This position is being filled under a stream-lined hiring authority, Title 21, Section 3072 of the 21st Century Cures Act. The candidate selected for this position will serve under a career or career-conditional appointment and be paid under the provisions of this authority.
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21st Century Cures Act Information
Introduction
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is the regulatory, scientific, public health and consumer protection agency responsible for ensuring all human and animal drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, foods, food additives, drugs and medicated feeds for food producing animals, tobacco and radiation emitting devices safe, and effective.
The mission of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH or Center) is to protect and promote the public health by performing essential public health tasks by making sure that medical devices and radiological health products are safe for people in the United States. The Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation (OST) provides leadership for all scientific collaborative and emerging technology related activities at CDRH. We represent CDRH with a broad and diverse array of national and international entities including other government agencies, Congress, industry, academia, consumer and patient organizations, and healthcare professional organizations, with mutual interests in medical devices and radiation-emitting products.
Duties/Responsibilities
The Data Scientist will play a pivotal role in leading, planning, executing, and delivering analytical projects, including, but not limited to, data exploration and preparation, and business intelligence analyses within the Center. The incumbent will collect and document data analysis requirements and will focus on data integration and reporting-intensive initiatives. This individual will collaborate with business partners of all levels across the Center, while supporting the analytic capabilities within the Center. The Data Scientist makes strategic recommendations on data analytics, data visualizations and assists with creating custom tailored predictive models. They will assist with the design, development and implementation of new data analytic and data science systems and deliver high-quality analytic solutions. Additionally, the incumbent interacts with internal and external customers to gather data and develop statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and customer analytics. They will advise senior leadership at all levels of projects and resultants and ensure the reconciliation to organizational goals writ large.
This individual will manage projects and collaborate across all stakeholders to understand information needs and will be responsible for scoping and managing relevant data science and analytics projects. The Data Scientist will identify key performance indicators (KPI’s) associated with each analysis and project which indicate success. Applies statistical analysis and visualization techniques to both structured and unstructured data as needed. Applies various advanced analytic techniques to perform classification and/or prediction tasks. The incumbent will integrate domain knowledge into all analytics, business intelligence or statistical analyses. The incumbent analyzes and makes recommendations for improvements to leadership regarding the best solutions regarding these factors.
The Data Scientist will identify and aggregate data from internal and external sources to fortify analyses. This individual will manage and support solution design to meet data and integration and business requirements and enhance business value. Coordinates with data owners to ensure data accessibility and quality and mitigate quality concerns of data through data manipulation methods.
The individual will have experience with distributed management and analytics in Oracle, cloud and hybrid environments and will be able to incorporate that knowledge into actionable
results. The incumbent will be able to execute upon multiple data access and analytics approaches. This individual will assist with creating actionable and usable information from metamodels, taxonomies and ontologies into the data structures and analyses. Support the architecting, designing, and developing reporting dashboards using a variety of analytic tools, including Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), SAS Viya and Tableau.
The Data Scientist will communicate and t underlying data science, business intelligence and analysis information to various audiences of all levels across the Center. They will be able to interpret information and derive insights from analytic and business intelligence resultants and translate them for larger audiences across the Center. The incumbent will engage with technical, business and data stakeholders and leaders. They will use their expertise to make recommendations regarding any liabilities, risks or challenges regarding mitigation strategies and compensating controls.
How to Apply
How to Apply: Submit resume or curriculum vitae with cover letter by November 7, 2024, to: CDRHRecruitment@fda.hhs.gov. Candidate resumes may be shared with hiring official within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health with a similar job vacancy. Candidates can opt out of this process by annotating resume with “do not share”. Please reference Job Reference ID: CDRH/OST/IO Data Scientist Band C PBM-5506
Announcement Contact
For questions regarding this Cures position, please contact CDRHRecruitment@fda.hhs.gov.
The Department of Health and Human Services is an equal opportunity employer with a smoke free environment.
FDA is an equal opportunity employer.
