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.