Merck · 14 hours ago
Data Steward & Data Engineer
USA - New Jersey - Rahway
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$117K/yr - $184K/yr
10+ years expMerck is a global healthcare company dedicated to improving health and well-being. They are seeking a Data Steward & Data Engineer to work cross-functionally to maximize the value of the Operations Data Layer, focusing on data management, governance, and reporting responsibilities.
BiotechnologyHealthcarePharmaceuticalHealth CareMedical
No H1B
Responsibilities
Elaborate Requirements, Data Validation, UAT and work with IT to build data views for use by all downstream applications like Dashboards, mobile applications, EDI data support, Days of Supply and Analytics dashboards
Provide requirements to IT for building backend objects that are required for business analysts and pricing team
Work with the team-lead on building and maintaining the self-service operations data layer that acts as a central repository for all Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence needs
Support dashboards in self-service mode - Planning / Development & Production Enhancement Requirements / User training / Co-ordination to align with business priorities
Perform UAT, Provide feedback to IT for seamless migration of dashboards from On Premise to Cloud
Develop Ad hoc business reports for Sales, Marketing, Finance and other teams through Spotfire, PowerBI
Work with data management team lead to implement data governance standards and to build business / technical lineage with Collibra
Define Business Terms / Acronyms / Processes / various dashboards. Link above business assets for traceability / lineage and make them available for business consumption
Monitor data quality report and work proactively with IT on data issues as part of daily reconciliation process
Check the accuracy of the master and operational data which impacts dashboard reporting
Work with the strategic account managers and maintain the customer list for various corporate accounts
Maintain Standard pricing across all species at multiple Units of Measure and load all Special pricing programs across species by UIN from PROS
Manage the sales quota to support the Sales Rep Incentive programs
Develop PL/SQL Stored Procedures and Functions for automating the loading and validation of all Master data entities in the centralized Master Data Repository
Develop and execute automated scripts to provide data and context to incoming field requests from Salesforce system
Be accountable for Master data updates and enhancements especially with data shared with external partners like Proagrica and Celeritas
Provide accurate Roster data from MDR for Customer Link+ Portal and update changes from Portal in MDR
Develop Data feeds from Animal Health Data Platform in Databricks to Informatica Customer MDM in collaboration with IT
Provide UAT support when the MDR goes through upgrade or other design changes as proposed by IT
Build Database views for master data and sales reporting via internal applications and data visualization tools
Create and automate SQL scripts for providing reports/ data to internal (Sales, Marketing, Finance, Audit)/external partners for Margin/Rebate calculation and Pricing Portal for Distribution
Develop scripts for generating Gross to Net files for SAP upon Pricing updates
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree Required in Computer Science or Engineering
10 years of relevant work experience
Experience working with databases such as Databricks, AWS Redshift, Oracle and with tools and applications such as SQL Loader, Toad, SQL Workbench for AWS Redshift, SQL Developer for Oracle
Ability to use IDMC to integrate data across source systems
Ability to build Spotfire and Power BI Dashboards
Experience in Animal Health industry including business knowledge of EDI / AHN processes
Sales / Marketing tasks and good understanding of Sales data elements is a plus
Ability to work independently and within a team and direct the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems
Excellent communication, relationship and leadership skills are required
Proficiency in using Programming Languages such as SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle DDL, Unix Shell Scripts Knowledge of Oracle Databases and Proficient in Data Modeling tools like Erwin
Exposure to Windows, Linux, and Unix Operating Systems
Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills balanced with a creative mindset
Ability to facilitate continuous improvement efforts collaboratively with team and peers
Self-starter and be able to handle multiple tasks and priorities
Provide relevant inputs on solution requirements and solution recommendations
Manage the implementation of new enhancements Prioritize tasks and activities for provisioning data via Dashboards or other backend data views
Assist other team members to develop reports and dashboards and to assist the business and Serve as a subject matter expert
Remain current on new features and functionality of PowerBI and Spotfire product lines and provide recommendations for process improvements. Evaluate those capabilities for their business benefit
Provide support to other team members to troubleshoot and resolve data related issues
Provide end user support for handling data accuracy and quality related questions and for escalating technical issues to appropriate IT support individuals and team
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
Paid holidays
Vacation
Compassionate and sick days
Company
Merck
Merck is a biopharmaceutical company that offers medicines and vaccines for various diseases.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.59MKey Investors
Private Capital Advisors"Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance"
2018-11-25Post Ipo Equity· $0.59M
2016-01-21Series Unknown· $5M
1980-12-19IPO
Leadership Team
Betty Larson
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Dean Li
Executive Vice President and President, Merck Research Laboratories
Recent News
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