CD&A Data Scientist

Career Category

Job Description

Join Amgens Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen if you feel like youre part of something bigger its because you are. Our shared missionto serve patients living with serious illnessesdrives all that we do.

Since 1980 weve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the worlds toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas Oncology Inflammation General Medicine and Rare Disease we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer heart disease inflammatory conditions rare diseases and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team youll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative innovative and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them youll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Data Scientist (CD&A)

What you will do

Lets do this. Lets change the this vital role as part of the Decision Sciences team in Commercial Data & Analytics the Associate Data Scientist will collaborate with business partners including commercial insights and analytics brand teams sales operations data teams external vendor partners media agencies service owners and IS partners to create solutions and insights to solve challenging business problems across multiple therapeutic areas and commercial functions. This individual will apply their deep technical expertise to manipulate large messy datasets write high-quality code and adapt complicated machine learning models to the problems at-hand.

In addition to strategic knowledge of advanced analytics and data science this individual is a strong storyteller and will distill complicated technical work to understandable and actionable outputs.

Specific roles and responsibilities could include:

• Using and developing data science machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities across Amgens commercial organization.

• Transforming business medical or scientific questions into analytical ones and mapping out solutions delivery and impact.

• Identifying business needs and proposing potential analytical approaches for solutions.

• Building high-performance algorithms prototypes predictive models and proof of concepts using Python or R with reliable performance interpretability and action-ability.

• Effectively communicating cross-functionally with stakeholders to develop appropriate methodology to answer specific business questions.

• Helping further build the team including by contributing ideas and standard methodologies and keeping abreast of developments in industry and academia.

• Communicating effectively and influencing a diverse set of technical scientific medical and business constituents at the functional and executive levels.

• Creating powerful stories in PowerPoint with knowledge of MS Office Suite (Excel and PowerPoint).

• Assuring compliance with regulatory security and privacy requirements as it relates to data assets.

What we expect of you

We are all different yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic professional we seek is someone with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Masters degree OR

• Bachelors degree and 2 years of experience in a quantitative field OR

• Associates degree and 6 years of experience in a quantitative field OR

• High school diploma / GED and 8 years of experience in a quantitative field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in designing evaluating and applying a variety of supervised and unsupervised machine learning models to drive business value

• Strong programming skills in Python SQL and/or R

• Experience with data science and machine learning-related libraries in Python (Pandas scikit-learn TensorFlow NumPy PyTorch MLib etc)

• Highly motivated with eagerness to learn and adapt to new subjects

• Technical aptitude with strong logical problem-solving and decision-making skills

• Excellent organization/planning skills and talent for managing many large and complex datasets

• Ability to collaborate and influence business partners and other IS resources to drive analytic projects end-to-end

• Ability to communicate analysis in a clear precise and impactful manner

• Familiarity with the modern data stack: distributed computing tools (Spark Hive etc.) cloud computing environments and source code control technologies (e.g. Git)

• Passion for learning and staying on top of current developments in data science

• Biotech / Pharma industry experience

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture well support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to relevant skills experience and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan based on eligibility comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals work/life balance and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions group medical dental and vision coverage life and disability insurance and flexible spending accounts

• A discretionary annual bonus program or for field sales representatives a sales-based incentive plan

• Stock-based long-term incentives

• Award-winning time-off plans

• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

In any materials you submit you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age date of birth or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse ethical committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Salary Range