RWD Analytic Package Developer

at Astellas Pharma in Northbrook, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com .

This position is based in Northbrook, Illinois. Remote work from certain states may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’ Responsible Flexibility Guidelines. Candidates interested in remote work are encouraged to apply.

Purpose and Scope:

The RWD Analytic Package Developer will be responsible for providing programming and analytic support for the development of integratable modular programs using Real-World Data (RWD) to answer disease, health, and value questions across Astellas. These modules will be integrated into a larger platform to efficiently conduct analysis on various RWD data sources both in their native formats and standardized OMOP format.

This role will work closely with peers in the RWD team of DigitalX and internal stakeholders from other functions. The desired insights will impact decision making and our ability to deliver maximal value to patients. This individual will:

+ Assist in the identification and evaluation of potential data sources to fill gaps.

+ Work as member of cross-functional team to scope out analyses to address key questions.

+ Develop programs that execute analyses on a common data platform for quick, reliable information on patient populations in the US and globally.

+ Ensure that analyses are statistically valid and appropriately planned and executed.

+ Deliver prototypes of new analytical methods, dashboards, and tools that enable efficiencies.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

+ Support team members in the development of analytic modules as requested

+ Contribute to tool planning and design

+ Conduct exploratory data analyses of data sources to assess fit for purpose; incorporate into disease-specific data tables to support integrated analyses.

+ Implement analyses and studies, defining endpoints, executing protocols with data programming, conducting statistical analyses using primarily R and SQL

+ Deliver innovative prototypes involving new methods, visualizations, integrations, and customizations that enable democratization of data, knowledge, and insights throughout Astellas

Qualifications

Required

+ 3+ years relevant experience

+ Master’s degree in statistics, predictive analytics or other relevant analytical fields

+ Experienced programmer in R, Shiny and SQL

+ Experience working with the OMOP Common Data Model and OHDSI tools

+ Experience rapidly innovating and delivering software prototypes meeting customer requirements

+ Familiar with cloud computing working environments

+ Consistent track record of developing and executing analyses with various types of patient-level RWD data sources including large clinical registries, insurance claims, electronic medical records, laboratory results, genetic markers, gene expression data, mutation data, and potential digital assets that may be derived from biobank specimens

+ Familiar with reproducible research practices like version control and literate programming

+ Experience working on project teams and managing projects within a matrix environment

+ Excellent organizational, people, project and time management skills

+ Solid oral, written, and presentation communication skills (e.g., able to clearly communicate statistical and epidemiological issues and methods to statisticians and non-statisticians)

Preferred

+ Advanced degree

+ Work experience in support of biopharmaceutical R&D activities

+ Experience with other statistical programs and programming languages

+ Working knowledge of common databases and repositories in the US, Europe, and Asia such as insurance claims, EMR, registries, and omics.

Benefits

+ Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

+ Generous Paid Time Off options, including Vacation, Sick time, plus national holidays including Heritage Days, and Summer and Winter Breaks

+ 401(k) match and annual company contribution

+ Company paid life insurance

+ Annual Corporate Bonus and Quarterly Sales Incentive for eligible positions

+ Long Term Incentive Plan for eligible positions

+ Referral bonus program

Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans.

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Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.

EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans