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Your role

Within MSD's commercial Insights, Analytics, and Data organization, they are transforming to better power decision-making across their end-to-end commercialization process, from business development to late lifecycle management. As they endeavor, they are seeking a dynamic talent to be a Founder and serve in the role of Analyst - Data Science.

This role involves working with partners in different Therapeutic areas (e.g. Oncology, Vaccines, Chronic Care, etc.) and Domain areas (Market Access, pricing, etc.) across the organization to help create scalable and production-grade analytics solutions, ranging from data visualization and reporting to advanced statistical and AI/ML models.

You will be working with a scrum team comprising of data scientists, business analysts, subject matter experts, data engineers, and business partners to deliver well-defined projects across therapeutic areas. This role is catered to a generalist and supports a wide range of possible tasks. These include descriptive statistics, supporting data visualization platforms, building out machine learning and advanced statistical models, which will sometimes be from scratch, and sometimes be from an existing prototype. This will involve understanding essential statistical and programming methods that ensure low-bias models and parameterizing and modularizing code to support future model scalability and efficiency.

Model development and deployment will occur in the cloud (AWS), and they’ll look for the appropriate knowledge and/or experience. You don’t have to be an expert in any of the potential areas of analytics but need to be able to demonstrate aptitude, willingness to execute, and an ability to problem solve independently. They will have resources that you can leverage as needed. This role will require interfacing with executive and business stakeholders, so strong communication skills are a must.

About you

Required

• Bachelor's degree with at least 0-2 years of industry experience (experience requirement can be waived off for exceptional candidates)

Preferred

• Advanced degree (MS, PhD) in a quantitative science or health field (e.g., computational biology, epidemiology, biostatistics, statistics, mathematics, physics, economics)

Required skills

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

Benefits

Because their people are their greatest asset, MSD empowers and supports them in their professional and personal lives by providing benefits including:

• Competitive base pay, short- and long-term incentives to support your life journey
• Vacation, holidays, & year-end shutdown
• Global recognition program
• Health, life, disability, & business travel insurance
• Global flexible work arrangements
• Fitness, health and meditation resources
• Coaching and mental health therapy sessions
• On-site cafeterias and play and relaxation areas

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Training & development

MSD emphasizes professional growth and collaboration, fostering a culture of inclusion and innovation. They support employees through resources and opportunities that enhance individual skills and encourage teamwork. By celebrating diversity and promoting a respectful, empowering environment, MSD aims to inspire employees and drive scientific excellence.

Career progression

Sherif Chalifa, a Business Analyst for Quality Systems at MSD, highlights the company's strong emphasis on career progression through a supportive and inclusive work environment. He experienced a seamless onboarding process and valued the team’s commitment to collaboration and personal growth. MSD's focus on employee development, continuous feedback, and a culture of teamwork creates a promising foundation for career advancement and personal fulfilment. Read more about his story here.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• jobs.msd.com/gb/en/compensation-benefits
• msd.com/company-overview/culture-and-values/
• jobs.msd.com/gb/en/blogarticle/embracing-growth-collaboration
• youtube.com