Computational Biologist​/Data Scientist

Primary Talent Partners Data Scientist (12‑Month Contract)

Primary Talent Partners has a 12 month contract opening for a Data Scientist to join a multinational pharmaceutical company for a hybrid position operating out of Cambridge, MA.

Pay: $62.00/hr – $72.00/hr based on experience and academia

Contract: 12 months, extensions likely, conversion possible

Type: W-2, cannot support C2C or provide visa sponsorship

Hybrid: Onsite 3 days per week; flexible schedule

We are a research‑driven biopharmaceutical company. Our mission is built on the simple premise that if we follow the science that great medicines can make a significant impact to our world. We believe that a research‑driven enterprise dedicated to world‑class science can succeed by inventing medicine and vaccine innovations that make a difference for patients across the globe. We identify and target steps in disease mechanisms or pathways that could be inhibited or enhanced.

Our goal is to identify a compound that is effective against a disease target. Using innovative thinking, state‑of‑the‑art facilities and robust scientific methodology we collaborate to discover the next medical breakthrough.

The qualified individual will be an expert in the field of Computational Biology & Data Science. They will have deep expertise in the application of computational approaches to analyze multi‑modal biological datasets to decode causal biology with the goal of identifying novel drug targets and disease biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases. In this role, they will work alongside other computational biologists and data scientists to inform all stages of our Neuroscience drug development pipeline.

As such, they will leverage cutting‑edge AI/ML and analytics approaches to integrate human genetics, multi‑scale molecular profiles of patient‑derived samples, and functional genomics data derived from a wide array of preclinical models to address challenging problems in early target discovery, characterization of mechanisms of action and discovery of patient stratification biomarkers. They will be expected to operate in a collaborative environment, working with cross‑functional teams of computational biologists, data scientists, bench scientists and clinical colleagues.

• Leverage Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Statistics and Machine Learning methods to analyse high‑throughput omics datasets, with a specific focus on novel target and biomarker discovery in Neuroscience.
• Lead computational analyses and data integration projects involving genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and other multi‑omics data.
• Provide high‑quality data analysis and timely support for target and biomarker discovery projects supporting the organization’s growing Neuroscience portfolio.
• Keep up‑to‑date with the latest bioinformatics analysis methods, software, and databases, integrating new methodologies into existing frameworks to enhance data analysis capabilities.
• Work with experimental biologists, functional area experts, and clinical scientists to support drug discovery and development programmes at various stages.
• Provide computational biology/data science input in research strategy and experimental design, provide bioinformatics input, and assist in interpreting results from both in‑vitro and in‑vivo studies.
• Communicate study results effectively to the project team and wider scientific community through written and verbal means, including proposals for further experiments, presentations at internal and external meetings, and publications in leading journals.

• PhD in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline with a minimum of 2 years of academic or industry experience.
• MSc in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline, with a minimum of 5 years of academic or industry experience.

• Demonstrated expertise in bioinformatics, computational biology, machine learning, multi‑omics data analysis, biological data integration and interpretation.
• Extensive and demonstrated experience in the computational analysis…