Data Governance Innovation Analyst

MSD; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Hyderabad is seeking a Data Governance Innovation Analyst to design and implement Automation and AI systems that support data governance, enablement, and stewardship across our global portfolio.

You will develop production-grade code, integrate LLM-based agents with enterprise data platforms, and apply modern software engineering practices while ensuring compliance with governance and privacy standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, software eng, data science, or equivalent.
• Strong hands-on software engineering experience delivering production systems.
• Experience developing LLM-powered or AI-driven apps with orchestration and tool integration.
• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or Java.
• Experience with APIs, microservices, and cloud-based architectures.
• Familiarity with data management, metadata, governance, or knowledge systems.
• Ability to turn ambiguous problems into working systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Automation and AI systems for data governance and stewardship.
• Develop production-quality code for automation, AI agents, services, and infrastructure.
• Build agents to execute multi-step workflows and interact with data and knowledge systems.
• Integrate LLM-based agents with data platforms, catalogs, and APIs.
• Apply software engineering best practices: modular design, version control, testing, CI/CD.

Skills

Software engineering

LLM/AI development

Programming languages

APIs & microservices

Cloud architectures

Data governance

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software Eng

Job description

• 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. Join a team that is passionate about using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making and create custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Job Description

Data Governance Innovation Analyst

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. Join a team that is passionate about using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making and create custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Role Overview

• Design and implement Automation and Agentic AI systems to support data governance, enablement and stewardship activities. This individual will be responsible for designing the solution using approved architecture patterns, developing orchestration logic, tool use, and memory strategies. This will include developing last mile automation and AI capabilities to enable around data access management and automation
• Develop production‑quality code for basic automation, AI agents, services, and supporting infrastructure.
• Build agents capable of
  • Executing multi‑step workflows
  • Interacting with enterprise data, metadata, and knowledge systems
  • Reasoning over policies, standards, and governance rules
  • Escalating decisions or exceptions appropriately
• Integrate LLM‑based agents with existing data platforms, governance tools, catalogs, document repositories, and APIs.
• Apply modern software engineering best practices including modular design, version control, testing automation, observability, and CI/CD pipelines.

Deployment, Operations & Scaling

• Package and deploy AI solutions into development, test, and production environments.
• Monitor agent behavior, performance, and outputs to ensure reliability, traceability, and policy compliance.
• Diagnose and remediate failures, hallucinations, workflow breaks, or data quality dependencies.
• Refactor prototypes into scalable, maintainable production services.
• Support the expansion of successful agents from team‑level solutions to company‑wide platforms.

Data Governance & Responsible AI Engineering

• Engineer guardrails to enforce data governance, privacy, security, and Responsible AI principles.
• Implement logging, auditing, explainability, and versioning for AI agents and prompts.
• Ensure solutions comply with regulatory, security, and internal governance requirements.
• Collaborate with governance and legal partners to operationalize Responsible AI controls in code and architecture.

Enablement & Knowledge Management

• Develop agents that improve knowledge capture, classification, retrieval, and reuse.
• Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and runbooks for AI solutions.
• Enable other teams to adopt, extend, or integrate AI agents through reusable patterns and components.

What Should You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong hands‑on software engineering experience, with demonstrated delivery of production systems.
• Experience developing LLM‑powered or AI‑driven applications, including orchestration, prompt engineering, and tool integration.
• Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, TypeScript, Java).
• Experience working with APIs, microservices, and cloud‑based architectures.
• Familiarity with data management, metadata, data quality, governance, or knowledge systems.
• Ability to move from ambiguous problem statements to implemented, running systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience building Agentic AI architectures using frameworks such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or similar.
• Experience with enterprise data catalogs, governance platforms, or knowledge management systems.
• Cloud deployment experience (e.g., Azure, AWS, or GCP), including security and identity integration.
• Experience operationalizing AI monitoring, cost control, reliability, and model lifecycle management.
• Background in Responsible AI, compliance engineering, or AI risk mitigation.

Primary Skills

• AI & Software Engineering Excellence
• Agentic Workflow & Systems Design
• Production‑Grade Development & Operations
• Data Governance & Policy‑Aware Engineering
• Iterative Delivery & Quick‑Win Execution
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration

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Required Skills

• Data Management
• Governance Management
• Privacy Compliance
• Quality Management
• Technical Advice
• Waterfall Model

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.

Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

VISA Sponsorship

Travel Requirements

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Shift

Valid Driving License

Hazardous Material(s)

Job Posting End Date

08/18/2026

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Requisition ID R402090