Remote Pharma Data Scientist: Drive Drug Discovery with ML

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Comprehensive benefits

Remote collaboration tools

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Pharmaceutical Data Scientist to analyze clinical trial data, real-world evidence, and manufacturing data from a distributed team. The role emphasizes advanced modeling, data cleaning, and insightful visualization to inform drug development and market strategies.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in pharma/healthcare data science, strong Python or R skills, and experience with AI/ML libraries, SQL, and data visualization tools.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or related quantitative field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Data Scientist, preferably in pharma/healthcare.
• Proficiency in Python or R and libraries like scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, pandas, NumPy.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases.
• Solid knowledge of statistical modeling, ML techniques, and experimental design.
• Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, Matplotlib, Seaborn).
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work independently in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement advanced statistical models and ML algorithms on pharmaceutical datasets.
• Extract, clean, and transform data from clinical trials, EHRs, and manufacturing systems.
• Identify trends and insights to support drug discovery, development, and manufacturing.
• Visualize data and communicate findings through reports, dashboards, and presentations.
• Collaborate with biostatisticians, data engineers, clinicians, and analysts in a remote setting.
• Design and analyze A/B tests and experiments to evaluate interventions.
• Stay current with data science advancements in pharma and healthcare.
• Contribute to data pipelines and analytical platforms.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Statistics

Machine Learning

Data Visualization

Remote work

Education

Master's or PhD in Data Science/Statistics/CS/Bioinformatics

Tools

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

pandas

NumPy

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Remote Pharmaceutical Data Scientist to analyze clinical trial data, real-world evidence, and manufacturing data from a distributed team. The role emphasizes advanced modeling, data cleaning, and insightful visualization to inform drug development and market strategies.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in pharma/healthcare data science, strong Python or R skills, and experience with AI/ML libraries, SQL, and data visualization tools.