Senior Staff Data Scientist, Computational Biology

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Lexington, MA
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Software • Biotech • Pharmaceutical
Valo was created with the strong belief that the drug development process can and should be better.
The Role
As a Senior Staff Data Scientist in Computational Biology, you will lead and represent the translational data science team in drug target validation programs. Your role involves coding in Python or R, collaborating on diverse biopharmaceutical data analysis, and communicating insights with cross-functional teams.
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About Us

Valo Health is a technology company that is integrating human-centric data and AI-powered technology to accelerate the creation of life-changing drugs for more patients faster. Valo was created with the belief that the drug discovery and development process can and should be faster and less expensive, with a much higher probability of success. We are using models early to fail less often, executing clinical trials to add valuation to the company, and generating fit-for-purpose data to feed back into Valo’s Opal Computational Platform™ as we reinvent drug discovery and development from the ground up. Disease doesn’t wait, so neither can we.

We are a multi-disciplinary team of experts in science, technology, and pharmaceuticals united in our mission to achieve better drugs for patients faster. Valo is committed to hiring diverse talent, prioritizing growth and development, fostering an inclusive environment, and creating opportunities to bring together a group of different experiences, backgrounds, and voices to work together. We achieve the widest-ranging impact when we leverage our broad backgrounds and perspectives to accelerate a new frontier in health. Valo seeks to become the catalyst for the pharmaceutical industry and drive the digital transformation of the industry. Are you ready to join us?

About the role

We are looking for a computational biology (or related fields) Senior Staff Data Scientist to help represent the translational data science team in inter-disciplinary target validation efforts. A successful candidate would be adept in using and developing reusable computational approaches aimed at deriving insights from drug discovery data sources (e.g. omics, genetics, pathways, EHR, RWD, etc.), and be able to communicate and represent translational data science in integrated drug development teams.

What You’ll do ...

  • Represent, advise on, and lead computational biology and data science efforts for several cross-functional drug target validation programs.
  • Individually contribute code and collaborate with other data scientists using R or Python.
  • Consolidate results from a diverse array of data spanning real world data, genetic data, and multi-omics data, aimed at informing target validation efforts.
  • Collaborate with internal and external world-class drug discovery experts to help ensure the relevance and impact of the insights generated by you and your teammates.
  • Be comfortable with scientific uncertainty and embrace curiosity and creative solutions. Many of the challenges we’re trying to address don’t have simple solutions or clear processes to arrive at answers.
  • Use your technical knowledge and intuition to articulate and help scope the work needed.

What You Bring...

  • PhD degree with 5-8 year of relevant experience, or MS with 8+ years of relevant experience in computational biology, systems biology, molecular biology & computer science, or related fields.
  • At least three years of pharma or biotech industry experience.
  • Proficient in Python or R and comfortable with using Jupyter notebooks or R-studio on cloud-based Linux systems.
  • Ability to scope and design work proposals for computational biology approaches that address specific research questions.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills to represent translational data science in multi-disciplinary cross-functional teams.
  • Experience with integrating evidence from diverse data sources (at least three of below are expected), including:
    • Public resources including literature, knowledge bases, pathways, etc.
    • Omics data including RNAseq, Proteomics, metabolomics, etc.
    • Genetic data including GWAS, PheWAS, Mendelian randomization, polygenic risk scores, etc.
    • EMR, EHR, or RWD
    • Large consortia efforts or biobanks like the UK biobank 
  • Experience with two or more data-relevant computational biology or statistical approaches including differential gene expression, pathway enrichment, clustering/subgroup identification form RWD data, genetic association, causal inference, transcriptomics/proteomics/metabolomics analysis, epidemiology studies from RWD, etc.
  • Experience in writing / developing code using version control (e.g., git)
  • Curiosity and ability to continuously learn so you can better understand the perspectives of colleagues from different scientific disciplines

You may also Bring...

  • Demonstrated ability to supervise the work of junior data scientists.
  • Experience with cardiovascular or metabolic diseases.
  • Experience in project management.
  • Experience with JIRA and confluence.
  • Experience working in cross-functional drug development teams.

More on Valo

Valo Health, LLC (“Valo”) is a technology company built to transform the drug discovery and development process using human-centric data and artificial intelligence-driven computation. As a digitally native company, Valo aims to fully integrate human-centric data across the entire drug development life cycle into a single unified architecture, thereby accelerating the discovery and development of life-changing drugs while simultaneously reducing costs, time, and failure rates. The company’s Opal Computational Platform™ is an integrated set of capabilities designed to transform data into valuable insights that may accelerate discoveries and enable Valo to advance a robust pipeline of programs across cardiovascular metabolic renal, oncology, and neurodegenerative diseases. Founded by Flagship Pioneering and headquartered in Lexington, MA, Valo also has offices in New York, NY. To learn more, visit www.valohealth.com.


Top Skills

Python
R
The Company
Boston
165 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Valo is a technology company built to transform the drug discovery and development process using human-centric data and AI-powered computation. Valo is fully integrating human-centric data across the entire drug development lifecycle into a single unified architecture, thereby accelerating the discovery and development of life-changing drugs while simultaneously reducing the cost, time, and failure rate. The company’s Opal Computational Platform™ consists of an integrated set of capabilities designed to transform data into valuable insights that may accelerate discoveries and enable Valo to advance a robust pipeline of programs across cardiovascular metabolic renal, oncology, and neurodegenerative disease.

Why Work With Us

We’re focused on bringing together the brilliant minds to play a critical role in shaping and executing our mission. Be part of a culture that emphasizes trust and diversity, where people are generous with their ideas, support their colleagues, and feel free to voice their opinions. Be part of Valo.

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