Remote Pharma Data Scientist: Predictive Drug Discovery

Placements24; Noord-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Remote-first

Flexible schedule

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a highly skilled Remote Pharmaceutical Data Scientist to join a pioneering biopharmaceutical company. You will apply advanced analytics to omics, clinical trial, and real-world data to uncover insights and improve drug development, working independently in a remote setting.

The ideal candidate holds a Master’s or PhD, 5+ years in pharma data science, and strong Python/R skills. You will build models, develop data pipelines, and communicate results to diverse stakeholders,

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in a quantitative field.
• 5+ years in data science in pharma/biotech.
• Proficiency in Python and R.
• Experience with omics and clinical trial data analysis.
• Cloud and big data experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement advanced statistical models and ML algorithms for large-scale omics and trial data.
• Extract, clean, and transform complex datasets for analysis.
• Develop predictive models for drug targets and patient stratification.
• Collaborate with biologists, chemists, clinicians, and bioinformaticians.
• Visualize data findings through reports and dashboards.
• Build and maintain data pipelines using Python, R, and big data tech.
• Contribute to design and analysis of preclinical and clinical studies.
• Stay updated with advances in data science and bioinformatics.
• Ensure data integrity and privacy compliance.

Skills

Python

R

Statistics

Machine learning

Cloud computing

Big data

Education

Master's or PhD in Data Science

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Pandas

Spark

scikit-learn

Job description

Placements24 seeks a highly skilled Remote Pharmaceutical Data Scientist to join a pioneering biopharmaceutical company. You will apply advanced analytics to omics, clinical trial, and real-world data to uncover insights and improve drug development, working independently in a remote setting.

The ideal candidate holds a Master’s or PhD, 5+ years in pharma data science, and strong Python/R skills. You will build models, develop data pipelines, and communicate results to diverse stakeholders,