Senior Data Scientist

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. Join us.

**Senior Data Scientist**

**What you will do**

_Let’s do this. Let’s change the world._

Amgen is expanding its global Data Science capabilities, with Amgen India (AIN) playing a key role in integrated delivery and functional leadership. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will independently lead complex analytical initiatives, designing and deploying advanced modeling, forecasting, and AI solutions that enable data-driven decision making across Clinical Development. This role combines deep technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement to deliver high-quality, scalable analytics, influence strategic decisions, and help develop the capabilities of the broader Data Science team.

**Responsibilities**

**• Lead the design, development and validation of advanced models for clinical trial planning and operations.**

**• Integrate and assess multi-source clinical and operational data; define analysis-ready data and quality checks.**

**• Select fit-for-purpose statistical, forecasting, ML or AI methods and evaluate alternatives, uncertainty and limitations.**

**• Develop robust code, reusable components and analytical pipelines using Python, R, SQL and approved cloud platforms.**

**• Translate results into practical scenarios, recommendations and decision support for study and portfolio teams.**

**• Guide Data Scientists and coordinate delivery with clinical, statistics, programming, digital and data-platform partners.**

**Accountabilities**

**• Own complex analytical workstreams and deliver agreed scope, quality and timelines.**

**• Ensure methods, code, validation, documentation and communication meet reproducibility, compliance and governance expectations.**

**• Improve reusable modelling capabilities, standards and ways of working across the Data Science team.**

**• Identify and mitigate data, model, adoption and delivery risks; escalate material issues with clear options.**

**End-User Experience**

**• Co-design analytical products with CfDA, GBS, GDO and clinical stakeholders around priority decisions and user needs.**

**• Lead user testing, adoption feedback and iterative improvement of models and technology-enabled products.**

**• Build trusted stakeholder relationships and communicate trade-offs, assumptions and limitations early.**

**Metrics**

**• Timely delivery and adoption of validated analyses, models and documentation.**

**• Quality, reproducibility, reuse and maintainability of analytical solutions.**

**• Evidence that insights improve operational decisions and build team capability.**

This position is currently located at Amgen India (Hyderabad).

**Win**

**What we expect of you**

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a strategic Data Science leader with a passion for tech-enabled transformation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 2 years of related experience, OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of related experience.

Preferred Skills:

**• Advanced degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Life Sciences or another quantitative field.**

**• Three or more years in clinical research, pharma, predictive analytics or a related applied setting.**

**• Advanced capability in Python and/or R plus SQL, reproducible workflows, version control, testing and cloud analytics.**

**• End-to-end experience developing, validating and operationalizing statistical, forecasting, ML or AI solutions.**

**• Experience leading analytical workstreams and coaching peers or junior colleagues.**

**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 develop within 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