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Job Description

Pursuant to Section 20 C.F.R. 656.10, you are hereby notified that an application for Alien Employment Certification will be filed by Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. for the following job opportunity:

JOB LOCATION: Lexington, MA

POSITION: Data Science Engineer

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. is seeking a Data Science Engineer with the following duties: Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines to collect, process, and store large volumes of structured and unstructured data from various sources (e.g., sales, marketing, patient data, healthcare providers, etc.); Ensure seamless data integration between internal systems (CRM, ERP, financial systems) and external healthcare/pharma datasets (IQVIA, Symphony, Veeva, etc.); Automate data ingestion and transformation processes using ETL/ELT tools; Define data engineering techniques and best practices for data transformation, data integrity, test design, validation, and documentation; Integrate commercial data (sales, claims, prescription, payer data) with internal data sources (MDM, marketing campaigns, sales force activities, etc.) for better business insights; Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and business intelligence teams to understand data requirements and translate them into scalable data solutions; Regularly review and improve data processing efficiency, addressing bottlenecks in data pipelines and ensuring system reliability; Developing chatbots and virtual assistants (e.g., using GPT-4 or AWS Bedrock) to support field sales teams, HCP interactions, or customer service, automating responses to frequently asked questions, or personalizing HCP engagement. Up to 50% remote work allowed.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s in a Computer Science, Information Systems, or data related field plus 5 years of related experience. Prior experience must include: Work as Data Engineer Consultant for major U.S. Healthcare industries for 5 years; Lead a data team in migrating commercial healthcare data across multiple countries from Salesforce to Veeva application for a major U.S. biotech company; Design data pipelines using Unix Shell scripts, Oracle PL/SQL to help a major U.S. biotech company launch their new product and implement a new REMS module in TrackWise, as required by FDA; Implement the Reltio MDM process across multiple countries for a major U.S. healthcare company, enhancing data management efficiency and ensuring uniformity, accuracy, and improved data quality.

Full time. $153,000 - $228,000 per year. Competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualified applicants can apply at https://jobs.takeda.com. Please reference job # R0149630. EOE

Any individual may provide documentary evidence bearing on this application, with information on available workers and information on wages and working conditions, to the Certifying Officer, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-5311, Washington, DC 20210.

LocationsLexington, MA

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time