Director, Oncology Data Science

The Translational Genome Analytics group within the Data, AI & Genome Sciences Department is recruiting a Director of Oncology Data Scientist to join our multi-modal biomarker discovery team. We are seeking an experienced and innovative computational scientist to perform data mining of multi-modal tumor profiling datasets and inform decisions across all stages of our company’s expanding oncology pipeline.

• Master’s (with 10+ years) or Ph.D. (with 6+ years) in quantitative discipline such as Engineering, Applied Physics/Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology or related field with a significant computational and statistical component and relevant experience in pharma, biotech or academic setting.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Experience in applying computational methods in cancer biology.

• Demonstrated expertise in the application of methods of statistical learning and data mining to the integrative analysis of multimodal, high-dimensional tumor profiling datasets in the oncology and immuno-oncology context.

• Hands-on analysis experience with the application of machine learning algorithms to large clinico-genomic, genetic and immunogenomic real-world and clinical trial datasets.

• Extensive experience and demonstrated expertise to code in scientific computation environments with adoption of best practices for reproducible data analyses.

• Strong communication and presentation skills; ability to guide and influence decisions through use of data-driven hypotheses; attention to detail.

• Independent, flexible and collaborative mindset

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Demonstrated experience with analysis of large-scale multi-modal data originating from clinical trials and real-world datasets.

• Deep understanding of the major concepts of cancer biology as represented in multi-modal molecular and imaging data.

• Experience within a matrixed industry environment and ability to effectively collaborate with colleagues from a wide range of disciplines.

• Record of publishing in high profile scientific journals, Bioinformatics, Cancer Genomics, Cancer Research, Computational Biology, Computational Methods, Data Science, Deep Learning, High Dimensional Data Analysis, Immuno-Oncology, Machine Learning (ML), Multimodal Analysis, Oncology, Real World Data, Statistical Learning

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The salary range for this role is

$194,100.00 - $305,600.00

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