Associate Director, Data Science - Rare Disease at Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
$169,222–$253,000from the description
Aug 5, 2026
Phoenix, AZ
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role leads commercial data science for a pharmaceutical company's nephrology/immunology franchise, focused on pre-launch analytics for emerging drug assets. Day-to-day work involves procuring and analyzing patient-level and claims data, building market definitions and patient-finding models, and translating findings into strategic recommendations for Marketing and Commercial Operations. The position is hybrid-based in Princeton, NJ and suits an experienced pharma analytics professional with strong data and project management skills.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,200 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data scientists). range 660–4,800
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $103,548–$176,968). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 6, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The title 'Associate Director' carries no standard seniority level word, so advertised seniority is set to Unspecified; the 7+ years requirement and scope of leading vendor teams and cross-functional strategy support a Senior classification.
The posting includes '#LI-Remote' as a tag but explicitly states 'Remote options will not be considered' — the role is hybrid, Princeton NJ only; remote is set to false.
Python and R are listed together as interchangeable programming language options alongside SQL; R is captured as an alternative to Python rather than a separate required skill.
IQVIA, Komodo, and Symphony Claims are listed as examples of required pharmaceutical data sources; other unnamed 'syndicated resources' are also mentioned but cannot be captured as named skills.
Experience in immunology, nephrology, rare disease, or oncology is listed under 'Strongly desired' — this is a domain preference, not a named technology, so it is omitted from the skills list per schema rules.
The role sits between Data Scientists (15-2051) and Operations Research Analysts (15-2031); the emphasis on patient-finding models, forecasting inputs, and exploratory data analysis leans toward 15-2051, but the heavy BI/commercial analytics framing also fits 15-2031.
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