Senior Manager Data Scientist

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

This is a new position. You will join a new cutting-edge Data Science team to advance the global drug development process. We are looking for candidates with experience modeling complex clinical, real-world data (RWD) using the classical ML algorithms, latest NLP techniques/algorithms as well as Deep Learning.  Also, there is opportunity to do Image Analysis, Operations Optimization, and Biosensor Data Processing Algorithms. We are looking for hands-on technical state of the art practitioners. 

What you’ll do:

• Work with stakeholder to develop, implement and apply state-of-the-art algorithms to address key business problems
• Develop novel ways of integrating, mining, and visualizing diverse, high dimensional and disparate data sets
• Drive the development and implementation of innovative statistical methods, novel trial designs, etc.
• Drive translation of digital health analytics; use of modern data processing learning capabilities including ML, AI, deep learning, and beyond.
• Formulate, implement, test, and validate predictive models and implement efficient automated processes for producing modeling results at scale.
• Responsible for collaborating with cross-functional teams, including but not limited to, clinicians, data scientists, translational medicine scientists, statisticians, and IT professionals.
• Manage and coordinate limited resources to produce quality deliverables within timelines for competing priorities.

Key Requirements:

• Ph.D. in a relevant quantitative field (i.e. Computational Biology, Computational Linguistics, Biostatistics, Statistics, Computer Science, etc.) and 10+ years of relevant experience
• 1+ years of experience as a professional Data Scientist after receiving a Ph.D.
• Mastery in data analysis with data generated from clinical trials, or electronic health records and modeling methods particularly in their application to pharma R&D Experience in the application of AI/ML, and proficient in SQL, Python, and R and cloud platforms
• Significant industry and track record of leading statistical innovation
• Experience developing statistical models and classical machine learning on high dimensional data for time to event data and longitudinal outcomes 
• Perspective in leveraging innovative approaches to expedite drug development and address the complexities of emerging data
• Experience with NLP is highly preferred
• Experience with Survival Analysis is highly preferred
• Experience in working with different causal ML and explainable AI is highly preferred
• Experience in working with genomics, Flow Cytometry and immunobiology datasets is highly preferred

The starting compensation for this job is a range from 145,320 to 176,100, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility). The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills and where the job is performed. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit http://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/ 

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect and may include the following: Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision care. Wellbeing support such as the BMS Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs (EAP). Financial well-being resources and a 401(K). Financial protection benef