Senior Manager, Clinical Data Science

Eisai US; Nutley (NJ); On-site; USD 144,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Eisai US is seeking a Senior Manager, Clinical Data Science to drive drug development through predictive modeling of disease characteristics and drug response. You will enable processing of high-dimensional multimodal data including clinical, imaging, and genomics, collaborating with data scientists, Translational Sciences, and IT to support clinical drug development pipelines.

Applicants should have a strong background in ML/NLP, data engineering, cloud/HPC environments, and front-end

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years relevant experience.
• Master's Degree required; Ph.D. preferred in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Proven track record building and supporting data engineering/data science platforms.

Responsibilities

• Drive drug development through predictive modeling of disease characteristics and drug response.
• Enable processing/analysis of high-dimensional multimodal data (clinical, imaging, genomics).
• Collaborate with data scientists, Translational Sciences, and IT to support clinical drug development.

Skills

R

Python

Shell scripting

Data engineering

ML/NLP

AWS

Linux/Windows

Streamlit/R-Shiny

Web interfaces

Cloud/HPC pipelines

Education

Master's Degree in Engineering/CS

PhD preferred

Tools

Streamlit

R-Shiny

AWS

HPC clusters

Webservers

Job description

At Eisai, satisfying unmet medical needs and increasing the benefits healthcare provides to patients, their families, and caregivers is Eisai’s human health care (hhc) mission. We’re a growing pharmaceutical company that is breaking through in neurology and oncology, with a strong emphasis on research and development. Our history includes the development of many innovative medicines, notably the discovery of the world's most widely-used treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. As we continue to expand, we are seeking highly-motivated individuals who want to work in a fast-paced environment and make a difference. If this is your profile, we want to hear from you.

The Data Science Group is seeking a Senior Manager, Clinical Data Science to drive drug development through contributions to predictive modeling of disease characteristics and drug response. The role will focus on enabling and advancing the processing and analysis of high-dimensional data from multimodal data including clinical, imaging, genomics, et al. The Senior Manager will collaborate closely with the other data scientists in the team as well as colleagues from the Translational Sciences teams and IT group, to support various projects in in the clinical drug development pipeline.

Essential Functions

• Experience with two or more of the following languages: R, Python, Shell scripting et al.
• Experience with data engineering and unstructured data (text, imaging or omics) from other real world data sources
• Experience with sophisticated data science methods and tools used to implement predictive machine learning, deep learning, or NLP
• Demonstrated experience with cloud servers and HPC clusters setting up analysis pipelines (genomics, image, etc)
• High level of proficiency in Linux and Windows operating systems, and in using various tools within the AWS environment
• Demonstrated experience with high level or proficiency in creatively designing and deploying visual analytics and prediction models in web-based interface via Streamlit, R-Shiny or similar programs
• Proactively propose initiatives/improvements in data processing, analysis and deployment to advance internal capabilities and deploy more effective solutions for project teams
• Experience in state-of-the-art agentic AI (preferred, not a must)

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 years relevant experience
• Master's Degree required, Ph. D. preferred. Majors in Engineering or Computer Science preferred.
• Proven track record of developing, deploying, and supporting data engineering, data science platforms
• Experience developing front-end interface (Webservers) to statistical models
• Experience managing and coordinating with IT/Software engineering personnel to maintain secure and compliant tools and applications (preferred, not a must)
• Experience with developing and deploying cloud-based tools or distributed computing environment (HPC clusters)
• Excellent communication and presentation skills required

Eisai Salary Transparency Language

The annual base salary range for the Senior Manager, Clinical Data Science is from :$143,500-$188,400
Under current guidelines, this position is eligible to participate in : Eisai Inc. Annual Incentive Plan.
Final pay determinations will depend on various factors including but not limited to experience level, education, knowledge, and skills.
Employees are eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs. For additional information on Company employee benefits programs, visit https://careers.eisai.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
Certain other benefits may be available for this position, please discuss any questions with your recruiter.

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