Specialist, Data Analyst [HCGT 007975]

Job Description Job Description: Responsible for understanding data and descriptive analysis, performing relevant activities across all project phases (including source data ingest, data modeling and preparation, and data wrangling directly in reporting tools). Explores and wrangles data to define necessary data processing rules to support insights needs. Builds analyses/reports that support business goals based on understanding of the customer/stakeholder's business needs/ priorities and helps to build analyses that support business goals. Use of AI to help with data analysis and model creation and use of AI in Power BI as well. Key Responsibilities: Mines and analyzes data from disparate databases/sources to drive optimization and improvement. Develop and maintain Power BI reports and apps Understands the complexity/dependencies between multiple teams, platforms (people, technologies). Communicates intensively with other platform/competencies to understand new trends and methodologies being implemented/considered within the company ecosystem. Appreciates the customer/stakeholder's business needs/priorities and helps to build analyses that support our business goals. Establishes and manages the close relationship with customers/stakeholders. Accountable for ensuring delivery analyses with high-quality standards, timeliness, compliance, and excellent user experience. Contributes to innovative experiments, specifically to idea generation, idea incubation, and/or experimentation, identifying tangible and measurable criteria. Conducts profiling, standardization, and harmonization to collect business rules. Queries data to identify patterns and/or anomalies. Support testing efforts. Manage business testing and validation of insights. What should you have Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream. 3+ years of developing data pipelines, Data analysis, Data Modelling, Power BI data infrastructure. Demonstrated expertise in delivering large-scale information management technology solutions encompassing data integration and self-service analytics enablement. Working knowledge of Power Apps, Power Automate and SharePoint Experienced in software/data engineering practices (including versioning, release management, deployment of datasets, agile & related software tools). Working knowledge of at least one large-scale data processing technology (e.g., High-performance computing, distributed computing), databases, and underlying technology (cloud or on-prem environments, containerization, distributed storage & databases) Strong working knowledge of Power BI Knowledge in Cloud (Good to have) Data access in cloud and some basic knowledge Good interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written). Proven record of delivering high-quality results. Product and customer-centric approach. Innovative thinking, experimental mindset. Additional location(s) Compensation Information: Required Skills: Business Analysis, Business Analysis, Business Decisions, Business Informatics, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Needs, Cloud Computing, Conceptual Thinking, Customer Centricity, Customer Engagement, Customer-Focused, Customer Validation, Data Access, Data Analysis, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Visualization, Ideation, Insight Generation, Measurement Analysis, Relationship Management, Reporting Tools, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Standards Compliance {+ 1 more} Preferred Skills: Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE Secondary Language(s) Job Description: #MSDHYDIT Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. Employee Status: Regular Relocation: VISA Sponsorship: Travel Requirements: Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid Shift: Valid Driving License: Hazardous Material(s): Job Posting End Date: 10/19/2026 *A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.