Job Description

Analytics Engineer

We are seeking a talented, motivated and self-driven professional to join our company Human Health transformation journey to become the premier \xe2\x80\x9cData First\xe2\x80\x9d commercial biopharma organization.

As a Analytics Engineer, you will be part of the HHDDA Commercial Data Solutions team, providing technical/data expertise development of analytical data solutions to enable data science & analytics use cases. In this role, you will create and maintain data assets/domains used in the commercial/marketing analytics space \xe2\x80\x93 to develop best-in-class data pipelines and products, working closely with data product owners to translate data requirements and user stories into development activities throughout all phases of design, planning, execution, testing, deployment and delivery.

Your specific responsibilities will include:

Design and implementation of last-mile data products using the most up-to-date technologies and software/data/DevOps engineering practices

Enable data science & analytics teams to drive data modeling and feature engineering activities aligned with business questions and utilizing datasets in an optimal way

Develop deep data domain expertise and business acumen to ensure that all specificifities and pitfalls of data sources are accounted for

Build data products based on automated data models, aligned with use case requirements, and advise data scientists, analysts and visualization developers on how to use these data models

Develop analytical data products for reusability, governance and compliance by design

Design and Implement semantic layer for analytics data solutions

Support data stewards and other engineers in maintaining data catalogs, data quality measures and governance frameworks

Education:

B.S., M.S. or PhD in Engineering, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Computer Science, Data Science, Business, or related field

Required experience:

5 \xe2\x80\x93 7 years of relevant work experience in the pharmaceutical/life sciences industry, with demonstrated hands-on experience in analyzing, modeling and extracting insights from commercial/marketing analytics datasets (specifically, real-world datasets)

High proficiency in SQL, Python and Cloud systems

Experience with Data quality management techniques

Experience creating / adopting data models to meet requirements from Data Science / Visualization stakeholders

Experience with data science/machine learning use cases, including feature engineering

Experience with cloud-based (AWS / GCP / Azure) data management platforms and typical storage/compute services (Snowflake, Redshift, etc.)

Experience with modern data stack tools such as dbt, Starburst, ThoughtSpot, Databricks and low-code tools (e.g. Dataiku)

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly establish productive working relationships with a variety of stakeholders

Experience in analytics use cases of pharmaceutical products and vaccines

Preferred experience:

Experience in analytics use cases focused on informing marketing strategies and commercial execution of pharmaceutical products and vaccines

Experience with Agile ways of working, leading or working as part of scrum teams

Certifications in AWS and/or modern data technologies

Knowledge of the commercial/marketing analytics data landscape and key data sources/vendors

Experience in building data models for data science and visualization/reporting products, in collaboration with data scientists, report developers and business stakeholders

Experience with data visualization technologies (e.g, PowerBI)

Our Human Health Division maintains a \xe2\x80\x9cpatient first, profits later\xe2\x80\x9d ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.

Who we are \xe2\x80\xa6

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world\'s most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for \xe2\x80\xa6

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us\xe2\x80\x94and start making your impact today

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another\xe2\x80\x99s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace

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Current Contingent Workers apply

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Employee Status: Regular

Relocation: Domestic

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Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

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Valid Driving License:

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Required Skills: Business Intelligence (BI), Database Design, Data Engineering, Data Modeling, Data Science, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Project Management, Software Development, Stakeholder Relationship Management

Preferred Skills: Accounting, Agile Systems, Business Operations, Business Transformation, Case Development, Communication, Creativity, Data Engineering, Data Modeling, Data Quality Assessments, Data Reporting, Data Science, Data Visualization, Development Design, DevOps, Digital Analytics, Marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Operations, Metrics Management, Sales, Software Development

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