Data Science Director - Thousand Oaks, United States - Amgen

Amgen

Verified Company

Thousand Oaks, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

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.

Data Science Director

Live:

What you will do
Let's do this. Let's change the world. In this vital role you will report to the Program Lead. We are at the hinge moment of time where biotechnology and artificial intelligence technology meet.

The program is part of the Technology & Workforce Strategy and will serve as a transformative program for Amgen to develop an innovation and technology center.

The scope of work includes assisting the global functions through their workforce strategy journey.

You will be responsible for developing and implementing novel data driven analytics to support innovation.

With these analytics capabilities you will make robust inferences to transform our business, ensure critical financial and workforce analysis impacting the lives of our patients.

In this role, the Data Science Director will assist in a wide range of activities such as developing automation, curating and visualizing complex datasets, developing & recommending novel machine learning tools.

The Data Scientist Director will collaborate with other data scientists, business SMEs, and IT professionals to develop workflows and infrastructure to enable development of a baselining and long range financial planning tools, business cases and value capture modeling, and connecting the gamut of cross functional and finance data for ongoing transformation.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

Lead the data and analytics team for development of the financial business cases
Independent and team development/implementation of analytics workflows to manipulate large and complex databases from diverse sources, including real world data
Lead a team to create striking visualizations to aid in data interpretation
Constantly iterate with the business on analysis and analytical product design to ensure all necessary features and data are robust
Partner with IT and Data Engineers to ensure that the models are robust, functional, and relevant to business needs
Provide thought leadership, guidance and advice to shape the future of modeling data for this program
Mentor other Digital/Data Science staff and consultants through the program
Ability to go into the Thousand Oaks, CA office on a regular basis

Win:

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

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 4 years of Data Science experience

Or:

Master's degree and 7 years of Data Science experience

Or:

Bachelor's degree and 9 years of Data Science experience

Qualifications:

Proficiency in Python and SQL coding
Experience processing, filtering, cleaning, and standardizing large datasets.
Ability to restructure, pivot, and reform data based on current needs
Experience with Python data libraries such as Numpy and Pandas.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
Experience working in an Agile teams to produce complex Digital Products
Experience with data visualization tools such as Matplotlib, and Spotfire.

Preferred Traits:

Passion for data exploration & visualization, and building narratives to drive datadriven business transformation
Intellectual curiosity, with ability to learn new concepts, and methods
Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in parallel
Track record of delivering high quality work in an organized, and prompt fashion
Experience working in highly collaborative crossfunctional environments

Thrive:

What you can expect of us

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

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.

Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising 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 including:

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 fie