Specialist, Data Analyst

Job Description

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 organisation 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.

ready portfolio and delivery insights through the orchestration of data pipelines, reporting solutions, and portfolio tooling. This role ensures that portfolio data is accessible, reliable, and integrated across systems to support leadership decision-making, governance processes, and value realization tracking. The analyst collaborates with portfolio leaders, delivery teams, and business stakeholders to translate data into actionable insights and maintain high standards of data quality across the demand-to-delivery lifecycle.

What will you do in this role

-Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines to integrate portfolio and delivery data across systems (e.g., TargetProcess, Jira, and related platforms).

- Build and maintain data flows supporting portfolio insight generation, reporting, and governance processes.

- Collaborate with portfolio leads, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver scalable reporting and analytics solutions.

- Develop and deliver dashboards and reports aligned with stakeholder needs using tools such as Power BI or equivalent.

- Ensure data quality through validation, reconciliation, and continuous monitoring of portfolio and delivery datasets.

- Enable end-to-end traceability across portfolio intent and delivery execution through integrated data models.

- Automate data pipelines, reporting workflows, and refresh cycles to improve efficiency and timeliness of insights delivery.

- Utilize orchestration, logging, and monitoring tools to ensure reliability and performance of data pipelines.

- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues related to data pipelines, reporting tools, and portfolio systems.

- Maintain documentation for data pipelines, reporting assets, and data models to support scalability and onboarding.

- Identify data anomalies, quality gaps, and reporting risks; partner with stakeholders to resolve issues.

- Continuously improve portfolio data capabilities through automation, reusable data patterns, and AI-assisted analytics practices.

- Work within a matrix organizational structure and support governance forums, QBRs, and leadership decision processes.

What should you have

Education:

- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or related field Experience:

- 3–6 years of experience in data analytics, reporting, data engineering, or portfolio/delivery data management roles

- Experience supporting cross-functional stakeholders with data, insights, or reporting

Technical Skills:

- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (advanced functions, pivot tables, Power Query)

- Working knowledge of SQL (joins, aggregations, filtering, data validation)

- Experience with BI and visualization tools (Power BI preferred; Tableau or equivalent acceptable)

- Familiarity with data pipeline and integration concepts (ETL/ELT, data orchestration, data flows)

- Experience working with portfolio or delivery tools (TargetProcess, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar)

- Exposure to automation tools (Power Automate, scripting, or similar workflow automation tools)

- Basic understanding of cloud data environments (Azure, AWS, or equivalent)

- Understanding of data quality management practices (data validation, reconciliation, consistency checks)

Professional Skills:

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail

- Ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights for decision-making

- Strong communication skills (verbal and written)

- Ability to work effectively in a matrixed, global environment - Proactive, continuous improvement mindset

- Product- and stakeholder-focused approach

Preferred:

- Experience supporting portfolio management, governance, or Quarterly Business Review processes

- Experience integrating data across multiple enterprise systems

- Familiarity with AI-assisted analytics tools or techniques

- Experience building executive-level dashboards and decision-support insights

-Working Knowledge of Aptio TargetProcess

Who we are:

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD 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:

Business Intelligence (BI), Database Administration, Data Engineering, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Information Management, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Designs

Preferred Skills:

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

06/30/2026

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