Sr. Spclst, Data Business Analyst

MSD Malaysia; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Hyderabad seeks a Senior Specialist, Data Business Analyst to bridge business needs with IT solutions. You will define data standards and ontologies, translate laboratory and quality requirements, and drive end-to-end requirements with strong stakeholder alignment.

You will lead architecture considerations for data integration across platforms like Biovia LES, LIMS, and Empower, while assessing data-strategy risks and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Business Analysis or Data Science within a laboratory, scientific, or pharmaceutical environment.
• Strong understanding of FAIR data principles, ontologies, and data contextualization.
• Familiarity with lab informatics and integration platforms (e.g., Scitara DLX, Empower, BIOVIA, Labware LIMS, LabX, CISPro, MODA-EM, SoftMaxPro).
• Exceptional ability to define and manage business processes, requirements lifecycles, and cross-functional traceability.
• Strong analytical, communication, and risk-assessment capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to bridge the gap between laboratory operations and IT solutions.
• Translate laboratory, quality, and operational needs into clearly defined, testable, and traceable requirements.
• Own end-to-end requirements lifecycle management, business process definition, and ensure traceability to delivered system functionality.
• Lead cross-platform data-flow architectures and ensure integration with key platforms (Biovia, Empower, LIMS, LabX).
• Independently conduct data-strategy risk assessments and communicate findings to project leadership.

Skills

Business Analysis

Data Science

FAIR Data

Lab Informatics

Stakeholder Management

SDLC

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Scitara DLX

Empower

BIOVIA

Labware LIMS

LabX

CISPro

MODA-EM

SoftMaxPro

Job description

Job Description Sr. Spclst, Data Business 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 organization 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.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic Data Scientist / Business Analyst to join the HTC team. In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to collaborate in developing robust data standards and ontologies while serving as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams. You will play a critical role in translating laboratory, quality, and operational needs into clearly defined, testable, and traceable requirements, ensuring our data ecosystems are connected, contextualized, and compliant.

Key Responsibilities

Business Analysis & Stakeholder Alignment

Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to bridge the gap between laboratory operations and IT solutions. Translate laboratory, quality, and operational needs into clearly defined, testable, and traceable requirements. Own end-to-end requirements lifecycle management, business process definition, and ensure strict traceability between intended business outcomes and delivered system functionality. Ensure integration solutions align with business objectives, regulatory expectations, and end-user workflows.

Data Strategy, Ontologies, & Contextualization

Develop and document data-standardization strategies, ontology utilization guidelines, and application-governance practices for LIMS and LES data objects to enable harmonized, FAIR-aligned data management. Support and orchestrate the alignment of chromatographic ASM structures between Research and Manufacturing divisions to ensure consistent standards, terminology, and execution logic across domains.

Systems Architecture & Integration

Lead the design and facilitation of cross-platform data-flow architectures spanning environments such as Biovia LES, CISPro, MODA-EM, Empower, and enterprise data lakes. Ensure seamless integration delivery through platforms including Scitara DLX, Empower, BIOVIA, MODA-EM, SoftMaxPro, Labware LIMS, and LabX.

Risk Management & Governance

Independently conduct data-strategy risk assessments. Clearly communicate assessment findings to project leadership, ensuring proactive visibility into system, workflow, and interoperability risks.

Qualifications & Skills

• Proven experience in Business Analysis or Data Science within a laboratory, scientific, or pharmaceutical environment.
• Strong understanding of FAIR data principles, ontologies, and data contextualization.
• Familiarity with lab informatics and integration platforms (e.g., Scitara DLX, Empower, BIOVIA, Labware LIMS, LabX, CISPro, MODA-EM, SoftMaxPro).
• Exceptional ability to define and manage business processes, requirements lifecycles, and cross-functional traceability.
• Strong analytical, communication, and risk-assessment capabilities.

Education & Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (preferred fields: Engineering, Life Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline).

5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in regulated environments (pharmaceutical, life sciences, or manufacturing preferred).

Demonstrated experience working within SDLC and validation frameworks (GxP, cGMP).

Strong understanding of lab operations, quality systems, or laboratory informatics.

Excellent written, verbal, and facilitation skills.

Ability to work independently and influence across organizational boundaries.

Preferred Experience

Experience supporting lab systems (Empower, BIOVIA, MODA-EM, LabwareLIMS, Scitara DLX).

Certified PMI-PBA or IIBA-CBAP or CCBA.

Familiarity with change control processes (e.g. Veeva) and digital SDLC (e.g. Kneat).

Experience with digital workflows, data integrity, and compliance-driven implementations.

Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, and requirements traceability tools (e.g., Xray).

Who we are

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

Required Skills

• Asset Management
• Benefits Management
• Business Processes
• Business Process Management (BPM)
• Business Process Modeling
• Business Requirements Analysis
• Computer Science
• Data Integrity
• Data Strategies
• Laboratory Informatics
• Management System Development
• Product Management
• Project Leadership
• Requirements Management
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Strategic Planning
• System Designs
• Systems Architecture
• Working Independently

Preferred Skills

Secondary Language(s)

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Employee Details

Employee Status: Regular

Relocation: Domestic

VISA Sponsorship: No

Travel Requirements: No

Travel Required: No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid

Shift: Not Indicated

Valid Driving License: No

Hazardous Material(s): n/a

Job Posting End Date: 08/31/2026

*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date. Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where we have codified our legacy for over a century.