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Alexion

Global biopharmaceuticals focusing on rare diseases

Patient Insights Data Engineering Lead

Data EngineeringPosted on Nov 5
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Practical experience independently designing and developing Snowflake data warehouses or data marts, including data processing and modeling with SQL.
  • Practical experience using dbt for data transformation and data modeling.
  • Practical experience using Fivetran for data integration and pipeline development.
  • Advanced data processing and analysis using SQL.
  • Experience in data engineering on a cloud data platform.
  • Practical knowledge of data modeling, data quality, and ETL/ELT.
  • Native-level Japanese and the ability to independently define requirements and communicate with Japanese business stakeholders.
  • English proficiency sufficient for work communication with APJ stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Integrate patient-related datasets, including Patient Ladder, real-world data, electronic medical records, customer relationship management, patient support systems, and market research data.
  • Design and develop data pipelines from customer relationship management data sources to Snowflake.
  • Map and standardize data across sources and manage data quality.
  • Work with APJ markets and business functions to organize data requirements.
  • Design and develop Snowflake data warehouses and data marts.
  • Design data models for Patient Insights, business intelligence, analytics, and artificial intelligence use.
  • Build reusable and extensible data architecture, considering data quality, performance, and maintainability.
  • Use dbt to implement data transformation and modeling, including a SQL-based transformation layer and reusable models reflecting business definitions.
  • Build sustainable data engineering processes including testing and documentation.
  • Use Fivetran to integrate source systems with Snowflake; design, build, and operate data pipelines; troubleshoot integration failures and quality issues; and design integrations for new data sources.
  • Build datasets for Patient Journey and Patient Ladder analysis and engineer real-world data into business insights.
  • Provide analytics-ready datasets for business intelligence, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence teams, and build an AI-ready data foundation for anticipated AI, machine learning, and generative AI use.
  • Collaborate with data architects, analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders.
  • Organize complex cross-APJ data environments and drive standardization.

Desired Qualifications

  • Practical experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Experience with commercial, medical, or patient-related data in the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Experience handling real-world data.
  • Experience with Patient Journey, Patient Ladder, or other patient analytics.
  • Knowledge of healthcare data, including electronic medical records, claims, or prescription data.
  • Experience integrating customer relationship management or healthcare professional data.
  • Experience with business intelligence or visualization platforms such as Power BI.
  • Experience building datasets or features for artificial intelligence or machine learning.
  • Experience with data governance or data quality management.

About the Company

Alexion

Global biopharmaceuticals focusing on rare diseases

Alexion, now the rare disease group within AstraZeneca, develops and sells therapies for rare and ultra-rare diseases by targeting the complement immune system. Its drugs, such as Soliris and Ultomiris, inhibit the C5 component to slow or stop disease processes, while Strensiq and Kanuma address specific metabolic disorders. It differentiates itself through a deep focus on complement biology, pursuing first- or best-in-class therapies, and using a strategy that blends internal R&D with acquisitions to expand its pipeline. Its goal is to improve outcomes for patients with rare diseases and bring these therapies to a broader international market using AstraZeneca’s scale and capabilities.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Boston, MA
Founded
1992

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