NEC Software Solutions

Data Science Team Lead

NEC Software Solutions

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Hemel Hempstead • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AzureSQL

About the role

  • Oversee a team of data scientists and data analysts
  • Prioritise and schedule the competing workloads of the team to meet delivery timelines
  • Lead regular update and 1-to-1 meetings with team members
  • Liaise with industry and academic partners to align and improve our statistical methodology and reporting strategy
  • Identify and provide appropriate training opportunities for members of the data science and analytics team
  • Explore real-world-evidence data sets for registry-specific analytical opportunities
  • Coordinate and assist with the generation of regularly scheduled and bespoke reports, including the plotting of charts using standard libraries
  • Take charge of data cleansing, quality assurance and supporting integration.
  • Contribute ideas to improve productivity and delivery.
  • Liaise with members of the data quality, development, business analyst and business consultant teams to deliver collaborative outputs
  • Build an extensive clinical knowledge base through meeting regularly with clinical steering committees
  • Work closely with clinicians to understand and support their reporting and analytical needs

Requirements

  • A postgraduate degree in computer science, statistics, biology or a related quantitative discipline.
  • Expert R (R Studio) programming skills for manipulation/cleaning, report generation, visualisation of data, statistical analysis and modelling
  • Experience leading a team of data scientists or analysts
  • Proficiency with SQL (Azure) for data manipulation, extract creation and aggregation of data from disparate sources
  • Proven experience cleansing, processing and managing large data sets
  • Proven experience responding creatively to analytical briefs
  • Experience with data warehouses and open database connectivity
  • Statistical expertise (including survival analysis and predictive modelling)
  • The ability to deliver under pressure and without regular supervision
  • Proven problem-solving skills and ability to work to deadlines
  • Self-motivation and a flexible approach to work
  • The ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment
  • Experience working with health data including clinical data registries
  • Experience working with ‘unclean’ data and free text
  • An interest in the application of machine learning, NLP and AI to solve problems related to health data and patient safety
  • Experience using Snowflake/DBT Prompt Engineering for Github Copilot or equivalent
Benefits
  • Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
  • 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell
  • 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
  • A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions up to a maximum of 8.5%
  • A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
R programmingSQLdata cleansingstatistical analysispredictive modellingdata manipulationdata visualizationmachine learningNLPdata processing
Soft Skills
leadershipproblem-solvingself-motivationflexibilitycollaborationtime managementcommunicationcreativityadaptabilityteamwork
Certifications
postgraduate degree in computer sciencepostgraduate degree in statisticspostgraduate degree in biologypostgraduate degree in quantitative discipline