Remote Senior Data Scientist, Clinical Trials Analytics

Placements24; Rustenburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Generous pension scheme

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Data Scientist to join a remote-first team focused on clinical trial analytics in South Africa. The role emphasizes transforming complex trial data into actionable insights, with collaboration across statisticians, clinicians, and researchers from a home office.

The ideal candidate holds a PhD or MSc in a quantitative field, has 6+ years in data science within pharma/healthcare, and is proficient in Python, R, SQL, and ML.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s in a quantitative field.
• ≥6 years of professional data science experience in pharma/healthcare with clinical trial data.
• Expertise in statistical modeling and ML techniques.
• Proficiency in Python and R; SQL and database management.
• Strong communication and ability to work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement statistical models and ML algorithms for clinical trial data analysis.
• Perform exploratory data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and biases in large datasets.
• Collaborate with clinical operations and biostatistics teams to define analytical objectives and data requirements.
• Develop data visualizations and dashboards to communicate findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure integrity, accuracy, and reproducibility of analyses.
• Contribute to data management plans and SAPs.
• Stay updated with advances in data science and pharma applications.
• Mentor junior data scientists and share knowledge.
• Present findings and recommendations to project teams and senior management.
• Contribute to data governance policies and best practices.

Skills

Python

R

Statistical Modeling

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

SQL

Clinical Trial Data

Communication

Education

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

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

pandas

scikit-learn

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Data Scientist to join a remote-first team focused on clinical trial analytics in South Africa. The role emphasizes transforming complex trial data into actionable insights, with collaboration across statisticians, clinicians, and researchers from a home office.

The ideal candidate holds a PhD or MSc in a quantitative field, has 6+ years in data science within pharma/healthcare, and is proficient in Python, R, SQL, and ML.