Specialist, Data Acquisition Enablement Analyst [HGCT #006934]

Job Description

Specialist, Data Acquisition Enablement Analyst
 

The Opportunity

•Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
•Be part of an organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
•Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview:
The Specialist within the CD&AO Data Acquisition and Enablement team will be responsible for supporting data ingestion planning across various therapeutic areas (oncology, vaccines, chronic care, etc) and across the internal teams within data domains. The incumbent will work on ingestion activities related to the bringing in of new data assets and will report into the Data Acquisition Enablement Leader. This role will provide support in all areas of the data ingestion lifecycle – from idea to implementation – and will be accountable for ensuring key milestones, objectives, and timelines are thought out, communicated, and met.

Key responsibilities include and are not limited to the following:
•Supports all major platforms and markets and responsible for Data Enablement Plan.
•Work closely with Data Enablement Lead, Data Strategy & Governance, Engineering Team, and Data Domain Owners, as well as other stakeholders to ensure the enablement plan is defined, managed, and communicated.
•Working in the data launch playbook, ensure each key objective is met and all documentation, requirements, etc. are properly captured, stored, and shared.
•To understand the Data Platform landscape and offer guidance and expertise on ingestion processes for those platforms.
•Create and maintain Data Product in Discovery.
•Ensure a proper hand-off of information once the project has completed.
The Specialist is expected to help facilitate communication between multiple business areas and project leads. Strong communication skills are required for frequent engagement with DHH partners, CD&AO team, business application owners, and outside vendors. This position is also responsible for leading the development of and maintaining business related documentation such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), business cases, and project status logs/updates.

Qualifications:
Education: Required – BA/BS in Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, IT or other related fields.

Required experience:
•Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Pharmaceutical data, commercial operations, IT operations, or sales and marketing support area.
•Ability to work in a fast-paced, detail-oriented, team environment
•Possess good organization capabilities and exceptional communication skills
•Flexible to change in process timing and deliverables
•Technical working knowledge related to database application development (developer or business owner)
•Proficient in SQL, experience with relational databases (MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Redshift or Databricks), solid analytical skills.

Preferred experience:
•Experience with data lake and/or Data Management
•Experience with Agile Methodology
•Vendor management experience
•Experience with PowerBI

Who we are :

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for:

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Required Skills:

Biopharmaceutics, Business Administration, Corporate Productions, Data Ingestion, Data Management, Data Modeling, Detail-Oriented, Fast-Paced Environments, Immunotherapy, IT Operation, Oncology, Oracle Database, Quality Management, Relational Database, Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Hybrid

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Job Posting End Date:

05/12/2026

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