Senior Data Science Lead - AI & Advanced Analytics (Pharma)

CSL Vifor; King of Prussia (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Vifor in King of Prussia, PA seeks a hands-on data science professional to develop ML/AI solutions addressing Commercial and Medical challenges, including patient identification, segmentation, forecasting, and customer analytics.

The role emphasizes building scalable models, feature engineering, model validation, governance alignment, and collaboration with Commercial, Medical Affairs, and IT. Master's preferred; 5–7 years experience in pharma analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, AI, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related quantitative field.
• Master’s degree strongly preferred.
• 5 to 7 years of experience in advanced analytics, data science, or (Gen)AI within pharma, biotech, or healthcare settings.
• Demonstrated track record of building and deploying machine learning models in commercial or clinical contexts.
• Experience contributing to end-to-end AI/ML initiatives, from ideation and scoping through to deployment and monitoring.
• Familiarity with commercial and medical pharma analytics, such as patient identification, HCP segmentation, forecasting, or competitive intelligence.
• Experience with rare disease patient‑finding models is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands-on data science practitioner, developing models, writing code, and validating outputs.
• Build, evaluate, and monitor analytical models and data pipelines with governance alignment.
• Support design and implementation of generative AI and LLM-based solutions.
• Apply model validation, drift detection, and performance measurement for reliability.
• Partner with Commercial, Medical Affairs, Market Access, I&T, Data Governance, Compliance, and other teams to ensure alignment with business needs.
• Help establish repeatable playbooks, templates, and ways of working for AI use case development, deployment, measurement, and scale.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data science, AI, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative discipline

Master’s degree in a relevant field

Job description

CSL Vifor in King of Prussia, PA seeks a hands-on data science professional to develop ML/AI solutions addressing Commercial and Medical challenges, including patient identification, segmentation, forecasting, and customer analytics.

The role emphasizes building scalable models, feature engineering, model validation, governance alignment, and collaboration with Commercial, Medical Affairs, and IT. Master's preferred; 5–7 years experience in pharma analytics.