Senior Associate, Data Scientist

Greece - Thessaloniki Pylaia
Greece - Athens - N. Psychiko

Full time

Posted 16 Days Ago

4911029

Our Purpose

We’re in relentless pursuit of breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. We innovate every day to make the world a healthier place.

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Our Values

To fully realize Pfizer’s purpose – Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives – we have established a clear set of expectations regarding “what” we need to achieve for patients and “how” we will go about achieving those goals.

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Pfizer Research & Development

Pfizer Research & Development serves as the beating heart of Pfizer's trailblazing product pipeline, the essence of our mission to bring life-changing medicines to the world.

Benefits

Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues.

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ROLE SUMMARY

The Clinical AI/ML and Informatics team is opening up an exciting opportunity to recruit an Senior Associate to conduct data engineering and AI/ML analysis to generate critical data-driven insights to inform clinical trial design. Key therapeutic areas of interest include the development of next-generation treatments for Diabetes and Obesity and Vaccines. The Sr. associate will play a crucial role in framing the research question, analyzing complex medical data, identifying patterns, and predicting trends. This information will be instrumental in influencing the design of future clinical trials and is a significant step towards harnessing the power of data science in the fight against the pandemic.

The Sr. Associate is responsible to assist Pfizer’s AI/ML, Quantitative and Digital Sciences (AQDS) staff to leverage both internal and external data assets to deliver business insights via Artificial Intelligence (AI), statistical, and other analytic methods by collaborating with cross-functional teams within the organization with an overall goal of enhancing tactical and strategic decision making. This role requires a good understanding of technical and business aspects of Machine Learning, Statistics, Clinical Trial data, and Real-World Data. Must be able to understand the analytical needs of business users, to translate the business needs into automation solutions. Requires full Data Science life cycle development experience, including data discovery and engineering, assisting tech team(s) to create hypothesis and selecting models, and test and evaluate models. Should have a strong understanding of relational databases and Clinical Trial data to facilitate data wrangling, exploration of data, and model construction and operationalization. The Sr. associate must be able to drive tangible business value, working under the direction of AQDS Lead by collaborating with other project leads, analysts, and scientific and clinical partners.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

General:

Assist the AQDS lead in implement global strategies, initiatives, processes, and standards to ensure consistent, efficient, and quality Data Science processes to meet expected quality, timelines and deliverables.
Work on data science projects end-to-end from inception to insights, including concept development, data identification & engineering, clinical informatics, AI/ML modeling, software quality checks, and documentation, often in a iterative fashion by addressing feedbacks from the broader team.
Run SQL queries to extract Operational, Clinical data and Specifications from various information systems, & independently assess and analyze data quality
Prepare data including labelling of data for Machine Learning experiments and provide feedback on design of model and analytics.
Able to pilot and build POC’s to demonstrate and test business value of Machine Learning models, understand Model metrics, iteratively improve Model performance working with tech leads and vendors.
Analyze, interpret, and summarize Machine Learning model results using AI/ML, statistics, or other analytics methods.
Operationalize, document, and maintain the analytic pipeline developed.

Develop presentations and trainings for scientific and clinical stakeholders to support drug development.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree or above or equivalent experience in a scientific or business related discipline required; Degree in Informatics, or Computer science, or Statistics, or related quantitative sciences degree with equivalent experience preferred
3+ years of work experience post degree, or 1-3 years after a Master’s degree of the above disciplines
SQL experience with relational databases like Postgres or Oracle or Microsoft.
Demonstrated experience with Python and/or R, SAS and Machine Learning model implementation
Demonstrated experience with software pipeline development, unit tests and quality checks, and Good Software Practices.
Works independently, receives instruction primarily on unusual situations
Ability to organize tasks, time and priorities. Able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and react to problems quickly.
Ability to communicate with internal & external stakeholders in a clear and logical fashion.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Prior experience working with Clinical Trials data and Real-World Data in large or midsize companies preferred.
Prior experience working with omics data.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Must have solid practical understanding of classical machine learning as well as Deep Learning methods, NLP and Knowledge Graphs
Must be a team player, with good listening abilities, self-motivated and demonstrate results.
Prior working experience with teams spread across different time zones is a plus.

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Purpose

Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.

Digital Transformation Strategy

One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.

Flexibility

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!

Equal Employment Opportunity

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.

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Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives

Research confirms what intuition tells us: that purpose-driven companies perform better, are more innovative, attract and retain the best people, and know how to unleash the power of those people. Pfizer’s purpose—Breakthroughs that change patients' lives—fuels everything we do and reflects our passion for building on our legacy as one of the greatest contributors of good to the world.

Each word in our purpose has meaning and reflects the value we strive to bring to patients and society:

“Breakthroughs” - These are the innovations, scientific and commercial, that we seek to deliver every day. All colleagues, regardless of role, level or location, strive for breakthroughs every day.

“Change” - We want to do more than simply improve patients’ medical conditions; we want to dramatically change their lives for the better.

“Patients’ lives” - We consider not only patients, but everyone they touch—including their families, caregivers, and friends—and everything they love to do. It’s an intentionally holistic view.

Our purpose ensures that patients remain at the center of all we do. We live our purpose by sourcing the best science in the world; partnering with others in the healthcare system to improve access to our medicines; using digital technologies to enhance our drug discovery and development, as well as patient outcomes; and leading the conversation to advocate for pro-innovation/pro-patient policies.

Every decision we make and every action we take is done with the patient in mind—and to nurture an environment where breakthroughs can thrive.

Our Values

To fully realize Pfizer’s purpose, we have established a clear set of expectations regarding “what” we need to achieve for patients and “how” we will go about achieving those goals.

The “how” is represented by four simple, powerful values—courage, excellence, equity, and joy—that define our company and our culture.

Courage: Breakthroughs start by challenging convention, especially in the face of uncertainty or adversity. This happens when we think big, speak up, and are decisive.

Excellence: We can only change patients’ lives when we perform at our best together. This happens when we focus on what matters, agree who does what, and measure our outcomes.

Equity: We believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and cared for. This happens when we are inclusive, act with integrity, and reduce healthcare disparities.

Joy: We give ourselves to our work, but it also gives to us. We find joy when we take pride, recognize one another, and have fun.

Pfizer Research & Development

Pfizer Research & Development serves as the beating heart of Pfizer's trailblazing product pipeline, the essence of our mission to bring life-changing medicines to the world.

With an unwavering commitment to innovation, we use a multidisciplinary approach that blends scientific expertise, cutting-edge technologies, and strategic collaborations, igniting a powerful engine that propels groundbreaking discoveries into life-saving treatments for patients in need.

Through our relentless pursuit of progress, we envision a future where cutting-edge medicines pave the way to healthier, happier lives worldwide.

Benefits at Pfizer

Pfizer offers competitive compensation and benefits programs designed to meet the diverse needs of our colleagues. Our Pay for Performance Philosophy and Practices reward colleagues based on the contributions they make to our business.

Our Competitive Benefits Programs help our colleagues by:

Promoting Health and Wellness to help colleagues maintain and improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Pfizer offerings include health and disability insurance, preventative health programs, medical screenings, free or reduced-cost vaccinations, discounts on Pfizer products, mental health support, nutrition and fitness counseling and more.
Strengthening Colleagues’ Financial Security by providing company contributions to retirement plans, life insurance and financial planning education to help colleagues achieve their financial goals.
Providing Benefits and Time off for the Moments that Matter to ensure Pfizer colleagues have the time away from the office to recharge, recover and return to work as the best version of themselves. Vacation, Holiday time and Sick time are just the beginning, with a 12 week parental leave policy for both parents of a new born, 10 day of caregiver leave for those times when your family needs you whether it’s a child, spouse or parent, bereavement leave, and additional country-specific programs.
And so much more, depending on your country and site, Pfizer offers childcare facilities or discount programs, on-site health and/or fitness centers, movement and mindfulness solutions, “Log in for your Day” work flexibility and so much more.

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