Data Scientist - Healthcare Equity Research

Data Scientist - Healthcare Research

Location: London (Hybrid: Office & Remote)

Compensation: Competitive performance-based bonus

About Us

We are a specialist healthcare equity research boutique, providing independent equity research to the world's largest institutional investors. Our focus spans the global healthcare and CDMO sectors, where we leverage deep domain expertise and data-driven insights to generate differentiated, value-creating trading ideas. We are a small, highly focused team with decades of experience, a growing reputation and significant room for growth.

The Role

We are seeking a data scientist to join our research team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on uncovering new datasets, finding trends and using advanced analytics to generate insights that support high-quality equity research.

You will work closely with senior analysts to integrate data into our investment ideas and help drive the discovery of new narratives in healthcare equity markets. You will be given significant autonomy and intellectual freedom.

Responsibilities

• Identify and source new datasets relevant to healthcare and CDMO sectors
• Analyse and interpret existing data from sources such as Symphony (TRx/NRx), Visible Alpha, Bloomberg, EvaluatePharma, company filings, FDA/EMA databases and clinicaltrialsdotgov
• Develop tools to scrape, clean and automate data workflows
• Apply coding, statistical methods and AI techniques (including machine learning) to identify patterns and actionable insights
• Support the equity research process by generating data-driven narratives that enhance investment ideas
• Collaborate with the research team while operating independently and proactively

Requirements

• Strong coding and data manipulation skills (Python, R, SQL, or similar)
• Experience with data scraping, automation and workflow optimisation
• Ability to effectively leverage AI tools in data analysis
• Analytical mindset with a passion for identifying trends and narratives in complex datasets
• Independent, self-motivated and comfortable working in a small, fast-paced team environment
• Would be an advantage to have familiarity with financial/healthcare datasets (e.g. Bloomberg, EvaluatePharma, Symphony)

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation with performance-based bonus
• 25 days annual holiday (plus bank holidays) and 1 additional day per year of service (up to 30 days)
• Hybrid working model (London office remote flexibility)
• Opportunity to work in a respected and growing boutique with direct impact on investment outcomes
• Room for professional growth and development alongside highly experienced sector specialists