Remote Senior Pharma Data Scientist - AI for Drug Discovery

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybride; ZAR 1 000 000 - 1 800 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Retirement savings plan

Work from home flexibility

Résumé du poste

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Pharmaceutical Data Scientist to join a globally recognized pharmaceutical leader in a fully remote role within South Africa. You will leverage large datasets to drive insights for drug discovery, development, clinical trials, and commercial operations, using advanced ML, statistics, and data visualization.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in data science in pharma, with Python/R expertise, and experience with Spark/Hadoop and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or related quantitative field.
• Minimum 7 years in data science, with significant Life Sciences exposure.
• Proficiency in Python or R and data science libraries.
• Experience with big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Responsabilités

• Develop and implement advanced statistical models, ML algorithms, and AI solutions for pharmaceutical data.
• Analyze large and complex datasets from clinical trials, R&D, real-world evidence, and manufacturing.
• Design predictive analytics to forecast drug efficacy, patient outcomes, and market trends.
• Collaborate with R&D, clinical operations, regulatory, and commercial teams on data-driven opportunities.
• Develop data visualization tools and dashboards to communicate insights to stakeholders.
• Contribute to clinical trial design and real-world evidence studies through robust statistical planning.
• Build and maintain data pipelines ensuring data quality and accessibility.
• Stay current with advances in data science, AI, and ML within pharma.

Connaissances

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Deep learning

Predictive analytics

Data visualization

Leadership

Data privacy

Formation

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

Outils

Python

R

Spark

Hadoop

AWS

Azure

GCP

Description du poste

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Pharmaceutical Data Scientist to join a globally recognized pharmaceutical leader in a fully remote role within South Africa. You will leverage large datasets to drive insights for drug discovery, development, clinical trials, and commercial operations, using advanced ML, statistics, and data visualization.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in data science in pharma, with Python/R expertise, and experience with Spark/Hadoop and cloud platforms.