Senior Scientist, Endpoints and Biometrics - Evinova

Job Title: Senior Scientist, Endpoints and Biometrics – Evinova
Location: Gaithersburg, MD

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe. 

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office is purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects. 

Are you ready to be part of the future of healthcare? Can you think big, be bold, and harness the power of digital and AI to tackle longstanding life sciences challenges?  Then Evinova, a global health tech business might be for you!  

Evinova is a health-tech business, accelerating the delivery of better health outcomes by propelling the life sciences sector forward in digital health, from the inside. Through our application of science-based expertise, evidence-led rigour, and human experience-driven insight, our digital solutions are deliberately designed so that everyone can reach better health outcomes together. Evinova is a health-tech business within the AstraZeneca Group.

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

Digital health, the point at which healthcare, technology, data and analytics converge, is the subject of phenomenal promise, with the World Health Organisation believing it has the potential to improve health for everyone. At AstraZeneca, we’ve been working hard to make this a reality, with the years of experience we have accumulated enabling us to now embed digital health at scale across R&D. To achieve our goal of improving patient experience and outcomes AstraZeneca has Digital Health as one of the top 4 strategic priorities for the company, details on digital health strategy can be found here. Oncology is the largest therapeutic area within AstraZeneca and second highest cause of death globally, with AstraZeneca’s ambition to eliminate cancer as a cause of death.

Introduction to Role:

A Senior Scientist in the Evinova Endpoints team will be a subject matter expert on evidence generation and data management in support of existing and novel endpoints detailing the patient benefit of new medicines to contribute to the successful development and commercialization of new, innovative therapies and digital health solutions. The Scientist will be responsible for applying quantitative clinical programming for validation and exploratory analytics applied to data from biosensor/wearable data, clinical outcomes assessments (COAs), or any combination thereof, to inform identification and/or evaluation of symptoms, function, health-related quality of life, or other patient-centric concept of clinical benefit throughout the drug development lifecycle. Therapeutic areas will span oncology, cardiovascular, renal & metabolism, and Respiratory & Immunology, among others. The Scientist will be responsible for contributing to the development of a clinical data flow and management working in collaboration with product engineers. This includes but is not limited to contributing and executing analysis plans for evidence generation to inform clinical validity of endpoints. The role must work in partnerships with internal stakeholders (e.g. Strategy, Data Science, COA Measurement, Product) and external stakeholders, e.g., Global and Clinical Study Teams, and partners, to uphold patient-centricity, diversity and sustainability values and scientific rigor.

Accountabilities:

• Contribute to workstreams by programming psychometrics/clinimetrics/statistics to generate evidence of patients’ experience with treatment throughout the drug development lifecycle. (e.g. psychometric performance of the instrument, sensitivity/specificity of signal detection, construction of novel endpoints).
• Contribute to workstreams on clinical data flow and management.
• Contribute to the conduct and interpretation of psychometrics/clinimetrics or statistical analyses for the validation of novel endpoints leveraging data from clinical outcomes assessments (COA) including data from sensors/wearables in clinical trials including: develop analyses strategy, manipulate and validate data files, test selection, and analyses.
• Establish product level clinical data management practices and structure including data flow and standardization
• With supervision, prepare, review, and publish data and ensure that clinical validation findings are communicated effectively, and as appropriate in scientific reports, internal/ conference presentations, publications, regulatory dossiers reflecting ongoing or completed work

Essential Skills/Experience:

•  2+ Years of Experience in a related biometrics or biostatistics position
• A Bachelors degree in a related field, plus four years practical experience is required. 
• An advanced degree in a related science field and/or other appropriate knowledge/experience is preferred. Combination of academic training and practical experience in outcomes research:
• Programming and visualization using R, SAS, Python, or similar, in any setting, including life sciences company, research organization, academic institution or governmental agency, including experience in interpreting and communicating evidence from clinical research.
• Working knowledge of drug development
• Project management skills
• Conceptual, analytical and critical thinking
• Ability to challenge the status quo, take ownership and holds self and others accountable
• Highly efficient: able to navigate ambiguity and address problems in a fast-paced environment; able to adapt to new ways of working
• Superb communication skills
• Creative, innovative, solution-focused
• Strong communication skills, the ability to build relationships  

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Preferred: Doctoral degree (e.g., Ph.D., Sc. D. or Dr.P.H.) in a relevant field such as, but not limited to, biostatistics, statistics, health outcomes research, epidemiology, public health, or data science
• OR: Clinical degree (e.g., in medicine, pharmacy, nursing, or equivalent) and a masters degree in a related field (as noted above), plus one year practical experience
• OR: Masters degree in a related field (as noted above), plus one year practical experience
• Experience with data from multiple sources, including wearables and sensors
• Understanding of novel digital development framework with experience
• Understanding of the regulatory landscape governing research with human subjects
• Conducting of outcomes research studies, and the communication of study findings to internal and external audiences
• Diligence - attention to detail and ability to manage a program of concurrent activities
• Resilience - ability to overcome and motivate others in the face of a changing environment

Where can I find out more?

• Learn more about Evinova www.evinova.com
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Why Evinova?

Evinova is a global health tech business, separate company part of the AstraZeneca group. Together, we can accelerate the delivery of life-changing medicines, improve the design and delivery of clinical trials for better patient experiences and outcomes, and think more holistically about patient care before, during, and after treatment.  We know that regulators, healthcare professionals, and care teams at clinical trial sites do not want a fragmented approach. They do not want a future where every pharmaceutical company provides its own, different digital solutions. They want solutions that work across the sector, simplify their workload, and benefit patients broadly. By bringing our solutions to the wider life sciences community, we can help build more unified approaches to how we all develop and deploy digital technologies, better serving our teams, physicians, and ultimately patients.  Evinova represents a unique opportunity to deliver meaningful outcomes with digital and AI to serve the wider healthcare community and create new standards for the sector.  Join us on our journey of building a new kind of health tech business to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting-edge methods, and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.

Total Rewards:

The annual base pay for this position ranges from $113,947.20 to $170,920.80. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles), to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. 

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com.

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Date Posted

12-Aug-2025

Closing Date

08-Sept-2025

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