by Ronald Barron | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Associate Director, Statistical Programming
Remote – United States
about qed therapeutics & bridgebio pharma
QED Therapeutics, an affiliate of BridgeBio Pharma, focuses on developing targeted treatments for FGFR-driven skeletal dysplasias, particularly Achondroplasia. Achondroplasia is the most common form of genetically-driven short stature, which causes potentially debilitating medical complications. With our experimental therapeutic candidate, infigratinib, we seek to provide an option to children living with Achondroplasia and their families.
Our business is inspired by our values:
- PUT PATIENTS FIRST
- LET SCIENCE SPEAK
- EVERY MINUTE COUNTS
- THINK INDEPENDENTLY
- BE RADICALLY TRANSPARENT
BridgeBiois a biopharmaceutical company founded to discover, create, test, and deliver transformative medicines to treat patients who suffer from genetic diseases and cancers with clear genetic drivers. We bridge the gap between remarkable advancements in genetic science in academic institutions and the delivery of meaningful medicines to patients. Founded in 2015, the company has built a portfolio of 30+ drug development programs ranging from preclinical to late-stage development in multiple therapeutic areas including genetic dermatology, precision oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, pulmonology, and renal disease, with two approved drugs.
Our focus on scientific excellence and rapid execution aims to translate todays discoveries into tomorrows medicines. We have U.S. offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Raleigh, and with small satellites in other parts of the country. We also have international offices in Montreal, Canada, and Zug, Switzerland, and are expanding across Europe.
who you are
The Sr. Manager/Associate Director, Statistical Programming is a member of the Biostatistics team and is an individual contributor in charge of SAS programming production and validation activities. Responsibilities include offering programming support across various stages of clinical trials to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality outputs. The individual will provide expert-level, hands-on support, and technical support to all clinical development programs and regulatory submissions. Successful candidates will oversee the quality and management of the CROs work, as well as collaborate regularly with Biostatisticians, Clinical Data Managers, Medical Writing, Clinical Operations, Drug Safety, Regulatory, and other team members to help enhance process efficiency and quality of statistical outputs.
responsibilities
- Provide valuable input into key study documents such as Case Report Forms (CRFs), data management plans, database specifications, Statistical Analysis Plans (SAPs), and other clinical documents
- Provide statistical programming expertise on the production and validation of tables, figures, and listings (TFLs), ensuring that CROs, vendors, and internal staff adhere to the highest quality standards as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Write or review data specifications for Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) and Analysis Data Model (ADaM). Validate and create SDTM, ADaM, and Tables, Figures, and Listings (TFLs), including associated documentation like define.xml
- Oversee programming support for relevant deliverables, such as Investigator Brochures, publications, US, and ex-US regulatory submissions, including CDISC compliant datasets (SDTM, ADaM) and data documentation (Define.xml), Reviewers Guide (SDRG, ADRG), TLFs, Statistical Analysis Plans (study specific, ISS, ISE, Exposure-Response)
- Collaborate with internal team members effectively to help develop/enhance/maintain global macros, assist in programming infrastructure and processes development
- In addition to hands-on programming, this position may require managing and providing oversight of one or more team members/contractors
- Development of comprehensive project plans, including task breakdowns, timelines, and resource allocation. Create realistic schedules and adapt plans to changing project requirements
- Anticipate potential challenges and devise contingency plans to address unforeseen difficulties. Ensure quality and timely delivery of analysis for our clinical trials
No matter your role at BridgeBio, successful team members are:
- Patient Champions, who put patients first and uphold strict ethical standards
- Entrepreneurial Operators, who drive toward practical solutions and have an ownership mindset
- Truth Seekers, who are detailed, rational, and humble problem solvers
- Individuals Who Inspire Excellence in themselves and those around them
- High-quality executors, who execute against goals and milestones with quality, precision, and speed
education, experience & skills requirements
- MS, BS/BA degree in Statistics, Mathematics, or Computer Science, or other suitable qualification with relevance to the field
- For the Senior Manager role, pharmaceutical industry, or CRO is required, while the Associate Director position necessitates a minimum of 10 years of experience
- Strong hands-on SAS programming skills, expertise in EDC databases, CDASH, CDISC, and SDTM/ADaM standards, medical coding dictionaries, controlled terminologies, as well as in industry standards for electronic submission of data to FDA
- A comprehensive understanding of SAS/BASE, SAS/STAT/, SAS/GRAPH, and SAS macro languages
- A demonstrable record of strong leadership and teamwork, and ability to work within cross-functional teams. Possesses outstanding interpersonal skills, demonstrating the capability to work both independently and cooperatively within a dynamic team environment
- Proficient in managing multiple projects with a demonstrated ability to prioritize takes, anticipate challenges, pay attention to details, and execute actions effectively, is highly valuable
- Demonstrate a strong sense of accountability and ownership for assigned projects. Take initiative to ensure timely and successful project delivery
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: SWE CO-OP, Security (June – Nov 2024)
Location: United States
JobDescription:
Company Overview:
Cohere Health is illuminating healthcare for patients, their doctors, and all those who are important in a patients healthcare experience, both in and out of the doctors office. Founded in August, 2019, we are obsessed with eliminating wasteful friction patients and doctors experience in areas that have nothing to do with health and treatment, particularly for diagnoses that require expensive procedures or medications. To that end, we build software that is expressly designed to ensure the appropriate plan of care is understood and expeditiously approved, so that patients and doctors can focus on health, rather than payment or administrative hassles.
Opportunity Overview:
This is a unique opportunity to join a new engineering team with great ambition and building on modern technology with zero legacy technical debt. As a co-op you will get a front row seat in a fast growing company which will undoubtedly advance your career and give the right candidate an accelerated career path.
What you will do:
- Build impactful healthcare technology
- Work as a full fledged member of a fast-paced, autonomous, agile team building a growing software platform
- Contribute to feature design, development, testing, and delivery of our cloud platform and web applications
- Contribute across all parts of our platform from the database to the frontend
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies or services to maximize development efficiency
- Actively participate in ensuring Cohere maintains a disciplined approach to healthcare security
What we are looking for:
- You have familiarity with common software development practices such as version control, unit testing, and CI/CD
- You are a team player and are interested in working at a fast-paced startup environment
- Security Awareness: A strong understanding of application security principles, including authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure communication, is highly desirable.
- Security Tools Expertise: You possess hands-on experience with application security tools, including:
- Burp Suite Proficiency: Demonstrable experience using Burp Suite for web application security testing and vulnerability assessment, capable of conducting thorough security audits and identifying potential security issues.
- Code Scanning Solutions: Familiarity with automated code scanning solutions to detect security vulnerabilities and code quality issues early in the development lifecycle. Experience with tools like SonarQube, Fortify, or similar is highly valued.
Our application stack:
- Python
- Dast tooling
- Burp Suite
- Code Scanning Solutions: SonarQube, Fortify, or similar
Your background & education:
- At least one prior co-op experience working on application security.
- Prior experience in healthcare and life sciences is a plus, but is not required
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Senior Linux Server Engineer
Locations: United States Virtual
Time Type: Full time
Job Requisition ID: R-102921
As a Senior Linux Server Engineer, you will be responsible for administration and support of distributed computing systems. You will work closely with project management, application development, and other IT teams to support Windows Server infrastructure (both physical and virtual). The successful candidate must have a solid work ethic, be detail oriented, and have strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?
- Provides direct technical support for all requirements in the planning, coordination, scripting, and implementation of upgrades or changes to our Microsoft Windows distributed computing
- Performs capacity planning, performance monitoring, tuning, and prediction.
- Provides high-level support for Windows operating systems, ensuring proper change management procedures and methodologies are followed.
- Some after-hours work will be required
- Position may require participation in an after-hours, on-call rotation to assist with incident handling for the purpose of resolving server related infrastructure issues
- Provides technical assistance/guidance to less experienced administrators
- On call rotation: 1 night per week and weekend support every 1.5 months.
What are the requirements needed for this position?
- 5 or more years of hands-on experience installing and supporting Suse Linux Servers. Other flavors are desired: RedHat, Ubuntu and Oracle Linux
- 3+ years of experience working with and troubleshooting Linux server boot process
- Strong experience with Bash and Perl Scripting
- 5 or more years of hands-on experience installing and supporting VMware
- 3 or more years of hands-on experience managing IaaS and PaaS in Microsoft Azure and/or AWS
- Excellent oral, written, interpersonal, and communication skills are required
- In-depth knowledge of server technologies employed, hardware, O/S, and related tools and applications
- Expert technical diagnostic and research skills of servers, expert troubleshooting
- Ability to identify and escalate issues to management when appropriate to meet SLA requirements
- In-depth knowledge of networking components and services such as TCP/IP protocols, DHCP and DNS technologies, and LAN/WAN topologies and transports
- Requires ability to correctly assess risks of various alternatives and take appropriate actions to restore services in the event of system outages
- Ability to explain the technical implications of various alternative solutions to management
- Strong customer service orientation, proven dependability, promptness, and a solid attendance history
- Ability to perform in a highly motivated, self-directed, and well-organized manner to handle multiple assignments concurrently.
What other skills/experience would be helpful to have?
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Experience with HCL Bigfix for server patching and management
- Experience with Nutanix HCI
- Experience using ServiceNow ITIL managed processes
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Job Description
AI & Machine Learning Engineer
at CommentSold
Remote – USA or Germany or India
About CommentSold
CommentSold is the North American leader in live selling technology (ranked by G2), having enabled over 7,000 small to mid-sized retailers with live-selling tools, generating over 166 million items sold with $3.8B+ in lifetime GMV. CommentSolds technology continues to provide businesses and creators of all sizes with best-in-class solutions for delivering engaging live video commerce experiences across all of their sales channels simultaneously. CommentSold moved into direct-to-consumer commerce via the acquisition of assets of Popshoplive, a community-driven livestream shopping marketplace app at the intersection of social, e-commerce and entertainment. In 2022, CommentSold debuted its lightweight video commerce plugin technology, Videeo, which gives any retailer or brand the ability to embed and go live with engaging, branded live video commerce experiences within days by easily integrating into an existing e-commerce stack.
Join North Americas largest live selling and video commerce platform, and help drive the next level of growth as our newestAI&Machine Learning Engineer.
Live Selling Starts at CommentSold.
Our AI & Data team stays close to shops and creators selling through our platforms, building the Artificial Intelligence tools to make running their business easier. We make decisions fast, and priorities change as we adapt to the needs of our industry so we welcome folks that relish in the challenges of pace. We believe in quick iteration and in-the-moment feedback, so we can work collectively to build the best team and product.
In this role, you will collaborate with a team of SW engineers and Cloud platform engineers, as well as data experts on our consumer-facing, live-selling platforms, and apps. This role works closely with our international & US-based product and engineering teams and will report to the leader of the AI & Data department.
In this role, you will
- Develop and maintain code that leverages computer vision, natural language processing and machine learning algorithms and technologies in solving hot business problems
- Utilize machine learning concepts and algorithms, and as well as other deep learning architectures to analyze video, images and large text corpora
- Review and train machine learning models in and evaluate their performance
- Develop product similarity and product recommender routines, adjust them to efficiently work as in-app features
- Understand and apply natural language processing in sentiment analysis, named entity recognition, and text summarization
- Orchestrate computer vision tasks of image classification, object detection, image segmentation, face and pose detection, movement and facial expression
- Deploy machine learning models to production environments and showcase proficiency in version control systems
- Gear usage of the image and video generation to support the business processes of our partners and their end-customers
- Keep up to date with latest advances in AI and machine learning
- Gain a deep understanding of our product and become involved in driving out product implementation
- Join a rapidly growing AI & Data team with the opportunity to take on both product and technical problems
If you’re right for this role, you
- Have 4+ years of Data Science or Machine Learning experience
- Have strong programming skills in Python (will be tested through interview process)
- Have sound judgment for solving issues pragmatically without adding technical debt
- Demonstrate skills in designing, building, and evaluating predictive models and AI algorithms. Deep understanding of the recent landscape of possible AI solutions.
- Have passion for understanding business stakeholders problems and solving them in innovative and efficient ways
- Being skilled with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure) for deploying cloud solutions and APIs.
- Bring proven expertise in computer vision and NLP to the common table (will be assessed in the interview process)
- Be comfortable in a fast paced, pragmatic work environment
- Have a strong understanding of core computer science principles, hone standard CI/CD practices
- Experience with e-commerce and/or live-selling platforms is a strong plus
- Work well in a remote, collaborative team environment; Have the ability to communicate your thought process in problem-solving, verbally and over Slack
- Have a mindset towards high-quality output and attention to detail, comfortable being able to provide and receive feedback in code reviews
- Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, be curious about new approaches and recent research
- Have strong desire to learn and stay updated with the latest in AI and machine learning. Persistent and resilient in the face of challenging technical problems
- Experience in Machine learning Ops is a plus for candidate
- Are a strong written and verbal communicator; English native speaker or Advanced English language skills
- Must be able to flex at least 4 working hours to overlap with North American time zones; Requirement to work until 3pm EST (US) to have team interaction with teams from the other time zones.
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by Ronald Barron | Mar 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Job Description
Title: Licensing & Commission Manager
(Remote)
Location: NH-Concord
Trustmark’s mission is to improve wellbeing – for everyone. It is a mission grounded in a belief in equality and born from our caring culture. It is a culture we can only realize by building trust. Trust established by ensuring associates feel respected, valued and heard. At Trustmark, you’ll work collaboratively to transform lives and help people, communities and businesses thrive. Flourish in a culture of diversity and inclusion where appreciation, mutual respect and trust are constants, not just for our customers but for ourselves. At Trustmark, we have a commitment to welcoming people, no matter their background, identity or experience, to a workplace where they feel safe being their whole, authentic selves. A workplace made up of diverse, empowered individuals that allows ideas to thrive and enables us to bring the best to our colleagues, clients and communities.
In this position, you will manage two key operational functions within the Voluntary Benefits Division which are agent licensing and agent commissions. The objective is to build more cross functional knowledge and resources within the team. Direct responsibility for managing workflow and SLA’s, to ensure processes and procedures are outlined and followed. Effectively monitor and review staffing needs and develop bench strength with an emphasis on performance management; improving employee abilities through coaching and feedback to ensure employee behavior patterns align with their goals and the goals of the organization.
*For candidates based in IL/WI (within travel distance), this will be a hybrid role and the ideal candidate will be required to work on-site at our office in Lake Forest, IL for 3 days. Fully remote candidates are also welcome to apply.*
Oversee Workflow and Process
- Responsible to identify, create and maintain overall workflow processes within the department.
- Develops standards, policies and procedures to support an exceptional customer experience and continually review and make recommendations for improvements as necessary.
- Ensures that all processes are fully documented, followed and updated regularly.
- Identify and prioritize system enhancements to increase staff effectiveness and to meet changing customer needs.
- Collaborates with IT and others as necessary in requirements, testing and implementation of new systems.
- Handles escalated customer resolution issues.
- Proactively addresses VB Agency service issues to fortify Trustmark’s service reputation in the VB market – active management of Agency related bridge team issues and root cause analysis investigations.
Talent Management and Development
- Responsible for the results of the department through performance metrics and standards implemented throughout the team.
- Creates and maintains a positive working environment built on open communication, collaboration and trust.
- Provides comprehensive and consistent timely performance feedback to direct reports and develops action plans for improvement as needed.
- Ensures effective ongoing training of team members including cross-functional responsibilities.
- Motivates team members and ensures an effective team recognition environment.
- Influence and support changes in organizational behavior.
- Lead efforts to facilitate team building; resolve conflicts between work groups; change in group norms, values and culture.
- Enforces team standards, policies and procedures to support an exceptional customer experience.
- Facilitates team efforts, helping to define project goals, timelines, resource requirements, and planning to cope with conflict or stressor points along the way.
- Helps to manage the work of temporary contractors when used.
Business Process and Change Management
- Assist with management of department budget and staffing model
- Oversees that processes are up-to-date and working within industry and company standards.
- Other Duties as Assigned
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- 3 years minimum direct management experience with proven results in providing coaching, mentoring and training to staff
- Demonstrated experience in the creation and emplacing metrics, reports, tools and workflow processes
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Interpersonal effectiveness with proven ability to establish and maintain mutually respectful relationships with peers, support staff, sales team, agents/brokers and customers; handle conflict, resolve complex issues, negotiate and promote team spirit
- Exceptional organizational skills, adept at handling multiple tasks simultaneously, committed to follow through and completing tasks in a timely manner
- Proven ability to effectively develop, coach and mentor staff
- Demonstrated problem solving skills to determine root cause and define corrective action
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Must be able to handle and meet the demands during seasonal 4th quarter period with limited time off
- Possesses a strong drive for results and takes initiative
- Is an independent thinker
- Has the ability to learn quickly and seeks out process improvements
Preferred
- Four-year college or technical degree; or equivalent work experience
- Voluntary/worksite or group product insurance experience
- Background in accounting or agent licensing and/or agent commission processing
- Use of consultative problem-solving skills
- Strong analytical skills
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