Principal Data Scientist

Job Description

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

Overview

Principal Data Scientist Opportunity – Precision Impact in Biopharma

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is looking for a Principal Data Scientist that combines high-impact, real-world decision-making with scientific rigor and technical depth.

We’re looking for someone who can :

✅ Lead causal inference and uplift modeling across HCP engagement, omnichannel strategy, and business development

✅ Design and deploy models with production-grade MLOps (Azure, MLflow, Git, DBT, Foundry)

✅ Act as a thought partner to commercial teams , translating insight into action

✅ Mentor a growing team of data scientists and data engineers

✅ Bring a PhD-level foundation in biostatistics, econometrics, computer science, or a related field.

This is a hands-on and strategic role , embedded within a high-functioning commercial team that values scientific integrity, reproducibility, and speed to insight.

🧪 Example projects may include :

• Optimizing field deployment and BD decisions using uplift models
• Running robust counterfactual analyses (e.g., PSM, DiD, IPW)
• Auditing legacy ML / AI assets and creating scalable inference pipelines
• Building technical standards across a team of 5+ DSs and 2–3 engineers

🚀 Why This Role Matters

Why Join Azurity?

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a fast-growing specialty pharmaceutical company with a strong commitment to innovation, agility, and improving patient care. This role offers a unique opportunity to be a key architect in our analytics-driven transformation , with the freedom to innovate and the visibility to influence high-stakes decisions.

Physical & Mental Requirements :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits We Offer :