Data Scientist Manager

Join us on our exciting journey!

IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, Technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.

Data Science & Advanced Analytics

Data Science & Advanced Analytics - with departments in Frankfurt, Philadelphia, Beijing and Warsaw as well as a network of over 150 team members worldwide - is the global competence centre for data science at IQVIA. Complex analysis at the highest level are conceptualized and implemented to support international customers in the pharmaceutical industry - often within multinational projects. As a member of our team you can expect exciting international projects with interesting development perspectives.

The role: Data Science Manager - Data Science & Advanced Analytics

• Collaboration in projects of the European Data Science & Advanced Analytics Team
• Support in concept design and development of innovative sampling approaches.
• Ongoing development and improvement of quality control methodologies (e.g., anomaly detection, isolation trees), ML based imputation approaches and various projection methodologies (e.g., geo-spatial, cloning, ML based, etc) specifically for large data sets.
• Support in development and automation of machine learning solutions and technologies and high scale deployment for Healthcare Big Data (Pharmacy, Hospital, Physician, Patient).
• Support in development and deployment of new offerings.
• Selection and application of machine learning techniques, in connection with Healthcare Big Data to identify complex patterns.
• Working with technology teams to support machine-learning algorithms in big data platforms.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Master degree in Mathematics / Statistics, Economics/Econometrics, Computer Science or related field.
• At least 3 years of professional experience in quantitative data analysis or PhD with at least 1 year of relevant professional experience with research in machine learning algorithms.
• Good knowledge and understanding of Machine Learning methods.
• Experience applying Machine Learning methods to business questions.
• Good knowledge of the higher statistical and econometric methods in theory and practice.
• Familiar with handling Big Data.
• Skilled in Python / R and SQL.
• Fluent in German and English.
• Strong analytic mindset and logical thinking capability, strong QC mindset.
• Demonstrates consulting, creativity, critical thinking, project planning, and attention to detail capabilities.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical market and experience with pharmaceutical data (medical, hospital, pharmacy, claims data) would be a plus, but not a must.

We know that meaningful results require not only the right approach but also the right people. Regardless of your role, we invite you to reimagine healthcare with us. You will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and

Whatever your career goals, we are here to ensure you get there!

We invite you to join IQVIA™.

At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 67,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.