly

Job description

AbbVie is seeking a Data Scientist for Trial Surveillance & Analytics in South San Francisco. You will design and scale AI-enhanced analytics for clinical trial surveillance, medical monitoring, and safety evaluation, translating data into actionable insights.

You will leverage R/Python, advanced visualization, and generative AI to improve efficiency and reporting quality. The role combines statistics, machine learning, and data engineering in a collaborative environment within AbbVie's Data &