Data Governance Innovation Analyst

Job Description **_Data Governance Innovation Analyst_** **_The Opportunity_** * _Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130-year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare._ * _Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products._ * _Drive innovation and execution excellence. Join a team that is passionate about using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making and create custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats._ _Our Technology Centres focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company's IT operating model, Tech Centres are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy._ _A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in the growth, success, and well-being of our people to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging, to managing critical emergencies. Together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centres._ **_Role Overview_** * _Design and implement Automation and  Agentic AI systems to support data governance, enablement and stewardship activities.   This individual will be responsible for designing the solution using approved architecture patterns, developing orchestration logic, tool use, and memory strategies.   This will include developing  last mile automation and AI capabilities to enable around data access management and automation_ * _Develop production‑quality code for basic automation, AI agents, services, and supporting infrastructure._ * _Build agents capable of:_ * _Executing multi‑step workflows_ * _Interacting with enterprise data, metadata, and knowledge systems_ * _Reasoning over policies, standards, and governance rules_ * _Escalating decisions or exceptions appropriately_ * _Integrate LLM‑based agents with existing data platforms, governance tools, catalogs, document repositories, and APIs._ * _Apply modern **software engineering best practices** including modular design, version control, testing automation, observability, and CI/CD pipelines._ **_Data Governance Innovation Analyst_** * _Design and implement Automation and  Agentic AI systems to support data governance, enablement and stewardship activities.   This individual will be responsible for designing the solution using approved architecture patterns, developing orchestration logic, tool use, and memory strategies.   This will include developing  last mile automation and AI capabilities to enable around data access management and automation_ * _Develop production‑quality code for basic automation, AI agents, services, and supporting infrastructure._ * _Build agents capable of:_ * _Executing multi‑step workflows_ * _Interacting with enterprise data, metadata, and knowledge systems_ * _Reasoning over policies, standards, and governance rules_ * _Escalating decisions or exceptions appropriately_ * _Integrate LLM‑based agents with existing data platforms, governance tools, catalogs, document repositories, and APIs._ * _Apply modern **software engineering best practices** including modular design, version control, testing automation, observability, and CI/CD pipelines._ **_Deployment, Operations & Scaling_** * _Package and deploy AI solutions into development, test, and production environments._ * _Monitor agent behavior, performance, and outputs to ensure reliability, traceability, and policy compliance._ * _Diagnose and remediate failures, hallucinations, workflow breaks, or data quality dependencies._ * _Refactor prototypes into **scalable, maintainable production services**._ * _Support the **expansion of successful agents from team‑level solutions to company‑wide platforms**._ **_Data Governance & Responsible AI Engineering_** * _Engineer guardrails to enforce **data governance, privacy, security, and Responsible AI principles**._ * _Implement logging, auditing, explainability, and versioning for AI agents and prompts._ * _Ensure solutions comply with regulatory, security, and internal governance requirements._ * _Collaborate with governance and legal partners to operationalize Responsible AI controls in code and architecture._ **_Enablement & Knowledge Management_** * _Develop agents that improve **knowledge capture, classification, retrieval, and reuse**._ * _Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and runbooks for AI solutions._ * _Enable other teams to adopt, extend, or integrate AI agents through reusable patterns and components._ **_What should you have_** * _Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent practical experience._ * **_Strong hands‑on software engineering experience_**_, with demonstrated delivery of production systems._ * _Experience developing **LLM‑powered or AI‑driven applications**, including orchestration, prompt engineering, and tool integration._ * _Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, TypeScript, Java)._ * _Experience working with APIs, microservices, and cloud‑based architectures._ * _Familiarity with data management, metadata, data quality, governance, or knowledge systems._ * _Ability to move from ambiguous problem statements to **implemented, running systems**._ **_Preferred Qualifications_** * _Direct experience building **Agentic AI architectures** using frameworks such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or similar._ * _Experience with enterprise data catalogs, governance platforms, or knowledge management systems._ * _Cloud deployment experience (e.g., Azure, AWS, or GCP), including security and identity integration._ * _Experience operationalizing AI: monitoring, cost control, reliability, and model lifecycle management._ * _Background in Responsible AI, compliance engineering, or AI risk mitigation._ **_Primary Skills_** * _AI & Software Engineering Excellence_ * _Agentic Workflow & Systems Design_ * _Production‑Grade Development & Operations_ * _Data Governance & Policy‑Aware Engineering_ * _Iterative Delivery & Quick‑Win Execution_ * _Cross‑Functional Collaboration_ **_Who we are:_** _We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century__, we have been, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world._ _What we look for:_ _Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today._ **_#HYDIT2025_** **Required Skills:** Data Management, Governance Management, Privacy Compliance, Quality Management, Technical Advice, Waterfall Model **Preferred Skills:** Current Employees apply [HERE](https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$6687.htmld) Current Contingent Workers apply [HERE](https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$4020.htmld) **Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully**  Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.  **Employee Status:** Regular **Relocation:** **VISA Sponsorship:** **Travel Requirements:** **Flexible Work Arrangements:** Hybrid **Shift:** **Valid Driving License:** **Hazardous Material(s):** **Job Posting End Date:** 08/18/2026 **\*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.**