Associate Director – Business Insights & Analytics
| Company | MSD |
|---|---|
| Location | North Wales, PA, USA, Linden, NJ, USA |
| Salary | $153800 – $242200 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Master’s, MBA, PhD |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 plus years of relevant knowledge using data science and/or analytical techniques to deliver measurable impact in commercial pharma landscape.
- Knowledge in mining medical claims/EMR, social media, etc. data with a strategic/inquisitive mindset and proven record of being able to produce actionable business insights that drive positive commercial results.
- Strong communication skills using effective storytelling grounded on data insights.
- Ability to extract data from various database tables using tools such as SQL to develop features to be used in analysis.
- Proven knowledge of business processes and industry/market trends within the pharmaceutical/healthcare space.
- Motivational and ethical stakeholder management and communication skills, along with the ability to convey appropriately and confidently with colleagues from different backgrounds and seniority levels.
- Effective organizational skills, with ability to navigate a complex matrix environment and organize/prioritize work efficiently and effectively.
Responsibilities
- Thoroughly appreciate the assigned internal stakeholder business needs and priorities to help build analyses promoting business objectives by delivering actionable insights.
- Be accountable for ensuring delivery of analyses with high quality standards, timeliness, compliance, and excellent user experience (routinely keep client base updated on progress).
- Lead and collaborate on Trimester Business Reviews (TBRs), Prioritization meetings, etc. Synthesize & document key trade-off decisions and HHDDA aspirations for executive audiences via active updates to ongoing inventory of projects/initiatives (Book of Work). Support taxonomy implementation & updates.
- Mine and analyze data leveraging advanced analytical/statistical techniques from disparate databases/sources (claims data/EMR Data and other sources) to drive optimization and improvement of therapy area commercial business strategies.
- Comprehend the complexity/dependencies between multiple teams, platforms (people, technologies).
- Convey new trends/methodologies being implemented/considered within the company ecosystem and bring new ideas forward that will enhance analytic capabilities of the organization.
- Contribute to innovative experiments, specifically to idea generation, idea incubation and/or experimentation, identifying tangible and measurable criteria.
- Effectively convey and positively influence stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or Master’s or Doctorate degree in Decision Science, Marketing, Engineering, Public Health, Biological Sciences, Nursing, Pharmacy, Mathematics, Economy, Statistics, Computer Science, Medical Sciences is preferred.
- Knowledge in developing both machine learning and descriptive algorithms/modeling using such languages as Python, R etc is a plus.