SUMMARY:
The Data Scientist will lead projects and collaborate with business partners including commercial insights teams, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, data teams, external vendor partners, service owners and IS partners to develop analytical models and insights across the PR Operations Organization to answer/solve specific business problems. This role will lead advanced analytics projects from the front and will be responsible for end to end execution. This role will innovate and create significant business impact through the strategic use of advanced analytics techniques.

FUNCTIONS:

1. Leading, using and developing data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. capabilities across Amgen's commercial organization.
2. Leading the projects and be part of cross functional teams on projects and/or programs with aims to systematically derive insights that ultimately derive substantial business value for Amgen.
3. Taking the initiative and work independently with minimal supervision.
4. Identifying business needs, doing SWOT analysis, proposing potential analytical approaches for solutions, obtain approvals and the execute the work end to end.
5. Building high-performance algorithms, prototypes, predictive models and proof of concepts using Python.
6. Working with SQL and other DB query languages.
7. Leading, collaborating and communicating cross-functionally with stakeholders to develop appropriate methodology to answer specific business questions.
8. Presenting analysis ideas, progress and results to business partners in clear and impactful manner.
9. Creating powerful stories in PowerPoint. Well versed in MS Office suite specifically Excel and PowerPoint.
10. Assuring compliance with regulatory, security, and privacy requirements as it relates to data assets.

EDUCATION:

• Doctorate or Masters + 2 years of data science, business, statistics, data mining, applied mathematics, business analytics, engineering, computer science or related field experience.
• Bachelors + 4 years of data science, business, statistics, data mining, applied mathematics, business analytics, engineering, computer science or related field experience.
• Associates + 8 years of data science, business, statistics, data mining, applied mathematics, business analytics, engineering, computer science or related field experience.
• High school/GED + 10 years of data science, business, statistics, data mining, applied mathematics, business analytics, engineering, computer science or related field experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Software Engineering or BA Data Science/Analytics
• Proficiency in Python, R, SQL, Power BI, Databricks, or similar analytics and visualization platforms.
• Familiarity with enterprise data platforms, data warehousing concepts, data modeling, and data integration solutions (e.g., EDW, Databricks, SAP, MES, or equivalent platforms).
• Exposure to Industry 4.0 technologies (IoT, digital twins, real-time analytics).

SKILLS:

• Degree in Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Physics, Statistics, or Operations Research.
• Experience leading the projects and in executions of the projects end to end.
• Experience with databases including relational, SQL, and Graph.
• Programming experience with Python, R, or SAS and experience with ML libraries like scikitlearn, MLib, Keras, TensorFlow, Pytorch, etc.
• Write well-abstracted and reusable code in Python, R, or Scala; you freely navigate in Linux environment.
• Detail-oriented 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.
• Excellent communication skills to communicate analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner.
• Experience working with large datasets, experience working with distributed computing tools (Spark, Hive, etc.).
• Passion for learning and staying on top of current developments in advanced analytics.
• Biotech / Pharma experience

WORK METHODOLOGY:

• Full on site job in Juncos, PR
• Full time job
• Expected project duration: 11 months for the first contract with a high possibility of extension based on performance and budget.
• Administrative Shift- 8 hours (weekends and overtime may also be required).
• Expected hiring date:  July 2026