Job Description
Job DescriptionLead Analytics EngineerWe are seeking a talented, motivated and self-driven professional to join the HH Digital, Data & Analytics (HHDDA) organization and play an active role in Human Health transformation journey to become the premier “Data First” commercial biopharma organization.As a Lead Analytics Engineer, you will be part of the HHDDA Commercial Data Solutions team, providing technical/data expertise development of analytical data products 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 – to develop best-in-class data pipelines and products, working closely with data product owners to translate data product 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 practicesEnable data science & analytics teams to drive data modeling and feature engineering activities aligned with business questions and utilizing datasets in an optimal wayDevelop deep domain expertise and business acumen to ensure that all specificalities and pitfalls of data sources are accounted forBuild 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 modelsDevelop analytical data products for reusability, governance and compliance by designAlign with organization strategy and implement semantic layer for analytics data productsSupport data stewards and other engineers in maintaining data catalogs, data quality measures and governance frameworksEducation:B.Tech / B.S., M.Tech / M.S. or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Data Science, Business, or related fieldRequired experience: 8+ 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 AWSExperience creating / adopting data models to meet requirements from Marketing, Data Science, Visualization stakeholdersExperience with including feature engineeringExperience with cloud-based (AWS / GCP / Azure) data management platforms and typical storage/compute services (Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, etc.)Experience with modern data stack tools such as Matillion, Starburst, ThoughtSpot 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 stakeholdersExperience in analytics use cases of pharmaceutical products and vaccinesExperience in market analytics and related use casesPreferred experience:Experience in analytics use cases focused on informing marketing strategies and commercial execution of pharmaceutical products and vaccinesExperience with Agile ways of working, leading or working as part of scrum teamsCertifications in AWS and/or modern data technologiesKnowledge of the commercial/marketing analytics data landscape and key data sources/vendorsExperience in building data models for data science and visualization/reporting products, in collaboration with data scientists, report developers and business stakeholdersExperience with data visualization technologies (e.g, PowerBI)Current Employees apply HERECurrent Contingent Workers apply HERESearch Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. 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