Real World Evidence Scientist, Pharma R&D
Passionate about using clinico-genomics to develop new therapies for cancer?
Tempus is a technology company at the forefront of the expansion of multi-modal healthcare data generation and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to fundamentally change cancer care. Tempus is growing, and we are seeking exciting new talent to join the team.
Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real world data to deliver real-time, actionable insights enabling physicians to drive better outcomes through precise, individualized care. Our data accelerates the pace of innovation, empowering researchers to characterize disease, discover new opportunities, maximise clinical trial success, and ensure the right therapies reach the right patients.
Excitingly Tempus is expanding and opening a new office in Boston/Cambridge MA. We are looking for talented Real World Evidence Scientist to join our team. In this role, the successful candidate will collaborate in major strategic alliances with a world leading biopharmaceutical organization. As a Tempus employee you will have access to the world’s largest real world patient clinical data set linked to genetics, transcriptomics and digital pathology. Utilizing Tempus’ data and platforms, you will deliver transformational impact across the entire drug R&D lifecycle. You will also develop methodology and algorithms advancing cancer precision medicine for patients across the Tempus network.
Responsibilities:
Partner with a major pharma client to design, develop and execute real world and clinical data research leveraging the Tempus platform to advance drug R&D programs.
Become an expert converting Tempus’ real world data into real world evidence and insights.
Become an expert in the pharma clients’ strategies, trials and pipeline to identify where the Tempus platform can add value.
Collaborate with the pharma client’s medical, scientific and technical teams to co-architect solutions and projects.
Dive into raw data sources to abstract new value beyond standard data pulls.
Combine data from EMR’s, observational notes, claims and other databases at the patient level for analysis.
Deliver advanced analysis of real world and clinical data to discover new research opportunities, run clinical trial simulations, perform endpoint (e.g. survival) analysis, and identify epidemiological trends.
Guide clinical and epidemiological study designs using real world evidence and statistical principles
Collaborate with, educate and receive mentorship from interdisciplinary experts in engineering, medical and data sciences.
Document, summarize and communicate highly technical results and methods clearly to non-technical audiences.
Drive continual improvement of the Tempus platform.
Help build Tempus’ reputation within the Greater Boston biotech and tech community.
Author whitepapers and peer reviewed manuscripts.
Preferred Qualifications:
PhD (or Masters and 2+ years of employment) in a directly relevant field
quantitative and computational skills e.g. Mathematics, Biomedical Informatics, Biometrics, Data Science for Health or similar.
life science knowledge e.g. Medical, Oncology, Immunology, or similar
Comfort in a client facing role and interdisciplinary working
Hands-on experience with real world data derived from electronic medical records, observational studies, clinical/pathology notes and disease registries
Proven track record impacting real world, clinical trial or pharmaco-epidemiology studies through application of statistics / machine learning / data science
Experienced with clinical outcome modelling, e.g. survival analysis, in sparse data
Proficient in R / Python, and excited to code
Proficient in SQL
Experience in multiple of:
Phenotypic network analysis (e.g. topological, graph or bayesian)
Population analysis
EMR data abstraction
Digital twins
Genomic data analysis
Clinical data standards
Clinical trial design and statistics
Biometrics
Medical terminologies and controlled vocabularies (ICD9/10/SNOMED)
Drug R&D
Oncology or Immunology
Health economics
Insurance claims databases
Statistical analysis plans (SAP) and clinical trial protocols
Advanced visual analytics
Thrive in a fast-paced environment and willing to shift priorities seamlessly.
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