Data Wrangler/Data Scientist

The Big Data Institute at the Nuffield Department of Medicine is looking to
appoint a Data Wrangler/Data Scientist to manage and curate the unique, highly
multi-dimensional data available from the Oxford–Novartis Collaboration for AI
in Medicine.





The Oxford-Novartis Collaboration for AI in Medicine is a unique large-scale
partnership between the Big Data Institute (BDI) and the international
pharmaceutical company Novartis. Now in its 7th year, it is a research
alliance that aims to improve drug development by making it more efficient and
more targeted. Using artificial intelligence and advanced analytics and
decades’ worth of Novartis clinical trial data, the partners expect to
transform how ultra large and multiple datasets are analysed, combined and
interpreted to identify early predictors of patient responses to treatments
for multiple sclerosis.





You will be responsible for developing and applying pipelines that will use
existing and newly developed methods to process the NO.MS image data,
assessing quality of the resulting output. You will support and collaborate
with scientists and clinicians at University of Oxford and Novartis, to help
support data annotation strategies and reproducible data analysis. You will
represent the research group at external meetings/ seminars, either with other
members of the group or alone, and act as an interface between the different
data analytical and data provisioning teams.





To be successful in this role you will be educated to degree level in Life
Sciences, Computational or equivalent. You will have experience in programming
(with Python or R), bioinformatic techniques, data management and / or
relational databases. You will be able to manage own workload and project
manage a team of data scientists. Having experience in clinical trial data
management and capable of working under pressure at times to meet deadlines is
essential for this role.





Applications for this vacancy are to be made online and you will be required
to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application.
Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection
criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience.





This position is offered full time on a fixed term contract for 2 years and is
funded by Novartis.





Only applications received before 12 midday on 24 February 2025 will be
considered. Please quote **177592** on all correspondence.