Scientist I, Data Science

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**Job Title:** Scientist I, Data Science

**Location:** Cambridge, MA

**About the Job**

Are you ready to shape the future of medicine?

The race is on to speed up drug discovery and development to find answers for patients and their families.

Your skills could be critical in helping our teams accelerate progress.

The Target, Disease and Systems Biology (TDSB) function at Sanofi, part of Global Research, includes both in-silico and experimental scientists that are unified in their goal to accelerate science at every stage of the drug discovery pipeline in oncology, ophthalmology, immunology, inflammation, and neurodegenerative diseases.

The Data Science and Artificial Intelligence lab in the Computational Biology cluster seeks a highly motivated data scientist to join in our efforts to streamline and enhance the drug discovery process.

The successful candidate will have deep expertise in machine learning and statistical analysis, as well as the drive to assimilate new techniques and develop new methodologies to strengthen our capabilities.

Excellent oral/written communication skills and the ability to work independently while maintaining a strong team player attitude are essential for success in this role.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives.

We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible.

Ready to get started?

**Main Responsibilities:**

+ Develop innovative ML/AI computational approaches and adopt existing state-of-the-art ideas to streamline transition to early development, as well as facilitate both the discovery of novel targets and drug repositioning.
+ Contribute to the on-going programs with developed stack of tools/approaches and deliver customized study-specific analysis.
+ Therapeutic areas of interest: immunology, inflammation, neurodegeneration, oncology
+ Work closely with computational scientists and biologists in a highly collaborative environment.
+ Lead in silico projects in collaboration with scientific teams and champion projects at different stages of discovery and clinical development.
+ Contribute to publications, research and clinical/regulatory documentation.

**About You**

**Essential Qualifications:**

+ PhD in bioinformatics, computer science, computational biology, physics or another related quantitative field with 1-3 years of experience preferred in an academic environment or the private sector (biopharma preferably).
+ Develop and benchmark predictive algorithms to help generate actionable hypotheses.
+ Proficiency in analyzing and manipulating data with Python/R.
+ Ability to write clean, readable, and scalable code.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Strong interest in learning biology and liaising with scientists from multiple therapeutic areas to help define and address biological questions with computational approaches.
+ Understanding of basic biological concepts and ability to communicate with non-computational audience.
+ Experience with knowledge graphs, graph machine learning, and other AI/ML approaches
+ Excellent written and oral communication skills.
+ Excellent interpersonal skills and strong team player attitude.
+ Experience with MLOps (snowflake, huggingface, weight and biases)

**Why Choose Us?**

+ Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
+ Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
+ Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
+ Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc.

and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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**Pursue** **_progress_** **, discover** **_extraordinary_**

Better is out there.

Better medications, better outcomes, better science.

But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen.

So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkpDBZ-CJKw&t=67s) and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com (https://www.sanofi.com/en/our-responsibility/equality-and-inclusiveness) !

_US and Puerto Rico Residents Only_

Sanofi Inc.

and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally inclusive and diverse workforce.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; natural or protective hairstyles; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

_North America Applicants Only_

The salary range for this position is:

$84,000.00 - $121,333.33

All compensation will be determined commensurate with demonstrated experience.

Employees may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs.

Additional benefits information can be found through the LINK (https://benefits.sanofiusallwell.com/fleet/public/index/ba511bf8-5c32-4828-9861-ab985fffab90/?cid=sanofi) .

Global Terms & Conditions and Data Privacy Statement (https://www.sanofi.com/en/careers/global-terms-and-conditions/)

Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges.

We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health.

We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering.

We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions.

With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe.

Discover more about us visiting www.sanofi.com or via our movie We are Sanofi (https://youtu.be/96EwNjb1TLo)

As an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life.

We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us.

Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live.

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