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About Amgen
Amgen is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers innovative human therapeutics, with products addressing conditions such as anemia, bone loss, inflammation, and cancer. Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
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CD&A Data Scientist, Obesity - Senior Associate serves as a hands-on analytics role within the Commercial Data & Analytics team to support commercial strategy, performance measurement, and decision-making for the obesity portfolio. The individual will develop and maintain analytical solutions for forecasting inputs, patient and market segmentation, and performance analytics. Key responsibilities include applying statistical modeling and machine learning techniques to complex datasets, performing exploratory data analysis, and creating visualizations. The role requires technical proficiency in SQL, Python or R, and tools such as Tableau or Spotfire within cloud-based environments like Databricks, Azure, or AWS. This position focuses on translating complex analytical outputs into actionable business insights for marketing and leadership teams while ensuring adherence to data governance standards within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector to solve critical commercial business questions.
Develop and maintain data science solutions for forecasting, market segmentation, and performance analytics.
Apply statistical modeling and machine learning techniques to large, complex commercial datasets.
Perform exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and model validation.
Write and optimize SQL queries to extract and transform data from enterprise sources.
Create dashboards and visualizations using tools like Tableau or Spotfire.
Translate business questions from marketing and leadership into actionable analytical approaches.
Communicate complex technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Ensure all analytics adhere to data governance, compliance, and documentation standards.
What we're looking for
A Master's degree, or a Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience, or an Associate's degree and 6 years of experience, or a high school diploma and 8 years of experience.
Proficiency in Python and/or R (preferred).
Strong experience with SQL and relational databases (preferred).
Experience with Tableau, Spotfire, or similar visualization tools (preferred).
Familiarity with cloud analytics platforms such as Databricks, Azure, or AWS (preferred).
Understanding of statistical modeling and machine-learning concepts (preferred).
Ability to synthesize complex analyses into clear, business-focused insights (preferred).
Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or commercial analytics (preferred).
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