Senior Data Scientist, Drug Discovery & Biotech

Placements24; Mossel Bay; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career growth

Cutting-edge tech

Team collaboration

Generous PTO

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for a pharmaceutical research team in Mossel Bay. You will develop predictive models on genomic, proteomic, and clinical data to accelerate drug discovery and optimize trial designs.

You’ll translate complex data into actionable insights and collaborate with chemists, biologists, and clinicians to shape research questions. The role offers an advanced, impact-oriented career path with access to large-scale datasets, modern analytics infrastructure,

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree in a quantitative field.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional data science experience.
• Experience with pharmaceutical/biotech data preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement ML models for drug discovery pipelines.
• Analyze large-scale genomic, proteomic, and clinical datasets.
• Collaborate with medicinal chemists, biologists, and clinicians to define analyses.
• Design and execute statistical analyses to assess drug efficacy and safety.
• Create data visualizations and reports to communicate findings.
• Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to team growth.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Machine learning

Analytical thinking

Education

PhD or MS in Data Science, Statistics, CS, Bioinformatics or related quantitative field

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Data Scientist for a pharmaceutical research team in Mossel Bay. You will develop predictive models on genomic, proteomic, and clinical data to accelerate drug discovery and optimize trial designs.

You’ll translate complex data into actionable insights and collaborate with chemists, biologists, and clinicians to shape research questions. The role offers an advanced, impact-oriented career path with access to large-scale datasets, modern analytics infrastructure,