Role: Knowledge Engineer/Senior Taxonomist / Ontologist
Location: India, Remote (Work from Anywhere in India)
Minimum Qualification B. Tech. (or equivalent) from an accredited institution
Indicative Experience: 5+ years
Domain, preferably life sciences or pharmaceuticals.
Other benefits Health Insurance, Provident Fund, Life Insurance, and Reimbursement of Certification
Expenses, Gratuity, 24x7 Health Desk
About Norstella
At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need.
Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.
Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:
· Citeline – accelerate the drug development cycle
· Evaluate – bring the right drugs to market
· MMIT – identify barrier to patient access
· Panalgo – turn data into insight faster
· The Dedham Group – think strategically for specialty therapeutics
By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics.
As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.
Core Skills:
We are looking for a Knowledge Engineer to join our Ontology Management team. We grow our coverage with huge reserves of pharmaceutical and healthcare data to accelerate clinical research and improve patient outcomes. Since we want to ensure our data works for our clients as well as possible, we work to make sure it is structured to allow flexible use – and now we want to grow this capability. As a Knowledge Engineer, you will be part of a new team with a growing influence in the organization, and key responsibilities will include:
- Designing and leading the development and QC of knowledge structures for key components of our life sciences data
- Incorporating new knowledge structures into our ontologies so that our products (and, ultimately, our clients) can utilize them
- Developing data standards for new areas as structures and data mapping processes are implemented
- Leading and delivering data discovery exercises
- Being responsible for the maintenance of evolving knowledge structures and associated data standards
- Coaching data analysts and contractors on data mapping and discovery projects
We will also be looking for you to:
- Collaborate with product teams on new product development
- Collaborate with Data Scientists and Data Engineers on implementation and research projects
- Collaborate with Content Leads to establish data standards for their domains
- Work with clients to resolve data challenges and promote incorporation of our data into their systems
- Act as an internal champion for data standards
Key skills/qualifications/experience we are looking for are:
- Degree in health sciences, health information systems, computer science, mathematics, or a related field
- 5+ years’ (practical) experience designing and developing taxonomies/ontologies – either coding them or via an interface – preferably in life sciences
- 2+ years’ experience developing and maintaining knowledge graphs
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- 2+ years’ experience manipulating life science data
- Analytical mindset
- Experience using ontology management tools
- Familiarity with RDF, SPARQL
- An understanding of dependencies on data connections
- Project management/leadership experience
- Interest in, and ideally some familiarity with, NLP/NLU and AI techniques
- A desire to make healthcare data work better
Good to have:
- Proficiency in SQL
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies
Our guiding principles for success at Norstella
01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First
We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.
02: Integrity, Truth, Reality
We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn’t. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.
03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace
We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.
04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance
We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.
05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning
We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.
