Associate Director - Medical Affairs/Data Governance/Analytics - Pharma

Associate Director - Medical Affairs/Data Governance/Analytics

This analytics leader will be responsible for ensuring business decisions are backed by data driven insights and recommendations from analytics.

For the same, the incumbent will:

- Partner with the US Med Affairs Business Insights and Analytics leaders and take ownership of quality and effectiveness of analyses,

- Structure and refine current delivery by building a strong process-focused culture,

- Plan and build capabilities to meet strategic business needs, and

- Build and leverage relationships with stakeholders across BI&A, GMAO, VEO, BU Medial Affairs

Key Responsibilities:

Project Management and People Leadership:

- Direct the delivery team to take ownership and deliver best possible outcomes through a data and analytics mindset

- Provide end to end oversight and leadership on analytics delivery, including collaboration with cross functional partners to deliver on project goals that align to core Medical Affairs objectives

- Work closely with the US stakeholders to ensure expansion and penetration of analytics use- cases with Medical Affairs Organization

- Develop, prioritize, and implement solutions that help answer Medical Affairs' most critical questions and meet their needs with data driven insights

- Independently query data and summarize key analytics results to quickly answer critical ad hoc business questions

- Collaborate with the BI&A data democratization team to prioritize and develop self-serve dashboards and automated reports. Use dashboard tools to provide analytics expertise and champion teaching the Medical Affairs teams how to use the tools to derive insights in real time

- Create a framework for communication, project management and execution across team to help drive best practices

- Ensure compliance with all privacy and contractual obligations related to the use of data

- Understand any internal/ external risks and help mitigate challenges.

- Be a mentor for team members, and drive upskilling plans for team

- Serve as trusted career advisor, and work with functional leadership and HR to identify career opportunities for these team members, focusing on business and individual needs

- Develop a pipeline of analytics talent and leadership, and contribute to an inclusive community of analytics expert practitioners

Strategic growth and thought leadership:

- Develop deep understanding of Medical Affairs strategy, business goals, challenges and critical objectives (across GMAO & BU Medical Affairs) to ensure analytics deliverables are aligned to the broader strategy

- Strategize on key opportunities/ whitespaces, drive discussions and expand outcomes from for data analytics driven business solutions

- Support BI&A US leadership and Medical Affairs colleagues in developing the analytics strategy, including Medical Affairs Roadmap creation

- Support implementation of the Data & Analytics Governance process in Medical Affairs with goal of creating a forum for cross functional alignment of critical data & analytics priorities across US

- Integrate working model for analytics capabilities across BI&A teams, and where possible, across other teams to drive better cross-team resourcing, cross-pollination of best practices and expansion of capabilities

- Network with industry experts and external consultants as needed to develop, test, and implement new approaches and solutions for analytics outcomes

Required Skills and Expertise:

- 12+ years of relevant experience in an analytical function (BI, data analytics, forecasting etc) supporting Pharma/Lifesciences Commercial ops internally or in consulting; at least 6+ in leading teams

- Strong analytical skills, coupled with business acumen, and an ability to think strategically in an ambiguous environment

- Substantial analytics experience and understanding of complexities in Medical Affairs domain, specialty markets, analytics techniques, and US pharmaceutical business

- Strong track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver and delivering complex cross functional projects

- Demonstrated ability to communicate advanced analytics concepts to a variety of business stakeholders

- Excellent prioritization skills with attention to detail

- Ability to enforce business rules and policies in a constructive but disciplined manner

- Customer-focused mindset in the application of analytics capability to drive decision making

- High level of motivation and a strong desire to find creative solutions to challenging situations

- Working knowledge of statistical programming packages (e.g., R, SAS, Python, MATLAB) and types of predictive models a plus

- Substantial experience in Pharmaceutical Data with an understanding of complexities of data landscapes

- Experience using common data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI)

- Proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Education

- Quantitative background in engineering, statistics, mathematics; OR degree in management/ pharmaceutical or a related field from a premium college

- MBA or other advanced degree a plus