Clinical Data Scientist

Company: USI McKesson Specialty Health Pharmaceutical & Bio
Location: Boston
Posted on: May 20, 2025

Job Description:

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

How You can Make an Impact

The Ontada team draws upon deep expertise in data science, data analytics, and real-world clinical data to deliver innovative data-driven strategies and insights for clients in the life sciences industry across all phases of product development and commercialization. The Data Scientist will join an internal data platform team that acts as the translational layer between the mCODE based common data model and downstream customer facing data products. This person will be responsible for obtaining and validating raw data, performing analysis, and acting as the subject matter expert for downstream users of the data platform. The person will have an in-depth knowledge of software, documentation, utilities & program scripts, as well as excellent written & verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes raw healthcare data from multiple sources, such as electronic health records and claims data, using algorithms and statistical programming
• Interacts with stakeholders to clarify needs and review results
• Proactively communicates, collaborates, and builds cross-functional relationships
• Ability to formulate and implement effective data strategies, and identify areas for significant efficiency gain through automation
• Provides quality assurance and validation with focus on data manipulation, building standardized pipelines
• Working autonomously with limited direct supervision and ensuring work is on track, accurate, and communicated across impacted individuals and teams
  
  Minimum Requirements
  
  • 3+ years as a Data Scientist; experience in Life Sciences, Health tech, or Pharma Industry required
  • Advanced Python and/or SQL skills
  • Cloud fundamentals, with proficiency in DataBricks preferred
  • Must have experience working in Jira or other software development tools using agile processes
  • Excellent attention to detail and desire to continuously learn and develop professionally
    
    We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.
    
    Our Base Pay Range for this position
    
    $125,600 - $209,300
    
    McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
    
    McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information. For additional information on McKesson's full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
    
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