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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. Join us.

Principal Data Scientist

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will be a part of the Center for Design and Analysis Data Science team, and collaborate with business partners, service owners and IS peers to develop predictive and prescriptive models and generate insights across the Clinical Development Organization.

This position will work alongside our data science engineering team to deliver solutions that surface insights from structured and unstructured data sources. This position will innovate and create significant business impact through the use of advanced analytics techniques to help Amgen with its mission to serve patients by helping them get the therapies they need.

This role will help drive the development of data science capabilities across Amgen’s Clinical Development organization through:

• Collaboration with cross functional teams on projects and/or programs with aims to systematically derive insights that ultimately derive substantial business value for Amgen and our patients
• Experience with unstructured data sources
• Ability to be both hands-on and also lead cross-functional teams to complete projects
• Building high-performance algorithms, prototypes, predictive models and proof of concepts using R or Python
• Identifying business needs and proposing potential analytics approaches for solutions
• Creating prototypes and demonstrations to access and apply data assets
• Presenting analysis ideas, progress and results to leadership and business partners
• Ensuring systems meet business requirements and industry best practices
• Assuring compliance with regulatory, security, and privacy requirements as it relates to data assets

Win

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The data scientist professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree and 2 years in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or related field OR
• Master’s degree and 6 years of applied data science and/or data science functional leadership experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of applied data science and/or data science functional leadership experience OR
• Associate’s degree and 10 years of applied data science and/or data science functional leadership experience OR
• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of applied data science and/or data science functional leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 or more years of experience with variety of data analysis and modeling methods particularly in their application to knowledge management, with demonstrated mastery in the application of natural language processing (NLP) and natural language generation (NLG)
• Experience with technologies and analytics, applying knowledge graphs or other graph data sources
• Proficient in Python and/or R
• Strong statistics and programming background, with established experience delivering on data science and machine learning projects
• Familiarity and background with biotechnology processes and regulatory requirements
• Familiarity with DevOps and good software practices (i.e. version control, continuous integration, test driven development)
• Strong communication skills and experience with client engagement: candidates will have outstanding experience engaging directly with clients (scientific/biological experience is preferred) in developing data science/machine learning or other software solutions

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act
• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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