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Senior Data Scientist

10-15 years
₹45–60 LPA
10 May 24, 2025
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time Education: MBA/PhD/MD/B.Sc./M.Sc./B.Pharm/M.Pharm/Life science Skills: Causality Assessment, Clinical SAS Programming, Communication Skills, CPC Certified, GCP guidelines, ICD-10 CM Codes, CPT-Codes, HCPCS Codes, ICD-10 CM, CPT, HCPCS Coding, ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Interpersonal Skill, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, Medical Billing, Medical Coding, Medical Terminology, Narrative Writing, Research & Development, Technical Skill, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Senior Data Scientist
Location: Hyderabad, India
Job ID: REQ-10044721
Company: Novartis Healthcare Private Limited
Division: Development
Business Unit: Innovative Medicines
Functional Area: Data and Digital
Job Type: Full-time
Employment Type: Regular
Shift Work: No

Estimated Salary: ₹45–60 LPA


Summary:
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a critical role in supporting Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance (PS&PV) by providing high-quality data science and analytics to support safety monitoring, regulatory compliance, and business decision-making. You will independently manage small to medium projects and lead the creation of tools and services that enable actionable insights across multiple domains.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop analytical tools and services for safety reports (PSUR, DSUR, PQR, APR), audits, and inspection readiness.

  • Apply PV learning analytics, budget forecasting, vendor support, and resource planning.

  • Perform signal detection, anomaly identification, and procedural error tracking.

  • Enable predictive analytics for patient-centric protocols and risk-based operations.

  • Lead business intelligence solutions for segmentation, forecasting, recommendation engines, optimization, and churn modeling.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and global stakeholders to solve strategic problems.

  • Translate business problems into analytical solutions using ML, statistical modeling, and visualization.

  • Mentor data science leads and support their career development.

  • Act as deputy to senior leadership in the Data Science/Analytics unit as needed.

  • Ensure compliance with regulatory standards during audits and inspections.

  • Continuously monitor emerging trends in data science, AI, and new technologies to improve business efficiency.

  • Manage integration of structured and unstructured datasets from data lakes and warehouses.

  • Drive real-time data flow improvements and data quality collaborations with IT and development partners.


Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, IT, Pharma, Life Sciences, or similar.

  • 10–15 years in data science or analytics, including KPI/reporting experience and statistical modeling.

  • Preferred: 1–3 years in Pharma, CRO, or Life Sciences.

  • Expert in Python/R (mandatory), with working knowledge of SQL.

  • Proficiency in machine learning, NLP, deep learning, time series, or neural networks.

  • Domain expertise in Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Operations.

  • Experience with large-scale data architectures including data lakes, marts, and warehouses.

  • Ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences.

  • Strong project management and cross-functional leadership skills.

  • High attention to detail, customer orientation, and time management.


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Accessibility & Accommodation:
For reasonable accommodations, email:

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