Data Scientist

A Data Scientist is required to join a rapidly expanding Global Biopharmaceutical business in Limerick. This is an opportunity to develop your career with an award-winning business that develop life-changing medicines for serious diseases. In this role you will provide statistical support and promote the use of statistical thinking across the site. You will establish, organise and maintain effective statistics and data evaluation services pertaining to process monitoring and modelling of biological drugs.

The Role

• Apply data visualisation tools and implement dashboard solutions that are focused, to translate data into useful information for operations managers and process engineers.
• Analyse data sources and develop strategies and solutions for data acquisition, aggregation and reporting.
• Support the development of automated solutions that address specific analytical objectives and facilitate report generation and distribution of analyses to support the manufacturing performance monitoring process.
• Support the implementation, expansion and continuous improvement of the application of the In-Process Control (IPC) program
• Perform activities in relation to crafting and improving process models/hierarchies within the Discoverant software environment from collection of user requirements to validation and deployment of solutions to production.
• Apply sophisticated numerical and statistical techniques including multivariate analysis (PCA and PLS), curve metrics and golden batch analysis to analyse large datasets of process and raw materials data and generate predictive models to supplement and improve process understanding.
• Participate in cross functional teams to understand process issues in technical investigations to aid problem solving and identify process improvements.
• Issue knowledge base reports summarising conclusion of data analysis and recommendations for process improvements.
• Present findings at group and interdepartmental meetings.

• PhD in Statistics/Mathematics or a related field with 0-2 years’ experience

• MSc Statistics/Mathematics or related field with 3+ years’ proven experience.

• Experience in a biopharmaceutical setting is desirable, but other industries will be accepted.