Real World Evidence Data Sciences Lead
Company: Takeda Pharmaceutical
Location: Sudbury
Posted on: August 7, 2022
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Job Description
Are you looking for a patient-focused, innovation-driven company
that will inspire you and empower you to shine? Join us as a Real
World Evidence, Principle Data Scientist, in our Cambridge, MA
office.
At Takeda, we are transforming the pharmaceutical industry through
our R&D-driven market leadership and being a values-led
company. To do this, we empower our people to realize their
potential through life-changing work. Certified as a Global Top
Employer, we offer stimulating careers, encourage innovation, and
strive for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive,
collaborative workplace, in which our global teams are united by an
unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter
Future to people around the world.
Here, you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring, bold
mission.
POSITION OBJECTIVES:
The Real World Data Center of Excellence is meant to foster an
environment that simplifies and accelerates collaboration-driven
insights that enable data driven business decisions by bringing
best practices and standardizing approaches to common questions
involving real world data.
The Real-World Evidence Observational Data Scientist is responsible
for managing the acquisition, processing, and curation of
non-Takeda sourced observational RWD, including clinical, claims,
disease registry, electronic health/medical records (EHR/EMR) and
imaging metadata. The role will manage a wide portfolio of data
types, with a goal of supporting diverse analyses across Research &
Development (R&D); will ensure data transfers follow quality
standards; and will coordinate with other stakeholders in R&D
to ensure acquisitions satisfy expected analysis plans. In
addition, responsibilities include programming analyses of the RWD,
working with observational data sciences colleagues, and
collaborating with stakeholders across Takeda, including
epidemiologists, translational biologists, biomarker scientists,
and biostatisticians. These analyses will provide a better
understanding of disease natural history, incidence/prevalence,
co-morbidities, treatment patterns, and health and safety outcomes
in real world patient populations, across a wide variety of serious
and unmet diseases, resulting in a high impact to research and
early development, clinical development pipeline, and marketed
products.
POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Develop and implement enterprise RWE strategies to efficiently
address business needs.
- Collaborate internally and externally to address RWE needs and
advise on unmet data needs
- Strengthen partnerships with stakeholders within the
organization and externally with platform vendors, RWE innovators,
FDA etc.
- Act as a knowledge developer and repository around
observational studies, FDA policies, publications etc related to
RWE.
CORE ELEMENTS RELATED TO THIS ROLE
- Collaborate with external vendors, Takeda partners, and
external organizations responsible for collecting the data
- Ensure data transfers follow quality standards and coordinate
with other stakeholders in R&D to ensure acquisitions satisfy
expected analysis plans
- Define and implement data transfer, quality control and
curation processes, and maintain the data quality pipeline
- Collaborate with other team members to ensure consistency of
quality control methods and processes across disparate types of
data sourced external to Takeda
- Conduct analyses pertaining to the application of the
observational RWE data for diverse stakeholders, including
Epidemiology, Value & Access, Translational Biology, Biomarkers;
these include specific epidemiology, health outcomes and other
observational studies to better understand disease natural history,
incidence/prevalence, co-morbidities, treatment patterns, and
health and safety outcomes in real world patient populations
- Advise on the associated analyses plans using information
developed in the execution of the data quality pipelines
- Ensure information is surfaced to ensure the externally sourced
data is fit for purpose
- Develop systems, processes and tools (pipelines) which impact
enterprise use of our data assets and confirm data quality
- Lead global organizational RWD transparency and education by
delivering learning modules on relevant dimensions for users
qualifications
Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise
- Comprehensive understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and
drug development
- Understand and enable analytic infrastructure, including CFR 11
certified software tools, semi-automated, validated SAS algorithms
and a skilled data visualization team offer efficient delivery of
research and rapid analytics
Leadership
- Demonstrated ability to work across functions, regions and
cultures
- Excellent communicator, able to persuasively convey both ideas
and data, verbally and in writing
- Proven skills as an effective team player who can engender
credibility and confidence within and outside the company
- Ability to distil complex issues and ideas down to simple
comprehensible terms
- Embraces and demonstrates a diversity and inclusion mindset and
role models these behaviors for the organization
Interaction
- Effectively navigates the changing external and internal
environment and leads others through change by creating and
inspiring and engaging workplace
- Cultivates a broad network of relationships throughout Takeda,
with affiliates and external partners, in the industry and area of
expertise.
- Effectively represents function in negotiations with the
ability to resolve conflict in a constructive manner
- Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate
effectively with other interfacing Takeda functions
Innovation
- Forward thinking with the ability to recommend, influence and
implement organizational change and continuous innovation
- Comfortable challenging the status quo and bringing forward
innovative solutions
- Ability to take risks implementing innovative solutions,
accelerating time to market
- Identifies opportunities and anticipates changes in the
business landscape through an understanding and ongoing assessment
of the environment affecting the business.
- Role models respect and inclusion, creating a culture that
fosters innovation
Complexity
- Ability to work in a global ecosystem (internal and external)
with a high degree of complexity
- Deep expertise required
- Ability to see and understand broader, enterprise level
perspective
EDUCATION, BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Life
Sciences, Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, Clinical Informatics or
similar technical fields
- 5-8 years relevant work experience with a focus on clinical,
observational or RWE data management ingestion, curation, and
analysis
- Experience establishing and managing relationships with
external vendors and organizations for the acquisition of
observational RWD
- Deep understanding of drug development and biopharmaceutical
industry, with emphasis on role of observational RWE data
- Experience using hardware and software used to curate, process
and analyze data
- Experience with scripting/coding languages (R, Python, Unix
scripting, etc.)
- Knowledge of data analysis and trending and familiarity with
statistics
- Experience developing and implementing process and data
standards
- Strong project management skills, and ability to effectively
lead, collaborate and communicate across diverse group of
observational RWE data stakeholders (scientific, technical,
operational)
- High attention to detail including proven ability to manage
multiple, competing priorities
- Demonstrated ability to establish and manage effective business
relationships with internal and external stakeholders
WHAT TAKEDA CAN OFFER YOU:
- 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution
Plan
- Tuition reimbursement Company match of charitable
contributions
- Health & Wellness programs including onsite flu shots and
health screenings
- Generous time off for vacation and the option to purchase
additional vacation days
- Community Outreach Programs
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and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and
applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression,
parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship
status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status,
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Locations
Boston, MA
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
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