Research Data Analyst Senior, Pulmonary

Department: MED-Pulmonary

Salary/Grade: EXS/10

The Misharin Laboratory at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is seeking a data analyst to study lung diseases using large single-cell genomic datasets, spatial transcriptomics, digital pathology, and longitudinal clinical data. We seek a scientist with deep single-cell genomics experience and strong statistical or machine-learning skills, particularly in representation learning, transfer learning, or patient-level modeling. Experience limited to basic single-cell workflows, such as clustering, visualization, and marker-gene analysis, is not sufficient for this position; make sure to provide a detailed summary of your qualifications in your cover letter. The analyst will support multiple research projects and work with a multidisciplinary team of computational scientists, immunologists, pathologists, and physicians.

Job Summary:

Partners with clients to design, develop, implement and maintain business solutions regarding data management and analysis. This includes database administration, data consolidation, data analysis and management reporting. Utilizes software to generate metrics and develops actionable recommendations. Collaborates with various function teams such as marketing, research, and IT to achieve business results.

Specific Responsibilities:

_Strategic Planning_

• Manages and plans for data/analysis requests and projects.
• Provides consultation to customers on appropriate data management, methodological issues and statistical analyses.
• Collaborates with technical staff explaining needs of functional users. Serve on committees related to data structure and governance.

_Administration_

• Reviews reports before presentation to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Develops and maintains documentation of process for quality assurance and reporting methodology
• Defines, develops and communicates new standards and best practices

_Development_

• Develops queries and quality metrics.
• Interprets results using a variety of techniques, ranging from simple data aggregation via statistical analysis to complex statistical analysis.
• Determines data structure for local datasets.

_Performance_

• Develops and documents standards for data quality and regulatory compliance pertaining to reporting.
• Ensures quality and compliance by reviewing reports

_Supervises_

• Provides work direction and/or supervises staff such as team members, subordinates, contractors, vendors, students, etc.
• Recommends staff hires/terminations.
• Coaches and mentors staff.
• Manages projects ensuring timelines and deliverables are met and meet expectations.

_Miscellaneous_

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.

• 4 years data analysis/report writing or similar experience required.

_Infrastructure_

• High Performance Computing (HPC)

• Linux Operating System

• Mac OS X Operating System

• Microsoft Exchange

• Microsoft Lync

• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook)

• Microsoft SharePoint

• SQL/MySQL/Postgres

_Programming Languages and Frameworks_

• JavaScript

• Shell Scripting

_Analytical_

• critical thinking

• data mining

• data modeling

• judgment

• metadata creation and management

• problem solving

_Project_

• agile environment

• Code documentation

• collaboration and teamwork

• facilitate collaboration

• functional documentation

• iterative & incremental development

• organizational skills

• planning

• Scrum project framework

• workflow development & documentation

• write proposals and project charters

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, computer engineering, statistics, mathematics, or a similar field.

• Prior working experience with analysis of next generation sequencing data (RNA-seq/scRNA-seq, ATAC-seq), metagenomics analysis, agile and scrum methodologies, and project management.

Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Action oriented - Willing or likely to take practical action to deal with a problem or situation.
• Coachability - Receptive to feedback, willing to learn, embracing continuous improvement.
• Collaboration - Facilitates open and effective communication, cooperation and teamwork within and outside of one's own team.
• Collegiality - Helpful, respectful, approachable; builds strong working relationships and a positive work environment.
• Initiative - Exhibits energy and desire to achieve; sets ambitious goals and acts decisively; takes action that no one has requested to improve or enhance job results and avoid problems.
• Meets deadlines - Displays consistency and success in adhering to deadlines.
• Multi-tasking - Demonstrates ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Organization - Plans, organizes and schedules in an efficient, productive manner; anticipates contingencies and pays attention to detail.

Target hiring range for this position will be between $87,900 - 113,310 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

_Benefits:_

_At Northwestern, we are proud to provide meaningful and competitive benefits. The available benefits package for this position will include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance; paid vacation and holidays; paid medical/sick and parentalleave;tuition benefits for the employee and dependents; pre-tax and flex spending accounts for commuting and dependent care; generous retirement savings options; and wellness programs. For a comprehensive overview of available benefits, including eligibility details, visit us at https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/benefits/index.html to learn more._

_Work-Life and Wellness:_

_Northwestern offers comprehensive programs and services to help you and your family navigate life’s challenges and opportunities, and adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles._

_We support flexible work arrangements where possible and programs to help you locate and pay for quality, affordable childcare and senior/adult care. Visit us at_[_https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/benefits/work-life/index.html_](https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/benefits/work-life/index.html) _to learn more._

_Professional Growth & Development:_

_Northwestern supports employee career development in all circumstances whether your workspace is on campus or at home. If you’re interested in developing your professional potential or continuing your formal education, we offer a variety of tools and resources. Visit us at_[_https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/learning/index.html_](https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/learning/index.html) _to learn more_ _._

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