Senior Real World Data Scientist

This is what you will do:

The Epidemiology and RealWorld Science team in AlexionAstraZenecas Rare Disease Unit accelerates patient access to innovative medicines by advancing the scientific use ofReal World Data (RWD). In this role you will apply RWD to support the rare disease portfolio aligned withAstraZenecabest practices and standards. Building on AstraZenecas strongReal World Evidence (RWE)foundation and internal data assets the team is expanding through a dedicatedReal World Data Sciencecapability.

Successful candidates will tackle challenging problems with innovative methods to deliverReal World Insights and Evidencefor stakeholders inClinical DevelopmentRegulatory andPatient Safety. The ideal candidate is a curious selfdirected learner with a proven record of deriving value from routinely collected healthcare or observational data delivering health analytics across Public Health Pharmaceutical R&D Commercial/Payer and Patient Safety.

You will provide methods expertise lead and support analyses of RWD and guide study design data source selection and best practices in RWD utilization emphasizing patient safety.

You will also help shape Alexion/AZs RWS data strategy by supporting due diligence on data vendors and offering informatics support for Therapeutic Area data acquisitions.

You will be responsible for:

• Deliver/Implement and support advanced secondary analyses of data from EMR claims and primary observational data required by Therapeutic Area (TA) RWE strategies

• Comfortable working in a rapid analytics environment alongside stakeholders to ideate appropriate/impactful analysis along with implementation

• Provide clear technical input options and directions to support strategic decisions made by AZ observational study teams on study design data partner selection and best practices in RWE data utilization

• Monitor work performed by contract personnel and vendors

• Maintain a strong insight into the capabilities of potential external partners in RWE especially for US and emerging markets.

• Demonstrate best practice in Real World Data Science across multiple domains and/or stakeholder groups.

You will need to have:

• Minimum of masters degree in Biostatistics Epidemiology Public Health Statistics Mathematics Data Science or related field with at least 3 years in the pharmaceutical industry biotechnology or consulting environment.

• The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment. As is typical of an office-based role employees must be able with or without an accommodation to: use a computer; engage in communications via phone video and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought analysis and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.

We would prefer for you to have:

• This is a hands-on role so be excited to code!

• Enthusiastic about building on and learning new methods and ways to use real world data to change the practice of medicine

• Demonstrated ability to build long-term relationships with stakeholders understand relevant scientific/business challenges at a deep level and translate into a programme of data science activities to deliver value to the business

• Hands-on experience with EMR disease registries and/or insurance claims databases

• Experience with in clinical data standards medical terminologies and controlled vocabularies used in healthcare data and ontologies (ICD9/10/SNOMED)

• Experience in supporting pharmacoepidemiology studies with proven track record of advancing approaches with statistics/machine learning/data science

• Ability to lead & handle multi-disciplinary data science projects

• Proficient in SQL

• Proficient in at least one of R Python

Annual base salary for this position ranges from 109148.80 to 143257.80.

AstraZeneca is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The range provided in this posting represents an offer pay range used in a majority of situations. The base pay offered will vary depending on multiple individualized factors including the candidates skills and experience job-related knowledge and other specific business and organizational some cases offers outside the range may also be considered to address unique circumstances.

In addition our permanent positions offer an annual Variable Pay Bonus/Short Term Incentive opportunity as well as eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (if applicable to role). Benefits offered for permanent roles include a competitive Flex Benefits & Retirement Savings Program 4 weeks paid vacation and annual Personal Days. Fixed Term Contract/Temporary positions (excluding students) are offered a Contract Benefits Program.

We are using AI as part of the recruitment process.

This advertisement relates to a current vacancy.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1