Lead Data Scientist - Clinical Data & Analytics
Princeton, NJ, US
Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a leading global healthcare company, founded in 1923 and headquartered in Denmark. Our purpose is to drive change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases.About the Department
The Clinical, Medical and Regulatory (CMR) department at Novo Nordisk is one of the most diverse and collaborative groups within the organization. From health-care-provider interactions and developing and implementing regulatory strategies with the FDA to providing medical education and collecting data to support efficacy and new product development, CMR is involved. The one thing that keeps us all marching to the same beat is our patient-centered focus. At Novo Nordisk, you will help patients around the world. As their needs evolve, so does our challenge to find better and more innovative ways to improve their quality of life. We’re changing lives for a living. Are you ready to make a difference?
The Position
The Lead Data Scientist identifies and delivers dynamic and reliable analytics products and services by leveraging internal and external data to enable faster decision making across Novo Nordisk; and contributes to the growth, competitiveness, and innovation of the company. Acts as an internal analytics consultant to understand the needs of stakeholders, build strategic relationships, and develop/implement innovative solutions that address the needs of the business.
Relationships
This position reports the head of Rapid Cycle Analytics (RCA) and functions as an analytics specialist in the Clinical Data Science & Evidence (CDSE) department. Collaborates closely with teams in departments throughout the organization, including Medical Affairs, HEOR, Clinical Trial Management, Market Development & HCP Engagement, as well as with other data science units globally. May also mentor Analytics interns and oversee projects with external vendors. Oversees projects with external vendors.
Essential Functions
- Contributes to the development and delivery of novel and innovative analytics solutions and services (analysis, data visualization,) in response to client requests. Understands client needs and readily customizes deliverables to address key business needs
- Explores and introduces new data driven approaches to generate business insights in order to address unanswered business problems
- Understands and incorporates analytics best practices and keeps on top of emerging tools and practices. Leads the development of new and creative analytics solutions that will become part of our core deliverables. Ability to quickly understand new concepts and implement novel designs to advanced data science problems
- Understands stakeholder needs; demonstrates thorough understanding of data and directs data preparation activities
- Validates, interprets and presents data findings to key stakeholders. Translates data analysis into a meaningful story that explains nuance and complexity, and inspires action
- Works closely with key stakeholders to understand current issues, anticipate future needs, and determine potential solutions
- Communicates to ensure efficient knowledge sharing and collaboration within CMR Operations and often with other departments in CMR
- Participates in the development of new standards and/or practices. Applies analytical capability and insight to tasks to build support for new standards and/or practices across departments
- Collaborates with other team members to ensure overall integration of products and services. Contributes to completion of information analytics projects; participates in planning and coordination of projects
- Develops network of internal relationships. Participates in projects locally and/or globally, and across CMR
Physical Requirements
10-20% overnight travel required.
Qualifications
- Relevant technical education at B.Sc. with 6 years of experience (preferred) from relevant industry such as life sciences industry or technology research companies. Advanced degree may be substituted for experience as appropriate.
- Advanced degree in Public Health (MPH), Pharmacy (PharmD), Epidemiology, Statistics (MS) or related field (MS) preferred
- Excellent organizational, communication, and presentation skills
- Advanced skills in information visualization concepts and tools
- Experience with cloud analytics platforms & tools (i.e., AWS platform & services, R, Python, SQL, etc.)
- Expertise in interpreting and explaining data trends
- Subject matter familiarity in one or more disease areas of interest to Novo Nordisk
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.
Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.
If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
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