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Job description
Novartis is hiring a Data Scientist — a full-time, based in Barcelona, Spain role. Apply directly on Novartis's careers page below.
Senior Expert Data Science
Location: Barcelona Gran Vía
Time Type: Full time
Job Description
Salary Range:
€42,600.00 - €79,200.00
Band
Level 4
Job Description Summary
#LI-HybridLocation: Barcelona, Spain
Relocation Support: This role is based in Barcelona, Spain. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support. Please apply only if this location is accessible.
As a Senior Expert Data Science, you will play a key role in delivering impactful data science solutions, collaborating closely with business stakeholders and expert peers to transform complex project needs into meaningful outcomes for patients and the organization.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Project manage own tasks and works with allied team members; plans proactively, anticipates and actively manages change, sets stakeholder expectations as required, identifies operational risks and drives issues to resolution, minimizes surprise escalations, with initial support from supervisors
- Understand life science data sources including preclinical, clinical, sales, contracting, promotions, social media, patient claims and Real World Evidence
- Research and co-develop with supervisor in data management, new algorithms, methods, statistical models and business models and providing insight into structured and unstructured data
- Support the evaluation of the need for technology and novel scientific software, visualization tools and new approaches to computation to increase the efficiency and quality of the Novartis practices
- Independently identifies research articles and proposes them for application to Novartis business problems
- Develop automation for data management, repeatedly refreshing analysis and generating insights
- Understand complex and critical business problems, formulates integrated analytical approach to mine data sources, employ statistical methods and machine learning algorithms to contribute to solving unmet medical needs, discover actionable insights, and automate processes for reducing effort and time for repeated use.
- Manage the implementation and adherence to the overall data lifecycle of enterprise data from data acquisition or creation through enrichment, consumption, retention, and retirement, enabling the availability of useful, clean, and accurate data throughout its useful lifecycle.
- High agility to be able to work across various business domains. Integrate business presentations, smart visualization tools and contextual storytelling to translate findings back to business users with a clear impact.
Essential Requirements:
- 4+ years of relevant experience in Data Science
- Track record delivering global solutions at scale.
- In-depth mastery of external environment and trends
- In depth knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning
- Experience in Python is a must
- Professional level of English, both written and spoken
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across functions and teams.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Skills Desired
Agentic AI, Agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Biostatistics, Business Mindset, Change Management, Change Management Processes, Curious Mindset, Data Governance, data governance and management (Inactive), Data Literacy, Data Quality, Data Quality Management, Data Science, Data Visualization, Deep Learning, Deep Learning Algorithms, Digital Literacy, Generative AI, Graph Algorithms, Learning Agility, Learning agility, being curious (Inactive), Logistic Regression Model (Inactive), Machine Learning (ML) {+ 14 more}Get Data Scientist jobs like this→
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Frequently asked questions
What skills are required for Data Scientist at Novartis?
The required skills for Data Scientist at Novartis include: Python, AI, Machine Learning, Data Science, Deep Learning.
What is the seniority level for Data Scientist at Novartis?
Data Scientist at Novartis is a Senior level position.
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