Senior Data Scientist

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Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Senior Data Scientist

What you will do

We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join the Forecasting team, within the AI & Data organization. This role will develop advanced statistical, Bayesian, causal, and machine learning models that improve forecasting capabilities and quantify uncertainty to guide strategic decision-making across the company.

This senior member of the team will work cross-functionally to build forecasting solutions that support critical business processes and help Amgen deliver on its “every patient, every time” mandate. The role is particularly well suited to a creative problem solver who is excited about utlizing state-of-the-art forecasting methods, complex high-dimensional data sources, and modern analytical tooling to build decision-support solutions that inform multi-horizon planning and business decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop advanced statistical, Bayesian, and machine learning models to forecast demand across multiple horizons, including near-, medium-, and long-term planning horizons.

• Work with large, complex datasets, leveraging state-of-the-art techniques in statistical modeling, causal inference, and analytics to generate insights that support strategic decision-making across the business.

• Develop simulation and scenario-analysis capabilities to better understand the complex dynamics among patients, payers, providers, and market conditions.

• Execute across the end-to-end modeling lifecycle, including scoping, prototyping, data analysis, feature engineering, model development, deployment and, monitoring as well as explainability.

• Collaborate with cross functional teams in Commercial, Operation, Finance and Technology to ensure forecasts are well integrated into critical business workflows.

• Research and evaluate emerging tools and methodologies in forecasting, data science and AI for potential application to business probelms.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree OR

• Master’s degree and 2 years of applying data science in enterprise environments experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of applying data science in enterprise environments experience OR

• Associate’s degree and 8 years of applying data science in enterprise environments experience OR 

• High school diploma / GED and 10 years of applying data science in enterprise environments experience 

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience applying data science in enterprise environments with demonstrated track record of delivering business value.

• Expertise in time-series forecasts, probabilistic programming, Bayesian and predictive modeling.

• Strong understanding of Python, SQL and tools such as scikit-learn, PyMC, Pytorch, Tensorflow and other data science libraries.

• Strong analytical and statistical intuition, with ability to generate novel insights from messy, complex datasets using techniques such as latent variable modeling, high dimensional clustering, and causal inference.

• Strong communication and story-telling skills, with demonstrated ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively cross functionally.

• An intellectually curious self-starter who can take ambiguous problems and build solutions from the ground up.

• Experience building and developing forecasting models for biotech/pharma use cases with knowledge of healthcare commercial concepts such as payer/provider dynamics, formulary access, and coverage.

• Experience leveraging machine learning, statistical modeling, and decision science methods in retail, consumer goods, supply chain or manufacturing applications

What You Can Expect Of Us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way. 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. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of 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 that may include:

• A 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 field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan

• Stock-based long-term incentives

• Award-winning time-off plans

• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

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