Do you want to use your data science expertise to help make medicines safer? Do you thrive in multidisciplinary teams and enjoy solving concrete problems? Would you like to contribute to an efficient development culture for transforming research discovery into valuable products? Then this position could be the right fit for you!
Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) is a dynamic non-profit foundation with an internationally recognised role within the field of pharmacovigilance, whose ambition is to improve the safety of medicinal products throughout the world. We manage and analyse VigiBase, the WHO global database with more than 35 million reports of suspected side effects reported by patients and healthcare professionals in more than 150 countries. This puts UMC in a unique position to detect safety concerns associated with medicines.
Within the Research department, our passionate and savvy data scientists are committed to creating and advancing methods for data-driven discovery of previously unknown safety issues with medicines. They are also focused on developing computational methods to support and enhance human decision-making in pharmacovigilance.
We are looking for a skilled and creative data scientist to support our work and contribute to the team’s development. The data scientist will have a unique opportunity to help research outputs bring value to internal and external stakeholders, reflecting UMC’s core values of excellence, equity, benevolence, and solidarity in a fun and dynamic multidisciplinary department.
What you will do
About you
Located in the heart of Uppsala, three minutes away from the central station, we are currently around 180 employees and consultants and have generous employee-benefit policies. In addition, UMC allows hybrid working, with the opportunity to work remotely up to 2 days a week. For more information about our activities and products, visit www.who-umc.org.
Real-world impact – Working for the greater good
Learning organisation – Skilled and curious staff
Flexible work hours – Allows us to be at our best
Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) is a non-profit foundation established in 1978 through an agreement between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the government of Sweden as a WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring.
UMC is custodian of the WHO global database of adverse event reports for medicines and vaccines and strengthens global safety surveillance through science and innovation, signal analysis and pharmacovigilance tool development, standardisation with the WHODrug dictionary, and education and communication.
UMC’s working language is English. We normally apply a probationary period to new appointments.
If you have any questions regarding this position please contact the responsible manager. You will find the contact details at the end of this page.
UMC follows the collective agreements between the Swedish Agency for Government Employers and Saco-S and ST. Union representatives are Malin Zaar (Saco-S) and Jessica Avasol (ST), +46 (0)18-65 60 60.
Niklas Norén | Contact Person