Lead Data Scientist

2 months ago


Princeton, New Jersey, United States Novo Nordisk Full time

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 Rapid Cycle Analytics (RCA) Lead Data Scientist role sits within the Clinical Data Science and Evidence (CDSE) team, which is part of CMR. This role interfaces with internal stakeholders from Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Real-World Evidence (RWE), Medical Affairs, Clinical Trials Operations, Market Access, and a few other teams to respond to quick turnaround data analytics requests. The majority of these hands-on requests involve pulling data from Real World Data repositories such as Medical Claims, Electronic Health/Medical Records, Lab results, Census data, CDC Surveys (e.g., NHANES) as well as internal systems of record to conduct a diverse range of analyses, primarily using tools like Snowflake SQL, R, Python, Tableau, others, while working with the team lead to deliver the results in a succinct and effective data story.

Growing in this role means contributing to the "productization" of certain analytics solutions that may have broader applicability across different Therapy Areas, as well as acting as a thought partner to stakeholders in building an analytics roadmap for the Therapy Area, to getting involved in more advanced analytics topics such as predictive analytics.

Relationships

This position reports to the head of the Rapid Cycle Analytics (RCA) team, which is part of the Clinical Data Analytics & Modelling (CDAM) group within CDSE. The role works across Therapy Areas and has open doors to partner with other data science units within Novo Nordisk US subsidiary as well as globally. The person in the role will have close coaching and mentorship from the RCA team lead, and will have the opportunity to mentor analytics interns and oversee projects with external vendors.

Essential Functions

Understands internal stakeholder needs and translates those needs into quick turnaround analytics deliverables.Learning agility to understand a new dataset and be able to leverage it for analyses in a relatively short period of time.Partners with team lead to interpret and present data findings to internal stakeholders in a succinct and effective way, highlighting inherit nuances, limitations, and caveats.Works with stakeholders to anticipate future needs in order to factor-in those future demands, into the code that is currently being written, as much as possible.Participates in the development of new standards and/or practices.Collaborates with other team members to ensure overall integration of products and services. Physical Requirements 10-20% overnight travel may be required. QualificationsRelevant technical education at B.Sc. level with 6+ years of experience at relevant industry such as life sciences or technology research companies is required; Advanced degree may be substituted for experience as appropriate.Advanced degree in Public Health (MPH), Epidemiology, Statistics (MS), Computer Science (MS), Mathematics (MS), or related field is preferred.Extensive hands-on experience with at least two of the following datasets is required: IQVIA LAAD, Komodo Claims, Optum Clinformatics (CDM), Truven Marketscan (Merative).Extensive hands-on experience with SQL is also required (preferably Snowflake SQL variant).Experience with Census Data, CDC survey data (e.g., NHANES), and other datasets is strongly preferred.Solid experience with either R or Python is strongly preferred, experience with both being a plus.Proven experience translating internal stakeholder needs into fast turnaround analytics deliverables.Experience with interpreting and explaining data insights and trends, communicating findings into a compelling data story.Subject matter familiarity in one or more disease areas of interest to Novo Nordisk is a plus. Skills in information visualization concepts and tools.Excellent organizational, communication, and storytelling skills. 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 This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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