Director, Data Science

**Description**

**Director, Data Science**

Syneos Health is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization purpose-built to accelerate customer success. We lead with a product development mindset, seamlessly connecting our capabilities to add high-value insights to speed therapies to patients and provide practical value to help our customers achieve their objectives.

Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know:
**WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE**

**Why Syneos Health**
- We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
- We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
- We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong.

**Job responsibilities**
- Line management responsibilities for managers and staff. For direct and indirect reports, may participate in activities such as interviewing and selection, job description preparation, assessing resource needs, resource approvals, professional development, goal setting, and performance management, coaching and mentoring. Reviews and approves time records, expense reports and requests for leave. Works with and advises staff on administrative policies and procedures, priorities, and methods.
- Establishes business cases and project plans in collaboration with stakeholders
- Ensures adherence standards and procedures for computing to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements (i.e. 21 CFR Part 11), existing Company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Work Instructions (WIs), and generally accepted industry practices.
- Coordinates resources, project schedules and communications for technology related activities with customers, internal groups and external vendors and service providers.
- Develops team members in support of their career objectives and corporate needs.
- Performs other work-related duties as assigned. Minimal travel may be required (up to 25%).

**Qualifications**

**What we’re looking for**
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent combined education and experience, plus significant information systems/technology experience in a data intensive operational and compliance environment.
- Technical expertise, technical writing ability, and proficiency in Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) principles.
- Must be comfortable with new technologies such as data architecture, data modeling and data management across relational and big data platforms.
- Has skills and experience in the data analytics area that includes developing solutions utilizing business intelligence platforms, relational databases, and big data platforms.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment is essential.
- Process-oriented design, strong client service, leadership, and project management skills are essential.
- Background in clinical development is preferred.
- Highly effective presentation, documentation, interpersonal, and leadership skills with a team-oriented approach are necessary.

**Get to know Syneos Health**
We are the only full-service biopharmaceutical solutions company in the world. That means we bring together the best clinical and commercial minds to create a better, smarter, faster way to get medicines into the hands of patients who need it most. Learn more about Syneos Health.

**Additional Information**:
Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should