MSD Analyst - Data Science 

India, Maharashtra 

294912604

Job Description

Analyst - Data Science (Vaccines)

This role involves working with our partners in Vaccines and Domain areas (Patient Analytics, HCP Analytics, Campaign Measurement) across the organization to help create scalable and production-grade analytics solutions, ranging from performance analytics to advanced statistical and AI/ML models.

We are seeking candidates with prior hands-on experience in Data Science (building end-to-end ML models), experience in the US commercial healthcare analytics or consulting sectors with good understanding of real-world and patient-level data (PLD) is a plus (not mandatory). You will be part of a dynamic team that collaborates with our partners across our Vaccines portfolio. Furthermore, effective communication skills are crucial, as this role requires interfacing with executive and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Understand the business requirements and support the manager to translate those to analytical problem statements.

Implement the solution steps through SQL/Python, appropriate ML techniques without rigorous handholding.

Follow technical requirements (datasets business rules, technical architecture) and industry best practices in every task.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement solutions that meet business requirements.

Present the findings to US DS stakeholders in a clear and concise manner and address feedback.

Adopt a continuous learning mindset, both technical and functional.

Develop deep expertise in Vaccines therapeutic area, with clear focus on commercial aspects.

Who you are:

· You understand the foundations of statistics and machine learning and can work in high performance computing/cloud environments, with experience/knowledge in aspects across statistical analysis, machine learning, model development, data engineering, data visualization, and data interpretation

· You are self-motivated, and have demonstrated abilities to think independently as a data scientist

· You structure your data science approach according to the necessary task, while appropriately applying the correct level of model complexity to the problem at hand

· You have an agile mindset of continuous learning and will focus on integrating enterprise value into team culture

· You are kind, collaborative, and capable of seeking and giving candid feedback that effectively contributes to a more seamless day-to-day execution of tasks

Minimum Qualifications:

· Bachelors degree with 1-3 years’ experience in solving Data Science problems hands-on

· Strong Python/R and SQL skills

· Strong foundations of statistics and machine learning

Preferred Qualifications:

· Advanced degree (MS, PhD) in a quantitative science (e.g., Statistics/Mathematics/Computer Science/Data Science/Machine Learning/AI)

· Prior experience with Healthcare consulting firms/Pharmaceutical organizations in US Healthcare domain.

Good to have but not mandatory:

· Familiarity with Real-World and Patient-Level data (e.g., claims, electronic health records) and data from common healthcare data vendors (IQVIA, Optum, Komodo, etc.)

· Experience in Patient Level Data analytics (e.g., creating Patient Cohorts, knowledge of Lines of Therapy, Persistency, Compliance, etc.)

Current Contingent Workers apply

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