Senior Biomedical Scientific Data Quality Expert

Senior Biomedical Scientific Data Quality Expert

You will independently drive detailed scientific content quality and validation activities for life-sciences information products. Your focus will be interpreting biomedical and chemical information, analyzing outputs from very large scientific datasets, and assessing the accuracy, consistency, completeness, and relevance of content. You will help define quality standards, identify root causes, and provide evidence-based recommendations to product, data, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the scope and approach for scientific content quality and validation projects.
• Design representative, edge-case, and challenge test sets with traceable expected outputs.
• Conduct manual and automated scientific evaluations of Agentic AI outputs.
• Analyze outputs from very large scientific datasets and identify systematic error patterns.
• Translate evaluation findings into clear, documented recommendations for cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Advanced degree or equivalent experience in pharmacoinformatics, pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, bioinformatics, medicinal chemistry, or a related discipline.

• Strong knowledge of scientific data-quality standards and methods for evaluating Agentic AI outputs.

• Experience with large scientific databases, taxonomies, and ontologies.

• Strong analytical, documentation, and attention-to-detail skills.

• Sound technical understanding of agentic AI systems, APIs, GitHub, or comparable tools.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Work style and benefits

• Work in a way that works for you

• We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

• Working for you

• We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Comprehensive Health Insurance: Covers you, your immediate family, and parents.

• Enhanced Health Insurance Options: Competitive rates negotiated by the company.

• Group Life Insurance: Ensuring financial security for your loved ones.

• Group Accident Insurance: Extra protection for accidental death and permanent disablement.

• Flexible Working Arrangement: Achieve a harmonious work-life balance.

• Employee Assistance Program: Access support for personal and work-related challenges.

• Medical Screening: Your well-being is a top priority.

• Modern Family

Benefits

• Maternity, paternity, and adoption support.

• Long-Service Awards: Recognizing dedication and commitment.

• New Baby Gift: Celebrating the joy of parenthood.

• Subsidized Meals in Chennai: Enjoy delicious meals at discounted rates.

• Various Paid Time Off: Take time off with Casual Leave, Sick Leave, Privilege Leave, Compassionate Leave, Special Sick Leave, and Gazetted Public Holidays.

• Free Transport pick up and drop from the home -office - home (applies in Chennai)

• About the Business

• A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

• We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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• Elsevier is a global leader in advanced information and decision support for science and healthcare. We believe that by working together with the communities we serve, we can shape human progress to go further, happen faster, and benefit all.

• We support continuous discovery and uphold the highest standards of content integrity, reliability, and reproducibility so the communities we serve can advance their field of science, healthcare or innovation with confidence. By combining high-quality content with powerful analytics, we transform complexity into clarity and deliver mission-critical insights that help professionals make better decisions when it matters most.

• We deliver insights that help research institutions, governments, and funders achieve their goals. We help researchers discover and share knowledge, collaborate, and accelerate innovation. We help librarians provide verified, quality information to universities. We help innovators turn knowledge into new products. We help health professionals improve patient care and educators train the next generation of doctors and nurses. Connecting quality content and innovative technologies, we make progress go further and happen faster. And by championing inclusion and sustainability, we ensure progress benefits all.

• With 9,500 employees, over 2,300 technologists in 5 major tech hubs, and more than 60 locations across the globe, we are committed to supporting the scientific and healthcare communities around the world. We offer a diverse range of opportunities across technology, commercial, business, and early career jobs. If you are looking for a career that inspires progress in science, innovation and health, and allows you to grow every day, find your team at Elsevier.

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