QRA Data Scientist
Alcon
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job description Summary of Position: Alcon is looking to hire Data Scientist for QRA team. The role provides support to Alcon’s matrix organization through business process analysis, applying advanced analytics methods to support strategic objectives. The role ensures activities conducted for Alcon comply with all regulations, guidelines, directives, and standards established by the relevant regulatory agencies. Key Responsibilities: Apply advanced analytics techniques and scientific principles to extract valuable information from data for business decision-making, strategic planning and other uses. Analyze incongruous data to gain insights for potential opportunities in the areas of AI injection, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. Collaborate with Quality and Regulatory Affairs Management to develop a robust program to track internal processes and support continuous improvement by identifying process/data gaps, redundancies, and inaccuracies and managing development of high value/innovative changes using Six Sigma/Agile. Review and monitor data across functional areas to ensure consistency and application of data standards and data quality. Develop and implement governance procedures and support documentation for Digital Quality and Regulatory Affairs. Drive data-based decision-making support globally, including regional and affiliate levels. Provide systems support to all functions (MTO, QA, RA, Vigilance, etc.) during internal and external audits, as needed, globally. Liaison between the Business and IT, Data Analysts, Data Engineers, and other Alcon departments (Sales, Customer Service, R&D, etc.) Provide tools for Quality and Regulatory Affairs Management to oversee and maintain business process implementation. Key Requirements/Minimum Qualifications: Data mining, predictive analytics, ML/NLP and data visualization, as well as statistics, mathematics and software programming. Ability to work independently with competing priorities Predictive modeling and leveraging business intelligence tools for informed decision making. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including deep knowledge and application of statistics Attention to detail Ability to communicate effectively across various business functions and stakeholders Strong Data Science background and excellent knowledge on various advanced techniques such as Classification and Regression, Decision Trees, Forecasting, Text Analytics / NLP, AI, ML etc. Preferred technical competencies: Cognos, PostgreSQL, Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate), Alteryx, AWS Cloud, AI, ML, Tableau, PostgreSQL, R, Python, Product Quality Framework Education : Graduation, preferably in Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or related area. Experience requirement: Minimum: 5 years’ work experience in the field of data science, advanced mathematics, statistics. Work experience in the regulated medical device / Pharmaceutical industry. CSV/CSA, GxP knowledge, Quality Assurance.
