Data Scientist

Amgen•Deerfield, IL

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Data Science, Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering & completion of a university-level course, research project, internship, thesis, or one year of experience in the following:
Python Programming Language including Pandas, Scikit Learn, Spark, Tensorflow, and MatplotLib libraries
Data wrangling and manipulating with SQL
Core data science concepts and machine learning models including, Bias Variance tradeoff, Simple vs complex models, Ensemble techniques, Deep learning, Supvervised and unsupervised
Natural Language Processng (NLP) and Generative AI
Source code control including Git
Cloud environments including AWS, GCP, and Azure

Responsibilities

Perform high quality data analyses supporting business partners including commercial insights and analytics, brand teams, sales operations, external vendor partners, service owners, and IS partners to create solutions and insights to solve challenging business problems across multiple therapeutic areas and commercial functions
Apply technical expertise to manipulate large messy datasets, write high-quality code, and adapt complicated machine learning models to the problems at-hand
Move models from development to production and have a good sense for tracking and updating model performance
Distill complicated technical work to understandable and actionable outputs with the knowledge of data science
Fuel innovation and create initiatives by bringing to bear an understanding of biopharmaceutical, healthcare, and technology ecosystems
Transform business, medical, or scientific questions into analytical ones and map out solutions, delivery, and impact
Employ data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence capabilities across Amgen’s commercial organization with reliable performance, interpretability, and actionability
Develop or lead development of high-performance algorithms, prototypes, predictive models, and proof of concepts using a cutting-edge technical stack

Benefits

stock
retirement
medical
life and disability insurance
eligibility for an annual bonus or for sales roles, other incentive compensation
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