TBD Sr Data Scientist

At ICON, it’s our people that set us apart. Our diverse teams enable us to become a better partner to our customers and help us to fulfil our mission to advance and improve patients’ lives.

Our ‘Own It’ culture is driven by four key values that bring us together as individuals and set us apart as an organisation: Accountability & Delivery, Collaboration, Partnership and Integrity. We want to be the Clinical Research Organisation that delivers excellence to our clients and to patients at every touch-point. In short, to be the partner of choice in drug development.

That’s our vision. We’re driven by it. And we need talented people who share it.
If you’re as driven as we are, join us. You’ll be working in a dynamic and supportive environment, with some of the brightest and the friendliest people in the sector, and you’ll be helping shape an industry.

Healthcare Intelligence Experts.

Symphony Health, part of the ICON plc family, comprises curious thinkers and intellectual problem solvers driving the healthcare data industry forward. We leverage our large, integrated healthcare data repository and our analytic expertise to build customized, agile data solutions which answer the questions our clients -- life science manufacturers, payers, and providers -- have today, as well as those they’ll have tomorrow. Together, we can help patients get the right drugs at the right times.

The Senior Data Scientist will join our Custom & Advanced Analytics team,  which focuses on innovative solutions to healthcare-related business problems going beyond traditional row-and-column data sets to include unstructured data and image data. We’re looking for a self-motivated Data Scientist who can independently engage with clients, review protocols, build statistical analytic plans,  analyze data and produce quality presentations based on the resulting predictive systems for both internal and external clients, while supporting privacy, driving project implementation, and supporting revenue needs.   

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create project charters involving business problem definition, business value, performance metrics, success criteria, scope, and milestones.
• Coordinate analysis with others.
• Respond to inquiries and follow up on data validations
• Provide recommendations based on the results to facilitate business strategy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (such as customers and internal IT teams) to understand business needs, ensure data integrity and flow efficiency, and to create tools for customer utilization.
• Provide quality validations and on-going support of client and projects.
• Ensure quality control to evaluate the accuracy of deliverable and/or project analysis.
• Interpret Third Party reports to the business
• Drive implementations of Privacy redactions with Internal Teams.
• Finalize and deliver the results of assigned projects to internal clients

Core Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with Engagement leads and Principal Consultants to gather objectives of the analyses.
• Collaborates with IT group to execute, transform and prepare data for analysis.
• Balances the quantity/quality of own work with the business situation; demonstrates enthusiasm, drive and a sense of urgency when completing work.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and assessments skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong ability to translate data driving insights into decisions and actions.
• Strong ability to think strategically and be proactive and collaborative

What do you have?

• Heavy experience in analytical tools, specifically, SAS, R-studio
• Expert with Oracle, AWS, Hadoop data environments & database query languages such as SQL.
• Good understanding of Python, especially with machine learning toolkits such as scikit-learn, pytorch, and TensorFlow, and Natural Language Processing toolkits such as NLTK or spaCy.
• Experience in cleaning and transforming data for machine learning.
• 3+ years’ relevant experience.
• Experience working with Natural Language Processing preferred.
• Knowledge of machine learning and predictive modeling.

• Master’s degree or international equivalent in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics or similar analytical fields.
• Experience in handling time-series and image data is a bonus.
• 3+ year’s experience in the healthcare industry preferred

*Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the education and experience stated above. All employees must read, write and speak fluent English and host country language.

*This job description is intended to present the general content and requirements for the performance of this job. The description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements.

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Benefits of Working in ICON:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

We offer very competitive salary packages. And to keep them competitive, we regularly benchmark them against our competitors. Our annual bonuses reflect delivery of performance goals – both ours and yours.
We also provide a range of health-related benefits to employees and their families and offer competitive retirement plans – and related benefits such as life assurance – so you can save and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
But beyond the competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, you’ll benefit from an environment where you are encouraged to fulfil your sense of purpose and drive lasting change.

ICON is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer and is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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