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(Archived) Data Science Liaison
Job Description
Hours: Business Hours
Education: Masters Degree
Job Details
This is an opportunity to join an operational and coordinating center for an alliance of cancer centers across the US. We strive to be a leader in creating and delivering health informatics solutions through evidence-based approaches to predict and meet the needs of cancer patients. Be part of the cure by joining ours team and impacting the future of cancer care.
Position Highlights:
· Be the "on-the-ground" Subject Matter Expert for the use of data in accelerating the discovery and development of novel personalized medicines
· Serve as point of contact for research groups within pharma sponsors, serving as a link between biology and data science
· Identify collaboration opportunities and oversee collaborative projects between members and pharma sponsors
· Utilize genetic/genomic and real world patient data to help drug target/ biomarker identification/validation, clinical trial design/patient enrollment, and post-market studies
· Provide data analysis and interpretation to support pharma projects
The Ideal Candidate
· Professional with experience in pharma cancer drug R&D, and solid knowledge in applying "real world" molecular and clinical data towards drug discovery and development problems
· Great team player with positive and "can do" attitude
· Self-starter with high level of accountability and initiative
· Highly reliable with outstanding planning & follow through to ensure projects/initiatives move forward efficiently and effectively to completion
· Outstanding oral/written communication and interpersonal/networking skills
· Excellent customer service & problem solving skills with ability to proactively identify issues/trends and solutions
· Passion for science and oncology
· Highly organized and able to handle multiple internal/external projects at a time
· Ability to significantly contribute to the overall team while also able to work well independently
Responsibilities:
· Connect directly with pharma research groups and scientists to understand their needs and potential matches with our resources
· Understand research priorities and development pipelines of the pharmaceutical clients
· Form research/collaboration projects between members and pharma sponsors
· Manage and execute collaboration projects, follow through action items
· Seek input from pharma for new datasets/clinical data elements, analytical tools to better serve oncology research
· Be the Subject Matter Expert to interact with our members and pharma sponsors to help them use the Avatar data and address their specific questions
Credentials and Qualifications:
· Master's degree in bioinformatics, informatics and/or biological sciences (or related discipline)
· 3+ years of experience of oncology research.
· Working knowledge with cancer drug development
· Proven analytical ability with clinical and molecular data
· Excellent communication skills
· Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team
· Ability to travel extensively