Senior Data Scientist, AI-assisted Clinical Development

Genentech

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TL;DR · Senior Data Scientist, AI-assisted Clinical Development

The Senior Data Scientist (AI-assisted Clinical Development) joins the Innovation Accelerator team to build and deploy AI/ML-powered digital solutions for medicine development. Working within a regulated healthcare environment, you will partner with product managers and software engineers to design, test, and scale statistical capabilities that unlock insights from clinical, operational, and real-world data. Your daily responsibilities include applying advanced machine learning methods to support evidence generation, building model development pipelines, and translating scientific problems into automated data science workflows. You will utilize Python or R, along with libraries such as scikit-learn, XGBoost, TensorFlow, or PyTorch. Key domain expertise includes experimental design, simulation, Bayesian inference, and interpretable ML to create compliant, scalable tools for trial design and decision support across R&D initiatives.

What does a Data Scientist earn?

Median $173200 from 338 postings across 66 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Apply advanced statistical and machine learning methods to develop tools for evidence generation and trial design.
  • Translate scientific problems into automated data science workflows and productized software solutions.
  • Build and maintain model development pipelines ensuring traceability, performance monitoring, and reproducibility.
  • Integrate models and algorithms into production applications in collaboration with engineering and product teams.
  • Design compliant and interpretable ML product architectures for regulated clinical development environments.
  • Create documentation templates to communicate modeling decisions and performance summaries to cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Act as a subject matter expert for simulation studies and comparative evaluations of analytical approaches.

What we're looking for

  • You have a Master’s or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Bioinformatics, or a related field.
  • You have 3+ years of experience applying machine learning and statistical modeling to data-centric problems in research or product environments.
  • You are proficient with Python or R, including experience with ML libraries such as scikit-learn, XGBoost, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.
  • You have experience in experimental design, simulation, and evaluation of model performance.
  • You have practical experience with version control, testing frameworks, and collaborative software development.
  • You have experience working with one or more of the following: RWD/RWE, decision analysis, clinical biomarkers, Bayesian inference, or interpretable ML.
  • You have excellent verbal and written communication skills to explain complex technical concepts in clear language.
  • You have experience contributing to ML product pipelines and deployment workflows (preferred).

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