Grünenthal is a global leader in pain management and related diseases. We’re driven to seek effective, lifechanging medicines and solutions for patients with severe diseases and high unmet medical needs. We’re focussing all of our activities and efforts on moving towards our vision of a world free of pain. As a sciencebased, privately-owned pharmaceutical company, we have a long track record of bringing innovative treatments and state-of-the-art technologies to people living with pain worldwide.
Grünenthal is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and has affiliates in 30 countries across Europe, Latin America and the US. Our products are sold in more than 100 countries. In 2018, we employed around 4,900 people and achieved sales of € 1.3 billion.
As a player in an innovative, fast-paced market, we offer an exciting working environment and wide-ranging individual development opportunities. Our shared values form the basis for the way we work: We embrace diversity, put patients at the centre of our decisions, live entrepreneurship, join forces, drive performance and act with integrity.
Join us at Grünenthal, unleash your full potential and help us change lives for the better.
Job fact summary
- Job ID: 35887
- Data Scientist (m/f/d)
- Research & Development
- Aachen
- published 29.04.2020
HR Contact:
Angelika Will,
Human Resources
Data Scientist (m/f/d)
Have a look at the fulfilling work on offer:
- You develop complex models and algorithms that drive innovation throughout the organization
- You provide thought leadership by researching best practices, conducting experiments and collaborating with industry leaders
- You understand business problems (e.g. need for predicting an event) and design end to end analytics use cases
- You conduct advanced statistical analysis to provide actionable insights, identify trends, and measure performance
- You create convincing visualizations to communicate analysis outcomes to stakeholders
- You collaborate with other team members and stakeholders to implement and deploy scalable solutions
- You reach out to the best outsourcing providers, programming and analytics associations and academia partners
Let your talent flourish:
- You have a MS/PhD in computer science, statistics, economics, mathematics, ops research or related technical discipline
- You have several years of experience in a statistical and/or data science role, ideally in a pharmaceutical/ medical or life-science environment
- You are fluent in English (knowledge of German language is a plus) and have a deep knowledge of machine learning, statistics, optimization or related field
- You are experienced with R or Python and have background knowledge in programming in C, C++ and Java
- You have working experience with large data sets, simulation/optimization and distributed computing tools (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Gurobi, Arena, etc.)
- You have the ability to work in a highly matrixed/virtualized environment and have strong communication skills
