Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Discover Impactful Work
As a Data Analyst III, you'll transform complex data into actionable insights that will drive strategic decision-making across the organization. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you'll develop and maintain scalable analytics solutions, create intuitive visualizations, and deliver critical reporting that enhances business performance. Your expertise in data analysis and visualization tools will help identify trends, opportunities, and areas for optimization while ensuring data accuracy and integrity. You'll provide analytics guidance, proactively recommending solutions and improvements based on your findings. This role combines technical expertise with business acumen to deliver impactful insights that support our company's continued growth and success.
Location
This is a fully onsite role based at our Carlsbad, CA office. Relocation assistance is not provided for this position.
A Day in the Life
- Develop and maintain interactive and visually compelling Power BI dashboards to present key business insights
- Extract, transform, and clean data from multiple structured and unstructured sources (e.g., ERP, EDP, etc.)
- Collaborate with partners and team members to understand business needs and translate them into actionable data solutions
- Assist in statistical modeling, KPI tracking, and ad hoc analyses to drive operational improvements and regulatory readiness
- Document processes, workflows, and methodologies to ensure scalability and reproducibility
Keys to Success
Education
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, or a related field
- Relevant professional certifications (e.g., Power BI, SQL, OpenAI, ChatGPT, data analytics) are a plus
Experience
Technical Skills:
- Strong ability to leverage SQL to query, manipulate, and analyze data across relational databases
- Working knowledge of scripting languages for statistical analysis, data wrangling, and automation (e.g., Python or R)
- Demonstrated experience leveraging machine learning and predictive analytics to drive data-informed decision-making
- Strong proficiency in modern data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) to translate complex data into actionable insights tailored to end user requirements
- Comfortable with advanced Excel features such as Power Query, pivot tables, and VBA for data analysis
- Familiarity with modern data platforms and cloud-based analytics environments (e.g., Databricks)
- Excellent communication skills to effectively convey technical data and insights in a clear, understandable manner to collaborators, encouraging collaboration and informed decision-making
Additional Requirements:
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights
- Experience working with large datasets and multiple data sources
- Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Ability to collaborate effectively across functions and levels
- Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills
- Understanding of data governance and quality management principles
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong business acumen and customer focus
Preferred Skills:
- Familiarity with ETL processes or data transformation tools
- Understanding of data warehousing concepts
Other
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.
Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check and drug screen.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $83,300.00-$100,000.00.
This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
