Senior Manager, Data Scientist

Novocure is a global publicly-traded commercial-stage oncology company developing a profoundly different cancer treatment therapy called tumor treating fields (TTFields)

for patients with solid tumors.

Novocure's commercialized product, Optune, is approved for the treatment of adult patients with glioblastoma (GBM) in the USA, Europe and Israel. Novocure has ongoing or completed clinical trials and is further expanding its efforts into several other solid tumor indications - non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer and other types of solid cancers.

We are looking for Senior Manager, Data Scientist who will be responsible for algorithms development for monitoring and predicting various issues that may impact the treatment outcomes. By leading the analyses for cutting-edge next-generation sequencing (NGS), analyzing exciting large-scale genomic data; by designing high-performance computing platform and analysis workflow.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Management of data science activities within the Biostatistics department
• Development and tuning of predictive models to improve product delivery and outcomes
• Establish specific data and workflow requirements to ensure that content, timing, lineage, and transformation needs are well understood and addressed
• Work with the Product team to identify optimal approach(es) for delivering information insights into workflow
• Development of analysis plans, methods and reports for various data science initiatives within the clinical and product teams
• Find relevant patterns and detect device failures and develop methods for detecting and preventing device failure based on data.
• Develop and test algorithms for predicting various issues that impact treatment outcomes.
• Work closely with engineers and scientists in the company to integrate data analysis methods into products.
• Perform and lead the creation of predictive models of patient outcomes in a survival analysis
• Synthesis of evidence related to preliminary hypotheses regarding product use and treatment behavior
• Lead activities of bio-informatics including development of algorithms for cutting-edge next-generation sequencing (NGS), analyzing exciting large-scale genomic data; develop high-performance computing platform and analysis workflow.
• Write documents and prepare presentations necessary for patents, regulatory submissions, academic conferences and other scientific publications.

QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE:

Profile:

• PhD in biomedical/electrical/computer engineering or a related field
• 7 years of industry experience
• 4 years of experience as a team leader - is required.
• Experience in statistical methods; Bayesian background with emphasize on hierarchical modelling and mixed effect models is preferred.
• Solid background of machine learning methods.
• Solid background of bioinformatics is required.
• Solid background regarding signal processing.
• Proficient in processing large datasets.
• Team player, present capability working in a multi-disciplinary environment involving software engineers, physicists, algorithm engineers and physicians.
• Independent and capable of solving complex algorithmic problems with minimal guidance.
• Knowledge in survival analysis
• High level of proficiency in SQL, Python and R.
• Fluent in English (verbal and written) and have excellent communication skills
• Responsible, detail-oriented, and creative with excellent organizational skills
• Knowledge in clinical databases- advantage
• Familiar with image processing methods - advantage