Senior Decision Intelligence Specialist - Hybrid

Merck & Co.; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ, is seeking a Senior Specialist, Decision Intelligence to lead analytics, modeling, and optimization for DSCS Digital Technologies.

The role focuses on translating business problems into mathematical representations and building scalable analytics that integrate with data products. Responsibilities include probabilistic forecasting, stochastic optimization, and developing WebApps-enabled solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Research, Data Science, or comparable technical field.
• 3+ years in data science, operations research, data engineering or related technical role.
• Experience building and deploying advanced ML models; Databricks and MLOps preferred.
• Strong ability to translate complex requirements into technical roadmaps.
• Familiarity with Agentic AI tools and AI workflow integration.
• Proficient with GitHub version control; comfortable with AI-assisted development tools like Cline.
• Experience in VS Code or equivalent IDE; deploying apps or agents preferred.

Responsibilities

• Translate business problems into mathematical models for simulation and optimization.
• Build analytics that integrate with WebApps/Agents to streamline user interaction.
• Develop probabilistic forecasting and stochastic optimization techniques.
• Identify and track KPIs to show value of digital transformation.
• Design data foundations and pipelines; develop data products.
• Collaborate across teams to deploy AI-enabled decision processes.
• Develop reusable components to support decision intelligence across domains.
• Document processes, code, models, and architectures; train end users.

Skills

Python

Machine Learning

Data Science

SQL

Optimization

Decision Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Operations Research/Data Science

Tools

Databricks

Dataverse

GitHub

VS Code

Copilot Studio

Cline

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ, is seeking a Senior Specialist, Decision Intelligence to lead analytics, modeling, and optimization for DSCS Digital Technologies.

The role focuses on translating business problems into mathematical representations and building scalable analytics that integrate with data products. Responsibilities include probabilistic forecasting, stochastic optimization, and developing WebApps-enabled solutions.