Clinical Data Scientist

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Join the fight against cancer.

Location: Remote, USA

Travel: up to 15%

Role type: Full Time

Backed by the strength of a Fortune 9 company (McKesson Corporation), Ontada® develops technologies used by the oncology community to deliver evidence-based, personalized care, as well as insights used by biopharma companies to accelerate drug development and support the entire treatment journey. We help Oncology providers make data-driven decisions, so patients have the best treatment options. Together with our partners, we are fighting against cancer and changing the lives of cancer patients.

How You Can Make an Impact:

Reporting to the Associate Director of Data Science, the Data Scientist works with an experienced team who draws upon deep expertise in data science, data analytics, and real-world clinical data to deliver innovative data-driven strategies and insights for clients in the life sciences industry across all phases of product development and commercialization. Our work helps clients define markets, demonstrate value and effectiveness, and inform business decisions throughout product lifecycles.

How You’ll Spend Your Day:

• Works collaboratively with team to synthesize business rules and methodological approach to answer questions posed by internal or external clients
• Analyzes raw healthcare data from multiple sources, such as, electronic health records and claims data, using algorithms and statistical programming
• Ensures data sets and reports are built to specifications and formats output of data analysis for customer readiness
• Participates in peer review meetings for each of the deliverables
• May work on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Leverage data visualization and interactive dashboards to effectively communicate insights and help clients make better decisions from our clinical data products
• May interact with clients to clarify needs and in reviewing results
• Proactively communicates, collaborates, and builds relationships with external and internal clients
• Translating the findings from reports for clients into implications or recommendations for business decisions
• Formulate and implement effective data strategies, and identify areas for significant efficiency gain through automation
• Provides quality assurance on all assigned reporting and data extracts
• This is not an exhaustive list; other relevant duties and responsibilities may be assigned at the needs and discretion of the business.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelors/Master’s degree in Healthcare, Public Health, Statistics, Research Methods, or related fields preferred.
• Must have 4+ years of work experience in clinical data analysis
• 2+ years of experience in SAS and advanced SQL skills
• Experience in mining Claims and EMR data, preferably oncology related data

What Will Help You Excel?

• Foundational Experience in any cloud platform (ability to perform data analysis and build data transformation logic)
• Python skills preferred
• Experience or a strong interest in statistical programming, visualization and applying quantitative methods to real-world business problems in the life sciences industry
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Self-starter, able to work with limited supervision
• Demonstrates curiosity and a creative approach to problem solving
• Effectively work independently and within a team
• Excellent attention to detail and desire to continuously learn and develop professionally
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Healthcare consulting and oncology experience

Why Ontada?

• Generous salary with bonus opportunities (adjustments made based on market location)
• Medical, dental, and vision plans with the opportunity for generous discounts through our Vitality partner
• 3+ weeks of paid time off a year to spend however you want and 12 paid holidays
• Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave and five to 10 days of paid care and bereavement leave
• McKesson contributes a percentage of your total 401k contributions each year towards your retirement fund

At McKesson, we care about the well-being of the patients and communities we serve, and that starts with caring for our people. That’s why we have a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive benefits to support physical, mental, and financial well-being. Our Total Rewards offerings serve the different needs of our diverse employee population and ensure they are the healthiest versions of themselves. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

As part of Total Rewards, we are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$101,300 - $168,900

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.Qualified applicants will not be disqualified from consideration for employment based upon criminal history.

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected]. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

Current employees must apply through the internal career site.

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