Job description
BC Platforms: Building future health.
BC Platforms is a global leader in building data networks for the life sciences industry and provides versatile technology platforms for personalized medicine, accelerating the translation of innovations into clinical practice. We convert complex biological information collected in the healthcare setting into actionable insights. With our innovative technology, we are creating a patient-centric infinity loop between the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Data we generate, harmonize, and manage, from diverse biobanks and healthcare institutions, is made accessible for pharmaceutical and biotech companies to enhance their core strengths in research and development. In parallel, we enable the stratification of patients towards targeted therapies, delivering on the promise of more personalized healthcare. Discover more at bcplatforms.com and follow us on LinkedIn @bc-platforms.
Your Mission as the Associate RWD Solution Advisor:
You are a key player and part of our Global Advisory Team to support prospective and current key clients of BC Platforms as they evaluate and then implement our solutions which focus on Real World Data (RWD).
You are our client's Trusted Advisor who can offer extensive advice on the data and regulatory considerations required for their RWD studies as well as the science and technology behind their approach to analyzing that data and generating Real World Evidence (RWE) to ultimately bring benefits to patients.
Your key activities as the Associate RWD Solution Advisor:
- Working with the sales team to enable the company to achieve its sales targets. This role sits in the commercial team of BC Platforms.
- Working with clients to define their RWD/outcomes and analysis needs. Specifically, they will need to provide oversight and understand the use case and research questions that the client has, the patient population that needs to be targeted, the data elements that need to be provided, the data elements that are/are not available, etc.
- Working with the BC Platforms sales team to build solution proposals for the client’s data, regulatory and analysis requirements and to articulate the benefit of working with BC Platforms and our unique approach.
- Building an understanding with the BC Platforms technical team to define the solution requirements and track the delivery of that solution to the client.
- Providing input on solution requirements to the BC Platforms technical team (ensuring our solutions evolve to deliver on the value promise to our clients now and in the future)
- Understanding the availability of data at sites across multiple therapeutic areas and translating research questions to real-world data requirements to the Data Partnerships team.
- Share your understanding of data sharing and transfer, confidentiality and privacy regulations with the BC Platforms operations team.
- Present our solution demonstrations to prospects and new potential key accounts/clients and articulate the benefits of working with BC Platforms.
Your Competencies:
The successful candidate will have:
- Ability to communicate clearly with cross-functional teams in a global setting.
- Ability to present to multiple levels of a client organization (Technical, Research, Management).
- Ability to prioritize tasks and ask for guidance to seek clarity.
- Ability to problem solve and suggest recommendations based on experience.
- A strong personal desire to overcome challenges and remain focused on clear team goals.
- Ability to learn new software solutions and analytical tools quickly.
- Ability to articulate the benefits of complex RWD solutions.
- A creative and analytical mindset to participate in the development of fit-for-purpose solutions for RWD and RWE.
- A curious mindset that desires to learn new skills and make an impact in a team setting.
Your Education & Experience:
- 3-5 years of experience which we would define as either:
- Experience working in drug development (e.g. CRO/BioPharma with 3-5 years experience in clinical trial data analytics or a former CRA or CRO PM) with a willingness to learn data science and BC Platforms technology OR
- Experience with Bioinformatics and Data Science at Research Site Level with a willingness to learn the drug development industry and BC Platforms technology.
- Knowledge of GCP (Good Clinical Practice), HIPAA and GDPR and its applicability to RWD and technology solutions.
- Understanding of genomics or willingness to learn.
- Understanding of healthcare and clinical data including Real World Data or willingness to learn.
- Experience or familiarity with working with clinical data types (EHR, phenotypic, images, NGS and multi-omic data) or willingness to learn.
- Ideally, experience or familiarity with statistical programming languages (R, Python).
- Ideally, experience or familiarity with tools to undertake big data analysis (SQL, Spark, cloud platforms - AWS, Azure, Google).
- Experience working with Pharma Industry RWD End Users.
- Fluency in English.
Application
Please send us your application by the latest on 20th May 2023 via our career page. For more information and inquiries regarding the position, don't hesitate to get in touch with [email protected].
Additional Information
- This is a remote position for UK residents.
- Corporate offices are based in Helsinki, Zurich and Singapore, requiring flexibility in scheduling meetings across geographies.
- Travel expected, including international travel, client workshops and industry events with no greater than 50% of the time.
What we offer for you:
- Learning & Development
Opportunity to learn from great and talented colleagues on meaningful work content and grow your competencies. BC Platforms is committed to develop its Learning & Development Programme to further it in a continuous path of improvement.
- Talented colleagues in great locations
BC Platforms has offices in Zurich, Greater Helsinki, Boston, Singapore and a legal entity in the UK across three continents. Part of our people work also from the home offices from different locations around the globe.
- Company Events
We have our bi-annual BC|Days Events dedicated to our strategy work and all our people involved. We also occasionally host BC|Afterwork events to develop relationships and a sense of community.
- Competitive compensation
We offer a competitive salary and Incentive Programme. When the company reaches its targets, everyone gets to enjoy the success. We emphasize the long-term impact and reward our people for their success on the long-term growth of the company.
- Insurances
We offer travel insurance for all of our employees.
- Work-life balance
As much as we are eager to work with our colleagues, customers and other stakeholders, we provide a good work-life balance with flexible hours and paid time off.
- Work equipment
We want to offer you a great onboarding also from the equipment point of view. You will receive a laptop, a mobile phone and headphones. In addition, we offer you a variety of tools and lots of learning regarding our state-of-the-art software solutions.
Who we are
BC Platforms is a global leader in providing a powerful data and technology platform for personalized medicine and drug development, accelerating the translation of insights into clinical practice.
BC Platforms operates the Global Data Partner Network BCRQUEST.com, which provides access and analytics on genomic and clinical cohort data for drug developers currently providing access to over 33m subjects across five continents.
Our technology drives the infinite loop between personalized care and research discoveries, leveraging latest science, deep technical expertise, strategic partnerships, and harmonized, diverse data collections.
Our high performing platforms enable high throughput genomic data production, flexible data integration, secure data management, efficient analysis and interpretation of molecular and clinical information.
Founded in 1997 from an MIT Whitehead project spinoff, the Company has a strong scientific heritage underpinned by over 25 years of working in close collaboration with a network of leading researchers, developers, manufacturers and vendors. BC Platforms has global operations with its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, research and development in Espoo, Finland, and sales and marketing in Boston, USA, London, UK and Singapore. For more information, please visit www.bcplatforms.com.