Summit Therapeutics
Sr. Clinical Data Scientist
Palo Alto, CA · Senior
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Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $168,917 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Data Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- Summit is seeking a highly motivated Sr.
- Clinical Data Scientist to join our growing team.
- The ideal candidate will be proficient in R and/or Python and apply these skills across clinical data domains to enhance processes, increase efficiency, and elevate data quality.
Responsibilities
- Develop clinical study reports, dashboards, and data visualizations using R or Python.
- Partner closely with the Data Management team to implement data-monitoring or reconciliation listings and edit checks that support ongoing data review.
- Collaborate with Clinical Operations to generate study metrics and identify potential site-level risks.
- Perform data wrangling and data processing in R/Python to support the summarization and interpretation of clinical trial data.
- Build ETL pipelines in a Windows environment to automate clinical data workflows and streamline clinical programming activities.
- Develop and maintain reusable R packages for data cleaning, transformation, and validation.
- Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready documentation and specs for all programming activities.
- This role will be instrumental in advancing our technology-enabled and data-driven clinical data review and study monitoring strategy through automation, analytics, and cross-functional data support.
Requirements
- All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact Summit's Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@smmttx.com to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to Summit.
Nice to have
- Summit's core values include integrity, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, collaboration, and our commitment to people.
- Summit's team is inspired to touch and help change lives through Summit's clinical studies in the field of oncology.
- Summit has multiple global Phase 3 clinical studies, including:
- Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
- Phase 3 clinical study which is intended to evaluate ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy compared to pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy in patients with first-line metastatic NSCLC.
- Phase 3 clinical study which is intended to evaluate ivonescimab monotherapy compared to pembrolizumab monotherapy in patients with first-line metastatic NSCLC.
- Colorectal Cancer (CRC)
- Phase 3 clinical study intended to evaluate ivonescimab in combination with chemotherapy compared with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy.
Skills
- Master's or Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a related field
- Minimum 3 years Pharmaceutical/Biotech programming experience.
- Proficiency in R or Python, and experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Shiny, Spotfire, Tableau) and R packages
- Understanding of EDC and clinical trial processes
- Ability to communicate clearly both oral and written.
- Experience with maintaining data visualization systems
- Experience with Github
- Prior experience in oncology or complex therapeutic areas
- Ability to proactively identify and address project uncertainties to minimize risk.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
- This is the pay for this position
- Pay Transparency
Compensation
- $148,000 - $188,000 USD
- Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.
- The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.
Benefits
- Experience, Education and Specialized Knowledge and
Company info
- Our employees are truly the heart and soul of our culture, and they are invaluable in shaping our journey toward excellence.
Equal opportunity
- Summit Therapeutics Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and takes pride in creating and maintaining diverse environment.
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