RWD Analytic Package Developer at Astellas in Northbrook, Illinois

Job Description:

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com.

This position is based in Northbrook, Illinois. Remote work from certain states may be permitted in accordance with Astellas' Responsible Flexibility Guidelines. Candidates interested in remote work are encouraged to apply.

Purpose and Scope:

The RWD Analytic Package Developer will be responsible for providing programming and analytic support for the development of integratable modular programs using Real-World Data (RWD) to answer disease, health, and value questions across Astellas. These modules will be integrated into a larger platform to efficiently conduct analysis on various RWD data sources both in their native formats and standardized OMOP format.

This role will work closely with peers in the RWD team of DigitalX and internal stakeholders from other functions. The desired insights will impact decision making and our ability to deliver maximal value to patients. This individual will:

• Assist in the identification and evaluation of potential data sources to fill gaps.


• Work as member of cross-functional team to scope out analyses to address key questions.


• Develop programs that execute analyses on a common data platform for quick, reliable information on patient populations in the US and globally.


• Ensure that analyses are statistically valid and appropriately planned and executed.


• Deliver prototypes of new analytical methods, dashboards, and tools that enable efficiencies.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Support team members in the development of analytic modules as requested


• Contribute to tool planning and design


• Conduct exploratory data analyses of data sources to assess fit for purpose; incorporate into disease-specific data tables to support integrated analyses.


• Implement analyses and studies, defining endpoints, executing protocols with data programming, conducting statistical analyses using primarily R and SQL


• Deliver innovative prototypes involving new methods, visualizations, integrations, and customizations that enable democratization of data, knowledge, and insights throughout Astellas