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The IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science contributes to the advancement of human health globally through timely research, insightful analysis and scientific expertise applied to granular non-identified patient-level data. Fulfilling an essential need within healthcare, the Institute delivers objective, relevant insights and research that accelerate understanding and innovation critical to sound decision making and improved human outcomes. With access to IQVIA’s institutional knowledge, advanced analytics, technology and unparalleled data the Institute works in tandem with a broad set of healthcare stakeholders to drive a research agenda focused on Human Data Science including government agencies, academic institutions, the life sciences industry, and payers.

The Senior Data Engineer fills a critical foundational role enabling institute researchers, analysts and thought leaders to maximize productivity by generating efficient, robust and accurate datasets from multiple internal (and external) systems to serve regular repeating and ad hoc project needs.

Essential Functions:

• Work with institute research directors, data scientists and researchers to prioritize solutions to enable business and information needs.
• Being involved in every stage of the data product development life cycle; from coordinating initial requirements with business owners, through development with subject matter experts and data scientists, and then developing repeatable production steps with limited requirements for manual steps.
• Advise or lead the development, implementation and validation of new process technologies, macros and applications.
• Identifying opportunities for improvements to internal processes regarding model development, including internal data pipelines and modelling frameworks that will facilitate advanced analytics.
• Collaborating with data scientists to turn working prototypes into well-abstracted, reusable modules for iterative development of data science projects.
• Create Complex Information Links to pull the data from multiple data sources, integration of databases from multiple studies or sources with optimized and repeatable data acquisition approaches.
• Designs and conducts comprehensive documentation and testing of processes and/or code which are developed.
• Is self-directed, collaborative and overseeing multiple projects from concept to completion.

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree Computer science or related field and 7 years relevant experience Req Or Bachelor's Degree Computer science or related field and 8 years relevant experience Req OR Equivalent combination of education, training and experience Req
• Demonstrated knowledge of higher- level programing language such as SAS, python, SQL etc. and can perform exploratory data analysis (EDA), data wrangling, report generation using any of SAS/PYTHON/SQL
• Experience of working and creation of dashboards on Power BI/tableau platform
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to process scientific data.
• Familiarity with the pharmaceutical and clinical trial data.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to work independently.
• Excellent knowledge of statistical programming.
• Ability to identify data issues, present problems, and implement solutions quickly.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all, including veterans and candidates with disabilities. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe

IQVIA’s ability to operate and provide certain services to customers and partners necessitates IQVIA and its employees meet specific requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccination status.https://jobs.iqvia.com/covid-19-vaccine-status

The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $117,400.00 - $218,000.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.