Lead Data Scientist - Clinical Data & Analytics

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.

 

Qualifications

• Relevant 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 sub