Data Scientist I – Commercialization

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The Data Scientist I position is a foundational role within the analytics team. This role involves supporting data-driven decision-making by developing AI-powered solutions, building scalable data pipelines, and applying machine learning techniques to address real-world business challenges. The Data Scientist I collaborates with cross-functional teams, contributes to the design and maintenance of data infrastructure, and assists in preparing clear reports and visualizations to communicate technical insights to stakeholders. The position requires a strong grounding in programming, data analysis, and cloud technologies, and encourages continuous learning and innovation to enhance business outcomes. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Assist in the analysis and interpretation of structured and unstructured data to support business decisions and operational improvements.
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to understand business requirements and contribute to the design, develop and maintenance of basic data pipelines, models, and dashboards.
• Support the development and enhancement of data infrastructure and analytical tools/product development under guidance from senior data scientists and LT teams.
• Prepare and present clear, concise reports and visualizations to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Follow technical best practices in coding, documentation, and version control to ensure reproducibility and scalability of analytics solutions.
• Participate in Agile development cycles, contributing to design documentation, testing, and iterative improvements.

Skills and Competencies

• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and python UI libraries like Dash/Streamlit.
• Familiarity with data analytics and machine learning libraries (e.g., pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow).
• Experience with data visualization tools and frameworks (e.g., Matplotlib, Tableau, Power BI).
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform) and developer tools (e.g., Git, Docker).
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively to team members and stakeholders.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to evolving project requirements.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Experience

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related analytical discipline.
• Internship or project experience in software engineering, data science, or analytics (e.g., AI-powered chatbot development, predictive modeling, data pipeline automation).
• Exposure to real-world data challenges through academic projects, internships, or hackathons.
• Experience working with large datasets and applying data preprocessing, feature extraction, and model training techniques.
• Participation in open-source contributions is a plus.

Good to Have

• Experience with frameworks such as React, , Flask, FastAPI, or LangChain.
• Familiarity with MLOps concepts and tools (e.g., MLflow).
• Exposure to cloud-based data solutions and scalable backend design.
• Knowledge of digital analytics platforms and version control systems (e.g., GitHub).
• Experience with GenAI frameworks like OpenAI, Claude, etc.
• Strong interest in continuous learning and professional development.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn't perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as "Transforming patients' lives through science ", every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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