Analyst - Data Scientist at AstraZeneca

Bengaluru, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

21 Mar, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Python, SQL, Snowflake, AWS, Redshift, Spark, Airflow, ETL/ELT, Data Modeling, CI/CD, Data Quality, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Cloud Architecture, Governance, DevOps

Industry

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Description

Job Title: Analyst - Data Scientist Grade : C3 Shift: 2 pm to 11 pm IST Role: Individual contributor role. Location: Manyata Tech Park, Bangalore. Introduction to role: Are you ready to dive into the world of commercial analytics and make a real impact? As a Data Scientist, you'll partner with cross-functional teams to tackle business challenges head-on using data-driven solutions. Your mission will be to build, develop, and deploy advanced AI and machine learning models. You will use diverse healthcare datasets to uncover actionable insights and optimize business processes. Accountabilities: Platform & Pipeline Ownership: Design, build, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines across Snowflake, Redshift, S3, and AWS services; implement workflow orchestration with Apache Airflow and similar tools; manage environments for reliability, observability, and cost efficiency. Data Integration & Quality: Ingest and harmonize internal and external data, including EHR, administrative claims, and laboratory data (e.g., IQVIA, Komodo, Symphony, Prognos); implement data profiling, quality checks, reconciliation, and lineage to ensure accuracy and timeliness. Data Modeling & Performance: Engineer curated data models and feature-ready datasets and marts; optimize SQL and storage strategies; enable performant data services that power analytics dashboards and ML scoring. Automation & DevOps: Apply scheduling, monitoring, alerting, and process improvements. Use Git-based CI/CD methods. Build reusable components and frameworks that coordinate and prioritize data descriptions to streamline transformations and business rules at scale. Architecture, Security & Governance: Contribute to cloud architecture decisions, data cataloging, access controls, and governance standards; promote best practices for scalability, security, and compliance in healthcare/biopharma contexts. BAU & Support: Provide operational support for data solutions, manage tickets and incident response, and drive continuous improvement across pipelines and platform processes. Essential Skills/Experience: - Education & Experience: BS/MS in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Economics) and at least 4+ years of relevant data engineering/analytics engineering experience. - Core Technologies: Proficiency with Python and SQL; hands-on experience with Snowflake, AWS (e.g., S3, Lambda), Amazon Redshift, Apache Spark, and Apache Airflow. Familiarity with MongoDB, Oracle, Teradata, and/or SQL Server. - Data Engineering Skills: Strong track record building ETL/ELT pipelines, integrating diverse sources, orchestrating workflows, and implementing data quality, lineage, and governance; proven performance tuning and scalability practices. - Analytics & DS Fundamentals: Ability to translate business logic into technical requirements and analytical datasets; experience supporting feature engineering and model operations; proficiency in data manipulation, cleansing, and interpretation; ability to analyze results and present findings. - Communication & Collaboration: Clear written and verbal communication to convey complex methods and outcomes to technical and non-technical stakeholders; comfortable working cross-functionally and in cross-cultural environments. - Operational Excellence: Experience with support/maintenance projects, ticket handling, and change management; experience with Git and CI/CD workflows. Desirable Skills/Experience: - Model Enablement: Partner with Commercial Data Science and Advanced Analytics teams to translate business logic into technical requirements; prepare analytical datasets and features; optimize queries and data flows for model training, scoring, and monitoring. - Applied Analytics: Conduct analyses using HCP and de-identified patient-level healthcare data to generate disease insights, lead generation, targeting, segmentation, and field alerts; maintain scalable analytical assets for recurring use cases. - Methods & Tools: Contribute to predictive modeling workflows (e.g., regression, classification, clustering, time series); support development and optimization of ML tools that improve patient finding and HCP identification; build dashboards and reports in Tableau, Power BI, Qlik, or Databricks/Dataiku notebooks. - Collaboration: Work with Commercial partners and the internal AI community to identify value-driving opportunities and share best practices; support ad hoc analyses and production operations as needed. - Big Data & Distributed Computing: Knowledge of Hive, Spark, Scala, HDFS; designing solutions for large-scale distributed environments. - APIs & Integration: Experience with HTTP requests/responses and RESTful services for data ingestion and application integration. - Visualization & BI: Experience with Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, and Excel-based reporting. - Domain & Tools: Working knowledge of Salesforce/Veeva CRM, data governance practices, and data mining algorithms; consulting, healthcare, or biopharma experience; hands-on work with EHR, claims, and lab data ecosystems. - ML Enablement: Experience operationalizing ML pipelines (training, scoring, monitoring) and optimizing data flows for model performance in Databricks or Dataiku. When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world. At AstraZeneca's Alexion division for Rare Diseases, you'll find an environment where innovation thrives! Our commitment to patients drives us forward every day. Here you'll be part of a team that values diversity of thought as much as diversity of people. We believe in empowering our employees through tailored development programs that align personal growth with our mission. With a rapidly expanding portfolio in a dynamic biotech atmosphere combined with the resources of a global biopharma leader—your career here is more than just a path—it's a journey towards making a difference where it truly counts. Ready to make an impact? Apply now! Date Posted 21-Mar-2026 Closing Date 14-Apr-2026 Alexion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where every single person can belong because of their uniqueness. The Company will not make decisions about employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment based on race, color, religion, creed or lack thereof, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), parental status (including adoption or surrogacy), military status, protected veteran status, disability, medical condition, gender identity or expression, genetic information, mental illness or other characteristics protected by law. Alexion provides reasonable accommodations to meet the needs of candidates and employees. To begin an interactive dialogue with Alexion regarding an accommodation, please contact accommodations@Alexion.com. Alexion participates in E-Verify. For over three decades, patients and their caregivers have been at the center of everything we do. Every day, we are inspired to follow the science and think differently to create better outcomes for them and their families. Our mission is driven by understanding who they are as unique individuals, not solely defined by their diseases. We’re a leading rare disease company with a diversified projects. Our pioneering legacy in rare diseases is rooted in being the first to translate the complex biology of the complement system into transformative medicines over the past three decades. Today, we continue to push the boundaries of science and deepen our understanding of rare diseases with patient-centricity at the core. This knowledge allows us to innovate and evolve into new areas where needs are unmet and provide an opportunity to help people fully live their best lives.

Responsibilities

The role involves designing, building, and maintaining robust ETL/ELT pipelines across various cloud services and orchestrating workflows, while also ingesting and harmonizing diverse healthcare datasets like EHR and administrative claims.