Senior Associate, Data Engineering & Semantics

Role Snapshot

Function / Team: Commercial Excellence & Innovation (CEI) - Digital & Technology (Data Engineering & Semantics)

Location:  China

Grade / Level: Senior Associate

Reports to: Director, Data Engineering & Semantics

1. Role Summary

The Senior Associate is a hands-on specialist within Data Engineering & Semantics, executing assigned work within capability squads and CEI PODs across data engineering, data products, technical semantics and data quality.

The role builds, tests, documents and supports reliable data pipelines, data products and AICL CL-layer components under established architecture, security, privacy and governance standards.

2. Key Accountabilities

• Deliver assigned data engineering, data product or data-quality work to agreed acceptance criteria and quality standards.

• Contribute hands-on build, testing, documentation, monitoring or support for Data Engineering across L1–L4 — ingestion, integration, transformation, storage and serving for structured, unstructured and knowledge data, and reporting and business intelligence foundations.

• Contribute hands-on build, testing, documentation, monitoring or support for Data Product Management — reusable, governed data products and data agents, including the CL layer of the AI Empowered Consumption Layer (AICL) and agent-facing data contracts.

• Contribute hands-on build, testing, documentation, monitoring or support for Technical Semantics — semantic models, metadata, taxonomies and technical mappings that implement DSM-approved business definitions and harmonized KPIs.

• Contribute hands-on build, testing, documentation, monitoring or support for Data Trust & Reliability Engineering — technical data governance controls, shift-left data quality checks, lineage, observability and China data, privacy and cross-border controls.

• Use approved AI-assisted engineering and analysis tools with rigorous human verification.

• Create technical specifications, data mappings, test evidence and reusable knowledge assets, and escalate blockers promptly.

3. Required Capabilities & Competencies

• Hands-on data engineering — ingestion, transformation, SQL and Python, data modeling and reporting and business intelligence foundations.

• Working knowledge of semantic models, metadata, data products, data quality, lineage and data access for AI retrieval.

• Documentation, observability and lifecycle basics, applying privacy and security practices.

• Hands-on POD delivery and collaboration with GCA DSM, AITO engineers, production engineering, PIC and partners.

• Reliable, detail-oriented delivery with clear documentation and a collaborative, learning mindset.

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems or a related computing discipline.

• 5+ years of progressive relevant experience based on a bachelor’s degree, where a master’s or doctoral degree may reduce the years required.

• Experience in the pharmaceutical or another highly regulated industry, and the China technology, data, privacy or vendor environment, is preferred.

4. Key Collaboration

The role works with the Director and team colleagues, CEI PODs and PIC, works with GCA DSM on business definitions and with AITO AI engineers on AICL data needs, partners with Enterprise Engineering, Deployment & Operations for production integration, and engages relevant Business Units and governance partners as needed.

5. Measures of Success

• Timely, high-quality delivery of assigned data engineering and data product tasks.

• Reliable, well-tested and well-documented pipelines and data products.

• Effective POD contribution with dependable transition to production.

• Reusable knowledge assets that improve quality, reuse and team efficiency.

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