Director of Strategy Data Sciences

About Generate Biomedicines

Generate Biomedicines is a new kind of therapeutics company – existing at the intersection of machine learning, biological engineering, and medicine – pioneering Generative Biology™ to create breakthrough medicines where novel therapeutics are computationally generated, instead of being discovered. Generate has built a machine learning-powered biomedicines platform with the potential to generate new drugs across a wide range of biologic modalities. This platform represents a potentially fundamental shift in what is possible in the field of biotherapeutic development.

We pursue this audacious vision because we believe in the unique and revolutionary power of generative biology to radically transform the lives of billions, with an outsized opportunity for patients in need. We are seeking collaborative, relentless problem solvers that share our passion for impact to join us!

Generate was founded in 2018 by Flagship Pioneering and has received over $420 million in funding, providing the resources to rapidly scale the organization. The Company has offices in Cambridge, Somerville, and Andover with approximately 150 employees.

The Role:

Reporting to the Head of Data and Platform Strategy, the Director of Strategy Data Sciences will serve in a crucial data science leadership position, identifying, prioritizing, and executing on high-value advanced analytics use-cases that drive Generate towards increasingly data-driven processes. (S)he will define, build, and lead a growing team of data scientists in cross-functional project teams to plan and carry out data science initiatives across the organization, and develop high-impact operational and strategic data tools.

The successful candidate will be able to identify business and technical challenges, conceptualize them as data-science problems, identify creative and agile-minded technical solutions, and quantify the impact of various opportunities to guide a strict prioritization and ensure value-accretive work. (S)he will exhibit strong management skills as well as make individual contributions and will foster a highly collaborative and integrated culture both within the Data and Platform Strategy function and across the organization. (S)he must thrive in a fast-paced, highly interdisciplinary entrepreneurial environment and have the desire to tackle large challenges. This role presents a unique opportunity to have a direct hand in building a first-of-its kind AI-driven digital biotech.

The position is Boston based.

Key responsibilities:

• Define, build, and lead a new Strategy Data Sciences team to support data-driven thinking and decision making across all parts of Generate
• Provide technical thought leadership and guide junior data scientists towards creative but rigorous technical solutions
• Identify and prioritize advanced-analytics uses cases that are high-priority and high-impact, and successfully balance quick-wins with long-term value generation opportunities
• Build data tools and machine learning models to support decision making, optimize outcomes, and analytically improve Generate’s operating model
• Thought-partner with Generate’s ML scientists, biologists, and strategic functions to ensure a unified technical direction and bottleneck-free operation
• Contribute meaningfully to an open, transparent, and curious company culture
• Be an inclusive leader, effectively managing and building a diverse and multi-cultural team
• Lead with authenticity and urgency
  
  

About You

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.A. or B.S. degree (or equivalent) in computational sciences, applied mathematics, engineering, life sciences or other relevant field linked to business analytics
• 7+ years of professional experience, including people management OR 4+ years of management consulting experience including people management, ideally at a top-tier firm
• Extensive Experience in value-oriented applications of analytics and machine learning for business problem solving
• Deep technical and data science expertise
• Strong record of professional accomplishment and leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a quantitative / scientific field (e.g. MS or PhD)
• Experience in healthcare or life sciences technology

Skills:

• Acute strategic and analytical skills and ability to synthesize information rapidly and effectively and deliver rigorous and accurate recommendations
• Proven manager with the ability to lead, guide, motivate, and develop a team of high performers
• Results-driven, high-performer with highly collaborative style
• Highly self-motivated with demonstrated ability to multitask, manage time, handle uncertainty, and work under pressure with limited oversight
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Deep expertise in core statistical and analytical methods including
  • Experimental design and hypothesis testing (e.g. ANOVA, chi-square)
  • Dimensionality reduction (e.g. PCA)
  • Predictive modeling (e.g. regression, classification)
  • Machine learning (e.g. RF, NN)
  • Time-series analysis (e.g. ARIMA, VAR)
  • Unstructured data analytics (e.g. NLP)
  • Simulation (e.g. MC, discrete event)
  • Optimization (e.g. LP, MIP)
• Comfortable with a broad base of data management and visualization tools (e.g. Excel, SQL, Hadoop/Spark, Snowflake, Tableau, GIS etc.)
• Extensive experience with production-grade programming in Python
• Experience working with real-word medical claims/EHR data (e.g. IQVIA, Optum, Truven), and / or other related data sources such as providers and health systems highly preferred
• Experience in healthcare, biology and/or biotechnology highly preferred

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COVID Safety:

Generate Biomedicines enforces a mandatory vaccination policy for COVID-19. All employees must be fully vaccinated and have received a booster.  The purpose of this policy is to safeguard the health of our employees, their families, and the community at large from infectious disease that may be reduced by vaccinations.  The company will make exceptions to this policy if required by applicable law and will consider requests for an exemption from this policy due to a medical reason, or because of a sincerely held religious belief, or any other exemptions that may be recognized by applicable law. 

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