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Sr. Quantitative Scientist

Commercial-Facing

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Verana Health

Verana Health

51-200 employees

Provides disease-specific healthcare data analytics

Healthcare
Biotechnology
Data & Analytics

Compensation Overview

$145k - $175kAnnually

Senior

San Francisco, CA, USA + 1 more

More locations: New York, NY, USA

Hybrid work model with 3 days per week in office.

Category
Healthcare Administration & Support
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary
Required Skills
Sales
Communications
SQL
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Master’s or doctorate in a quantitative discipline (e.g., biostatistics, epidemiology, health economics, etc.) or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with messy data (e.g., electronic health records, outcomes data) and analytical methodologies
  • 5+ years working with life science/pharmaceutical/biotechnology organizations and familiarity with providing analytic services to these groups
  • Experience designing and executing research studies for life sciences
  • Strong familiarity with health data analytics tools, especially SQL, Python, R
  • Familiarity with clinical datasets and coding systems such as ICD, CPT, and RxNorm
  • Familiarity with pharmaceutical industry’s strategy and business processes, including clinical trials, new drug introduction and clinical operations
  • Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Clear communication skills and able to deliver internal/external presentations
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects with high attention to detail
Responsibilities
  • Be a hands-on individual contributor on the Quantitative Sciences team with a solid grasp of relevant technical approaches (biostatistics and/or epidemiology) and their respective assumptions
  • Have a strong familiarity with designing analyses using observational data to ensure robust conclusions can be made
  • Direct experience working with teams embedded with life science organizations (e.g., HEOR, medical affairs, commercial)
  • Work on commercial retrospective clinical studies leveraging EHR real-world data through responsibilities such as creation of statistical analysis plans, implementation of analyses, development of algorithms in support of research objectives, and/or writing of publications
  • Collaborate with customers to understand project objectives and stakeholder needs
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with teams (e.g., Commercial/Sales, Product, Medical, Engineering/Technology, etc.) to translate clinical investigation questions into detailed data analytics requirements for internal and external projects

Verana Health offers VeraQ, a population health data engine, and Qdata, curated data modules, to provide disease-specific data sets from a real-world data network of healthcare providers. These technologies support data analytics for life sciences and enable quality reporting for healthcare providers.

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$358.7M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2018

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-7%

2 year growth

7%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • The recent $150M Series E funding round provides substantial capital for Verana Health to expand its data capabilities and explore new types of medical data.
  • Partnerships with major investors like Google Ventures and Novo Holdings offer strategic advantages and potential for future collaborations.
  • Verana Health's ability to aggregate and anonymize patient data can expedite drug development, making it a valuable player in the healthcare industry.

What critics are saying

  • The complexity of organizing and extracting usable insights from messy medical data poses ongoing technical challenges.
  • The competitive landscape in digital health and real-world data analytics is intense, requiring continuous innovation to maintain a leading position.

What makes Verana Health unique

  • Verana Health leverages an exclusive real-world data network to deliver high-quality drug lifecycle and medical practice insights, setting it apart from competitors.
  • The company's focus on organizing traditionally messy forms of medical data, such as physician notes, enhances the usability and value of their data offerings.
  • Significant investments from prominent entities like Johnson & Johnson Innovation and Google Ventures underscore Verana Health's credibility and potential in the digital health space.