Director, Data Insights & Automation

Director, Data Insights & Automation

Statistics & Data Corporation (SDC), a specialized contract research organization (CRO) headquartered in Arizona, delivering top-tier clinical trial services to pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device/diagnostic companies since 2005. SDC providing a technology enabled service offering to provide clients with both clinical services expertise, as well as the technology they need to be successful in their clinical trials.

Job Summary

Direct the development and maintenance of the required systems, infrastructure, and personnel to enable reliable, cost effective, automation and machine learning solutions available within SDC and to external partners and clients. Ensure systems and applications have appropriate validation documentation in place according to standard operating procedures.

Maintain portfolio of requested and completed applications, including metrics around resource needs (internal and external to DI&A), and intended goal of the application to enable discussion around prioritization. Develop agile development practices on large initiatives to ensure alignment with the specific company goals. Participate in the identification of cross department company goals and initiatives.

Oversee the continued effort to clean, process, store and analyze clinical data with its application towards research and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms supporting better understanding of the safety and efficacy of new therapies. Contribute to the organization’s strong drive to be at forefront of using AI in clinical trials to simplify data processing and discover imperceptible correlations.

Lead and manage software development activities to drive automation across SDC departments reducing error and increasing efficiency across those departments. Serve as the primary point within the company driving standardization.

Primary Responsibilities

• Oversee day to data activities involving data science, data engineering, automation, and business intelligence
• Develop standard metrics demonstrating model performance, robustness, and validity
• Engage with various internal departments such as data management, technology solutions, biostatistics, statistical programming, project management, IT, and business development to strategically identify areas to apply AI and/or ML toward increasing the efficiency of processes and detecting information trends
• Ensure that algorithms can be practically deployed with minimal resource usage and maximum ease of use in existing architecture
• Oversee the delivery of high-quality software design documentation
• Develop ML models which autonomously identify inconsistent information in patient data and discover the correlations between patient data and medically relevant conditions such as a specific adverse event or high efficaciousness
• Prototype new ideas/technologies to create proof of concept and demos
• Develop standard operating procedures for the use of artificial intelligence within clinical trials
• Develop and communicate roadmap of activities and updates quarterly to executive management
• Ensure timelines and delivery are met and raise issues early for any risks
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein
• Adherence to all essential systems and processes that are required at SDC to maintain compliance to business and regulatory requirements

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This document is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.

Requirements

Required Skills

• Experience with an AI framework such as: Tensorflow, MXNet, Theano, Keras, Pytorch, Caffe
• Experience in Python
• Experience in the software development process: Evidence of delivering production level code
• Familiarity with AI algorithms for problems, including natural language processing, classification, clustering, dimensionality reduction, anomaly detection
• Experience in applying AI to biomedical data analysis preferred
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally
• Ability to identify issues, present problems, and implement solutions
• Capability of communicating technical concepts clearly, concisely, and understandably to non-technical colleagues
• Good leadership, organizational and time management skills, with the ability to multi-task
• Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills

Education or Equivalent Experience

• A Master’s degree in information and data science, operations research, mathematics, statistics, computer science or other related field, with focus in artificial intelligence preferred, and at least 7+ years of relevant professional experience or a Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of relevant professional experience

Benefits

Why SDC

SDC is a team of diversified professionals who deliver exceptional Biometric Services, Consulting, and Technology Solutions to pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device/diagnostic companies. Since 2005 our purpose has been to partner with sponsors to provide high quality and experienced team members to develop great medicines that save lives and cure diseases in the most efficient manner possible. Our global team operates as a value partner to our clients by fulfilling their needs as our own and delivering exceptional results. We are a specialty CRO in that we provide scalable service offerings, focused services area specialists, efficient project timelines, optimal technology solutions, and proven success and experience. Our commitment to our clients is the same commitment to our employees. By offering strong benefits including competitive pay, generous time off, attainable career advances and positive work/life balance, we are able to attract some of the most talented people in the industry.

• We are committed to developing our employees. We recognize achievements, provide growth opportunities and career advancement, offer a flexible work schedule, engaging work culture and employee benefits.
• We are passionate about our company culture. Our recognition program is directly tied to our core values of Energy, Integrity, Engagement, Innovation, Ownership, and Commitment.
• We strive to provide a place of belonging to our employees with fun and engaging activities from SDC’s culture club.
• We are constantly growing and innovating to support our client and employee needs. Global in nature, we bring diverse perspectives enabling our growth in this ever-evolving industry.
• With a proven track record, SDC has been successfully executing client clinical programs since 2005.

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