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# Junior Data Scientist - NLP/text mining

- **Company:** Hays Specialist Recruitment LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Programming, Data Governance, Graph Database, Information Management, Information Retrieval, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Metadata, Natural Language Processing, Text Mining, Information Technology, Data Analytics
- **Published:** July 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p4j7hg2t30

## About the Role

A strong candidate will combine scientific understanding with an interest in coding, analytics, and emerging AI technologies and should also have:

 * A BSc / MSc (or equivalent experience) in Life Sciences, Data Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, or a related field
 * Good programming skills (e.g. Python, R, or similar)
 * Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
 * An interest in data science, content analytics, and scientific information management - ideally with demonstrable work experience in this field
 * The ability to work effectively with both scientific and technical stakeholders
 * Strong communication and organisational skills as regular interaction with a range of stakeholders is a core part of the job
 * Experience with NLP, machine learning, scientific datasets, or biomedical literature is a significant advantage - preferably gained from working in a pharmaceutical, biotech diagnostics, CRO or consultancy company supporting drug discovery / development projects
 * Familiarity with metadata, ontologies, knowledge graphs, or information retrieval concepts is beneficial
 * Full right to work in the UK

What you'll get in return
You'll get the chance to build your career within a fast-paced and highly innovative pharmaceutical company and make a real impact on some of their early drug discovery programmes.
You'll also have flexible working, supportive colleagues and a good daily rate.

## Description

You'll be joining a global biopharmaceutical organisation supporting scientific information, intelligence, and data-driven decision-making across research and development as part of a highly experienced team with plenty of learning and training opportunities.
The company has a highly collaborative environment where data science, AI, and scientific expertise are combined to generate insights from biomedical information sources., * Developing and supporting automated workflows for scientific data analysis

 * Applying data science and analytical techniques to identify trends and generate insights from biomedical / pharmaceutical data
 * Building and maintaining content analytics pipelines
 * Using AI, NLP, and text-mining approaches to analyse biomedical literature and scientific datasets
 * Supporting the extraction, organisation, and interpretation of scientific information
 * Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders across research and development
 * Contributing to data governance and responsible AI initiatives
 * Supporting scientific information and intelligence activities through data-driven approaches

All candidates MUST hold the full right to work for the entire length of the contract (likely at least September 2027) as no sponsorship is available. Candidates without this cannot be considered.


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