Senior Data Scientist

Abbott Laboratories; Ireland; Remote; EUR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

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Job summary

A Abbott está recrutando um Senior Data Scientist para liderar o desenvolvimento de soluções de analytics, ML e IA para a área de Life Sciences na Irlanda. Você trabalhará na interseção entre negócio, tecnologia e dados, identificando oportunidades e entregando valor mensurável.

Você irá colaborar com equipes multifuncionais, estabelecer padrões, SOPs e processos escaláveis de gestão de dados, promovendo adoção de IA responsável e governança de modelos por toda a organização.

Qualifications

• Bacharelado em Ciência de Dados/Estatística/Matemática/CS/Engenharia/Analytics.
• Experiência comprovada em Data Science/ML/AI que gere resultados.
• Experiência prática com Databricks, AWS, Python e SQL.

Responsibilities

• Identificar oportunidades de analytics/IA alinhadas a objetivos de negócio.
• Desenhar, desenvolver e validar modelos de ML/AI em produção.
• Colaborar com líderes e SMEs para traduzir insights em ações de negócio.
• Garantir governança de dados e práticas de IA responsável com stakeholders.
• Manter estratégias de dados e melhorias contínuas com equipes de Data Engineering.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bacharelado em Ciência de Dados/Estatística/Matemática/CS/Engenharia/Analytics

Tools

Databricks

AWS

Python

SQL

Power BI/Tableau

Oracle

Job description

Descritivo de Cargo

About Abbott Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional's and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. Abbott in Ireland Abbott has maintained a strong presence in Ireland since 1946 and celebrates its 80th anniversary in the country in 2026. The company supports the Irish healthcare sector with a broad portfolio spanning diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. Today, Abbott employs more than 6,500 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo. Please note any offer of employment for this position isconditional upon the successful completionof a pre-employment medical examination, including drug and alcohol screening, conducted by a medical practitioner designated by the Company.

Abbott in Ireland

Abbott has maintained a strong presence in Ireland since 1946 and celebrates its 80th anniversary in the country in 2026. The company supports the Irish healthcare sector with a broad portfolio spanning diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. Today, Abbott employs more than 6,500 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.

Join Our Digital, Data & AI Team in Abbott Sligo

Shape the future of Life Sciences through Data, Digital Innovation, and Artificial Intelligence. We're growing our Digital, Data & AI team in Sligo and are seeking talented professionals who combine strong technical expertise with a deep understanding of the Life Sciences industry. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, data, and emerging technologies. You'll play a key role in driving digital transformation initiatives that enhance operational excellence, improve decision-making, accelerate innovation, and deliver meaningful business outcomes. We're particularly interested in candidates who bring experience from pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, or other regulated Life Sciences environments and are passionate about leveraging data and AI to solve complex challenges.

Purpose of the Role

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will lead the development and implementation of advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven solutions that deliver measurable business value across Abbott Diabetes Care. Working at the intersection of business, technology, and data, you will partner with stakeholders to identify opportunities, solve complex business challenges, and drive data-informed decision making. You will play a key role in shaping advanced analytics strategies while delivering innovative solutions that improve operational performance and business outcomes. This is a unique opportunity to shape and build foundational data capabilities from the ground up. The successful candidate will establish and embed standard work, create and maintain SOPs, and develop scalable end-to-end processes that support consistent, high-quality data management across the organisation. Through these efforts, you will play a key role in enabling Abbott's Data, AI & Analytics strategy, driving the adoption of advanced analytics, AI, self-service reporting, and business intelligence solutions. Flexibility in working hours is required to support collaboration across global teams and business priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Analytics & AI Strategy: Identify, prioritise, and deliver advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI initiatives aligned to strategic business objectives. Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities where analytics and AI can deliver measurable business value. Define analytical approaches and success metrics that align with business outcomes. Influence decision-making through actionable insights, predictive analytics, and evidence-based recommendations. Support development of Abbott ADC AI and advanced analytics roadmap.
• Data Science & Advanced Analytics: Design, develop, deploy, and optimise machine learning models, predictive algorithms, and advanced analytical solutions. Apply statistical techniques, forecasting, optimisation, simulation, and machine learning methods to solve complex business problems. Develop scalable analytical approaches using structured and unstructured data. Validate analytical models to ensure accuracy, robustness, explainability, and business relevance. Support industrialisation and operationalisation of analytical solutions in partnership with Data Engineering teams.
• Business Partnership & Value Realisation: Collaborate with business leaders and SMEs to understand challenges, opportunities, and priorities. Translate complex analytical findings into clear business recommendations and actions. Present insights, risks, opportunities, and value realization outcomes to stakeholders at multiple levels. Challenge assumptions and facilitate data-driven decision-making. Define and measure business impact resulting from analytics and AI initiatives.
• Responsible AI & Governance: Promote responsible, ethical, and compliant use of analytics and AI technologies. Ensure analytical solutions align with Abbott's governance, quality, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements. Partner with Data Governance and Data Product teams to establish trusted analytical data foundations. Support model governance, monitoring, and lifecycle management practices. Communicate model assumptions, limitations, and risks transparently.
• Innovation, Data Literacy & Continuous Improvement: Stay current with emerging developments in AI, Generative AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics. Evaluate new tools, technologies, and methodologies that can improve business outcomes. Share knowledge and mentor team members on analytical best practices. Help build organisational data literacy by promoting understanding and adoption of analytics and AI capabilities. Champion innovation and continuous improvement across Abbott's Data, AI & Analytics ecosystem.

Education & Experience

Essential Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics, or a related discipline. Proven experience delivering Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, and Advanced Analytics solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. Strong hands‑on experience with Databricks, AWS, Python, SQL, and modern cloud-based analytics platforms. Expertise in statistical modelling, predictive analytics, model lifecycle management, and deploying AI/ML solutions into production. Strong understanding of Data Governance, Data Quality, Model Governance, and Responsible AI frameworks. Experience working within regulated Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Biotechnology, or Healthcare environments, with knowledge of GxP, CSV, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, ALCOA+, and Quality Management Systems. Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and executive communication skills.

Preferred Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field. Experience with Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG architectures, intelligent automation, and emerging AI technologies. Experience working with operational, manufacturing, supply chain, or healthcare datasets. Expertise in data visualisation and storytelling using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or AWS QuickSight. Familiarity with Oracle enterprise data environments and large-scale cloud data ecosystems.

Key Technologies

• AWS
• Databricks
• Python
• SQL
• Oracle
• Power BI
• Tableau
• AI/ML Platforms
• Data Governance Tools

What we Offer

Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as

• Family health insurance
• Excellent pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Career Development
• Growing business plus access to many more benefits.

The base pay for this position is N/A. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Equal Opportunities

Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.

Location and Working Conditions

Localidade Ireland > Sligo : Castle Street. Localidades Adicionais: Non-applicable. Turno de Trabalho Ie - Dl39S9 (Irlanda). Viagem Yes, 10 % of the Time. Vigilância médica Yes. Atividades de trabalho significativas Not Applicable.

Flexibility in working hours is required to support collaboration across global teams and business priorities.

Company Culture

A Abbott significa o poder da saúde. Por mais de 125 anos, a Abbott tem ajudado as pessoas a alcançar seu potencial — porque uma saúde melhor permite que indivíduos e comunidades vivam melhor. Com uma rede global e diversificada, que serve clientes em mais de 160 países, criamos novas soluções — em todo o espectro da saúde, em todo o mundo, para todas as fases da vida. Seja através da próxima geração de equipamentos de diagnóstico, dispositivos médicos para estilos de vida em transformação, nutrição baseada em ciência, ou novas reformulações, estamos desenvolvendo tecnologias mais inovadoras e revolucionárias na área da saúde para que indivíduos vivam melhor e com mais saúde. Os colaboradores da Abbott vêm trabalhar todos os dias com energia, entusiasmo e comprometimento com o intuito de promover a saúde e o bem-estar de milhões de pessoas. Eles superam os limites para ajudar a gerenciar e tratar alguns dos maiores desafios de saúde da vida. Convidamos você a explorar as oportunidades na Abbott, a ver se seus talentos e aspirações de carreira podem se encaixar com as nossas vagas. A Abbott é uma empresa que oferece oportunidades iguais e acolhe e incentiva a diversidade em nossa força de trabalho.