PTA Data Scientist

Advanced Analytics And Data Sciences

How would you like a career where you get to use your best analytical skills to make a
substantial difference in the well-being of people across the globe? Bring YOUR skills and
talents to Lilly and our Advanced Analytics and Data Sciences organization where you’ll
have the opportunity to make an impact on the lives of patients.

As an innovation driven company, we work to discover and bring life-changing medicines

to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give
back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism.

Our Advanced Analytical and Data Sciences organization is growing to support the entire
Lilly enterprise, from Discovery to Development to Manufacturing and Commercialization
of our medicines. To solve the complex problems of a global business and the ever-evolving
data and analytics landscape, the organization generally requires advanced degrees in
statistics, mathematics, econometrics, operations research and computer science. We are
playing a leading role in transforming the way the company discovers and develops new
treatments, identifies personalized treatment regimens, drives efficiency in our operations
and optimizes our commercialization of new products. We are doing this with an emphasis
in the areas of machine learning and artificial intelligence, natural language processing and
other approaches to unstructured data, advanced mathematical and predictive modeling,
visual analytics and more. Whether you are intrigued by the research and development of
new medicines or optimizing our commercialization/business, or driving efficiency into
our operations, we have a position for you. You will be encouraged to identify important
business problems and to further your own research interests in these areas including
presentations and publications at professional meetings. Come join us on our amazing
journey to make life better!

Key responsibilities include:

• Partner with key business partners and work within team to identify, scope, and
execute predictive analytic efforts that leverage data to answer business questions,
solve business needs, and add business value
• Work on challenging problems across the Pharmaceutical value change such as
Discovery Research, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, Clinical Trials.
• Maintain a broad understanding of the pharmaceutical industry (from discovery to
commercialization) and be fully engaged with teams, bringing an objective voice to
the table, and facilitating decisions grounded in data
 • Collaborate with other analytics team members to review and provide feedback on
the analytics work being done, and be willing to seek feedback from other team
members about your own work
• Stay current with respect to new analytical methods in the area of predictive
analytics, to maintain proficiency in applying new and varied methods, and to be
competent in justifying methods selected
• Agility and flexibility to work with very diverse problems and business partners
• Ability to work with diverse data sources and data types

Basic Qualifications:
• Masters in Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Data Sciences,
Engineering, or quantitative related field
• Deep and broad knowledge of Data Science methods and tools including model
building principles, machine learning, and best practices.
o Forecasting, ARIMA, Exp smoothing
o Time series DNN, Neural net familiarity
o Random Forests, Unsupervised/Supervised learning
• 5+ years of experience working as a Data Scientist in industry
Additional Information:
• Strong in R and SQL, Python is a good to have
• Strong communication skills
• Make the impossible possible in your quest to make life better.
• Bring Analytics to life by giving it zeal and making it applicable to our business.
• Know, learn, and keep up-to-date on the analytical, computational and scientific
advances to maximize your impact.
• Bring an insatiable desire to learn, to innovate, and to challenge yourself for the
benefit of patients.

Lilly is a global health care leader that unites caring with discovery to make life better for
people around the world. For more than a century, we have stayed true to a core set of
values—excellence, integrity, and respect for people—that guide us in all we do:
discovering medicines that meet real needs, improving the understanding and
management of disease, and giving back to communities. We also are committed to
investing in our employees and supporting a culture of well-being —through competitive
pay, comprehensive employee benefit programs, and training and development resources.

We’re doing extraordinary things. Join us and you could be, too!