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Prabhat Mishra

Prabhat Mishra

Bangalore

Summary

13.5 Years in Data Engineering and AI — 12.5 exclusively in Life Sciences across three of the world’s leading pharma companies: Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and Merck — including 3 years international experience based in Argentina. Built Lilly’s entire DE and AI ecosystem from zero: cloud platform, MLOps (Level 3), 20+ production models, and the organisation’s first Agentic AI product — consumed by C-suite leaders. Leader of leaders. Promoted 8 engineers in 3 years. Presented to VP/SVP. Delivered $100M+ in revenue impact.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Director — AI Engineering

Eli Lilly & Company
04.2020 - Current
  • 12.5-year Life Sciences career culminates here — Authored Lilly’s end-to-end DE, ML, and AI strategy; multi-year roadmap ownership, VP/SVP alignment, full ecosystem delivery from greenfield to production.
  • Built cloud-native Data & Analytics platform from zero — AWS medallion architecture, 20+ sources, >200TB; no inherited systems, no existing team; foundation for all ML and AI at scale.
  • Leader of leaders — Built and led engineering squads across DE, MLOps, and AI; squad leads and tech leads reporting directly; promoted 8 to senior/lead roles in 3 years through structured coaching and stretch assignments.
  • Advanced MLOps from greenfield to Level 3 — Automated CI/CD deployments, continuous model monitoring, experiment tracking, and model governance across 20+ production models; roadmap to Level 4 in active execution.
  • Delivered pharma’s first C-suite Agentic AI product — Real-time patient analytics consumed by executive leadership; presented to VP/SVP; scaling to Level 2 multi-agent architecture across additional data sources.
  • Operationalised 20+ production models — Marketing Mix Modelling, Multi-Touch Attribution, Audience Segmentation, Dynamic Targeting; 50% faster time-to-market, 70% fewer manual touchpoints, 10,000+ hours saved annually.
  • Built HIPAA/GDPR-compliant data pipelines — 75%+ workflow automation, 50GB+ weekly throughput; full regulatory auditability across pharma commercial and clinical domains.
  • Established GenAI and LLM framework — Responsible AI governance, prompt standards, cost controls, enterprise guardrails; organisation’s first mover on Agentic AI, real-time ML, and cloud-native DE.
  • Reduced engineering dependency by 40% — Modular data and AI primitives (feature stores, model registries, inference APIs) enabling Analytics, Data Science, and Marketing to self-serve.
  • $5M+ operational efficiency — Cloud cost optimisation, process automation, vendor renegotiation, and platform consolidation.

Key Impact

  • $100M+ incremental revenue via AI-powered targeting and personalisation.
  • $10M+ marketing effectiveness gains from real-time ML personalisation.
  • $5M+ operational savings through automation and cloud optimisation.
  • 8 promotions in 3 years — senior/lead talent pipeline built from within.
  • Lilly’s first Agentic AI — C-suite-consumed patient analytics, scaling to enterprise multi-agent platform.

Senior Data Engineer

Deloitte
05.2019 - 04.2020
  • Designed AWS Data Lake platform for a major banking client — End-to-end analytics and visualisation at enterprise scale.
  • Designed and implemented scalable data pipelines for high-volume data processing.
  • Mentored junior engineers on best practices in data architecture and coding standards.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to identify data requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

Senior Data Engineer & Project Lead — Life Sciences

Accenture
01.2013 - 05.2019
  • Primary client Pfizer (5.9 years) and Merck — Based in Accenture’s Argentina office for 3 years; led project delivery and cross-geography stakeholder management for Pfizer’s commercial analytics and data engineering function.
  • Led end-to-end project delivery for Pfizer — Commercial analytics, clinical/R&D data pipelines, and self-service ingestion platform; stakeholder management across Latin America and global Pfizer teams.
  • Built Self-Service Ingestion Platform — Large-scale clinical research data into Data Lake and Warehouse; enabled advanced analytics and self-service for pharma commercial and research teams.
  • Led SAP Global Data Hub implementation — Cross-functional team delivery; data sourcing and warehousing for Managed Market Domain in Commercial Analytics.
  • Drove process automation — Measurable operational savings across data engineering workflows for Pfizer and Merck.
  • Delivered exceptional results under tight deadlines, consistently prioritizing tasks effectively to meet project timelines without compromising quality or accuracy.
  • Contributed significantly towards setting up an automated monitoring mechanism using state-of-the-art technologies and tools, which led to proactive issue identification and resolution.

Education

Post Graduate Certificate - Generative AI

UpGrad
Bengaluru, KA
01.2024

Post Graduate Diploma - ML & Artificial Intelligence

IIIT
Bangalore, KA
01.2022

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering

U.P.T.U.
Lucknow, UP
01.2012

Skills

  • Agentic AI
  • Multi-Agent Systems
  • LLMs
  • RAG
  • GenAI
  • MLOps Level 3 — L4
  • AI Observability & Governance
  • Cloud Data Architecture
  • AWS
  • Databricks
  • PySpark
  • Python
  • Medallion Lakehouse
  • ETL/ELT
  • Vector DBs
  • Feature Store
  • CI/CD
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Data Governance
  • Cataloging
  • HIPAA
  • GDPR Compliance
  • Agile
  • SAFe
  • DevOps
  • 0→1 Product Builder
  • 8 yrs
  • Leader of Leaders
  • 0→20 Team
  • VP/SVP Stakeholder Mgmt
  • Roadmap & Strategy Ownership

Timeline

Director — AI Engineering

Eli Lilly & Company
04.2020 - Current

Senior Data Engineer

Deloitte
05.2019 - 04.2020

Senior Data Engineer & Project Lead — Life Sciences

Accenture
01.2013 - 05.2019

Post Graduate Certificate - Generative AI

UpGrad

Post Graduate Diploma - ML & Artificial Intelligence

IIIT

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering

U.P.T.U.
Prabhat Mishra