Job Title: Pharma R&D Functional Expert
Location: San Francisco, CA – Onsite
Type: Contract
Role Overview:
The consultant will serve as the primary contact for the development of a data and analytics platform on Databricks, acting as the bridge between customer’s R&D stakeholders and the technical data engineering team. The key responsibility will be to define business rules/logic and provide clear documentation for implementation.
Key Requirements:
- 8–10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry, specifically in R&D, clinical operations, or bioinformatics data management.
- Strong communication skills to translate scientific/clinical requirements into technical specifications.
- Experience with clinical data systems (Medidata RAVE or other EDC platforms).
- Familiarity with CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM) and LIMS.
- Good understanding of clinical trial processes.
Nice to Have:
- Exposure to genomics data (NGS, gnomAD, GWAS) and bioinformatics data lifecycle.
- Knowledge of SAS and R in statistical/clinical reporting and regulatory submissions.
- Experience with data platforms (data lakes, data mesh), cloud (Azure preferred), and Databricks/Spark.
- Translational medicine experience.
