Associate Principal Scientist, PharmaR&D
AI summary of the role
The Associate Director RWE, PharmaR&D designs and executes real-world evidence research projects for top biopharma partners, leveraging Tempus's large clinico-genomic dataset.
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What you’ll do
- Design, propose, and execute research projects for Tempus’s top biopharmaceutical partners.
- Lead derivation of complex real-world endpoints using extensive coding and deep comprehension of clinical and molecular data structures.
- Incorporate LLMs, agentic workflows, and foundation models into day-to-day workflows to accelerate code development and insight generation.
- Collaborate with Research, Engineering & Data Science teams to develop and deliver innovative computational solutions.
What you’ll bring
- Advanced education in epidemiology, biostatistics, data science, public health, or related fields (PhD + 5+ years or Masters + 7+ years).
- Expert-level proficiency in observational real-world healthcare data and complex time-to-event methodologies (survival analysis).
- Proficient in R, Python, and SQL.
- Strong understanding of cancer biology.
Technologies
R · Python · SQL · LLMs · agentic workflows · foundation models · Git · tidyverse · matplotlib · Pandas · Jupyter Notebook
About Tempus
AI-enabled precision medicine platform combining diagnostics, multimodal clinical/molecular data, and analytics to guide patient care and accelerate biopharma R&D.
Public · 2000–5000 people
Source and classification
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Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world data to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians and drug developers. As a Tempus employee you will have access to the world’s largest real-world patient clinical data set linked to claims, genetics, and digital pathology. Our data empowers researchers to better characterize and understand disease, and to drive better outcomes through precise, individualized care. The Associate Director RWE, PharmaR&D, will design, propose and execute research projects for Tempus’s top biopharmaceutical partners. This role will require staying up to date in research and industry trends in oncology drug development to identify specific areas where the Tempus platform can provide impact to our partners portfolio. This role involves performing complex computational analyses and guiding algorithm development for advancing
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