Make your mark for patients
Data Science and Analytics (DSA) is a global team focusing on creating impact and value for patients using data and translational research and is a key contributor to the organization’s Digital Business Transformation. Within DSA, the Research Analytics team is driven by answering scientific questions during drug candidate discovery. We focus on applying data science and data analytics approaches to bring insights to each experiment, and our contributions span across multiple modalities and research platforms, including small molecules, macrocyclic peptides, targeted protein degradation, biologics, and gene therapy.
As a Senior Scientist within the Research Analytics team you will help provide analytics solutions to inform compound discovery and prioritization for our early drug discovery platforms. Primary responsibilities will include mining, analyzing, machine learning on, and visualizing diverse data to help identify initial hits or tool compounds and establish early structure-activity relationships for these hits. The relevant datasets include imaging, gene expression, and data from high throughput screens, as well as sequencing output from in vitro selection methods (e.g. mRNA display data for peptides). Capturing findings to enable meta-analysis and the interpretation and communication of results in interdisciplinary project teams are integral parts of the role. You will work closely with our scientists across departments and research sites, and actively collaborate with external academic and industrial partners.
NOTE: We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas of any type for this role. This includes taking over sponsorship for an existing Visa.
Job Scope & accountabilities
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Enable data-driven insights using analytics and machine learning on high-dimensional datasets conducted with complex biological assays (e.g. cell-based assays, time-series assays, high-content assays, *-omics assays, etc.).
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Clear communication of outputs & results from analyses for all relevant stakeholders.
Adapt and design data processes to support the capture and analysis of assay data and metadata and elevate platform data capability.Develop workflows that can be used by team members for routine data processing and analysis.
Active collaboration with relevant stakeholders in function areas such as Targeted Protein Degradation, Discovery Biology, Translational Biology, Computational Chemistry and fellow data science teams & IT.
Education & Qualifications:
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PhD in biological, chemical, or data science
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Strong skills & experience in informatics, statistics, or computer science
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Demonstrated delivery in the life sciences space
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Prior experience in pharma industry is a bonus
Job Specific Skills and Knowledge:
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Strong biological and/or chemical domain knowledge
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Understanding of data types, file formats, and common metadata used in biology, including high-dimensional experiments such as imaging, or high-throughput experiments such as peptide/biologics display.
- Experience with machine learning on large / high dimensional datasets including data manipulation, wrangling, and analytics.
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Experience with machine learning on chemical and/or biological features.
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Demonstrated ability to work as part of interdisciplinary teams
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Strong programming skills in relevant language(s) (R / Python)
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Excellent written and oral communication skills demonstrated by publications and conference presentations
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Experience with programmatic querying of relational or graph databases is desirable (SQL, neo4j, etc.)
Salary Range (Boston): $115,800 to $152,000
Are you ready to ‘go beyond’ to create value and make your mark for patients? If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you!
About us
UCB is a global biopharmaceutical company, focusing on neurology and immunology. We are around 8,500 people in all four corners of the globe, inspired by patients and driven by science.
Why work with us?
At UCB, we don’t just complete tasks, we create value. We aren’t afraid to push forward, collaborate, and innovate to make our mark for patients. We have a caring, supportive culture where everyone feels included, respected, and has equitable opportunities to do their best work. We ‘go beyond’ to create value for our patients, and always with a human focus, whether that’s on our patients, our employees, or our planet. Working for us, you will discover a place where you can grow, and have the freedom to carve your own career path to achieve your full potential.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent, and adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on US-Reasonable_Accommodation@ucb.com for application to US based roles. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments; we will not be able to support you through this channel.