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Merck · 1 day ago

Associate Director, Business Insights and Analytics - Respiratory

North Wales, PA

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$157K/yr - $247K/yr

5+ years exp

Merck is seeking an Associate Director for its Business Insights and Analytics team to lead the business performance sub-team. This role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights that drive marketing strategy and enhance customer engagement.

BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead a team of business analysts, providing guidance on best practices in data analytics, data visualization and storytelling with data

Translate complex business needs and priorities into analytical plans, providing actionable insights and effectively communicating advanced analytics to inform business decisions

Work closely with HHDDA colleagues (i.e., data visualization, data solutions) and Marketing stakeholders to deliver best-in-class solutions and data-driven insights

Manage analytics and digital solutions projects to deliver actionable and meaningful insights to marketing stakeholders in a timely manner

Stay current with industry trends and advancements in analytical methodologies to enhance organizational analytic capabilities

Contribute to innovative experimentations, focusing on idea generation, incubation, and using tangible, measurable criteria to make incremental meaningful improvements to the business processes and strategies using data

Qualification

Pharmaceutical Commercial AnalyticsComplex Data ManagementBusiness InsightsData VisualizationStatistical ModelsHealthcare BusinessProject ManagementCommunicationNetworkingInnovationLeadershipCritical ThinkingEmotional Intelligence

Required

Bachelor's degree in relevant field (Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Statistics, Decision Science, Marketing, Engineering, Public Health, etc.)

5+ years of relevant experience delivering complex analytical projects in the pharmaceutical/biotech/healthcare industry

Prior hands-on experience working with healthcare business performance data

Understanding of the pharmaceutical commercial analytics and business acumen Expertise: Deep understanding of the unique opportunities and challenges with ability to use analytics to solve business problems

Communication and Storytelling: Derive actionable business insights from secondary-data sources and communicate them effectively to business stakeholders

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Identify and understand problems and opportunities, analyze quantitative and qualitative information, establish decision criteria, generate and evaluate alternatives, and make timely decisions

Emotional Intelligence: Build trust, encourage two-way communication, and strengthen relationships. Able to navigate relationships with stakeholders while achieving business results

Networking and Partnerships: Build and leverage relationships within and across stakeholder groups and within HHDDA to achieve results

Complex Data Management: Substantial experience in interpreting complex datasets, particularly patient claims data

Business Analysis, Business Data Analytics, Business Processes, Business Process Modeling, Business Translations, Commercial Analytics, Critical Thinking, Customer Experience Improvement, Customer Service Improvement, Data Insights, Data Science, Demand Management, Healthcare Business, Innovation, Leadership, Marketing Data Analytics, Project Management, Requirements Management, Sourcing and Procurement, Stakeholder Communications, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning

Preferred

MBA, MS, or PhD

Prior experience managing and mentoring direct reports

Delivers statistical and mathematical models through effective technical skills

Develops efficient programming code and software assets that provide advanced analytical functionality

Creates analytical products (product parts) as a part of broader teams

Understands the business context, challenge, limitation, constraints and goals to effectively match the capability of the statistical and mathematical and M/L approaches to the business, scientific and operational challenge

Ensures advanced analytics support to decision making and business process tasks is understood, adopted and embedded as a part of regular business activities

Promotes a collaborative and high performing data driven culture across the company and high quality delivery standards among fellow data scientists

Includes specializations within domains, such as therapeutic area and data assets (e.g., claims, EMR)

Sometimes specific roles include incremental skills pertaining to AI and M/L methods, Marketing Effectiveness Measurement, or test vs control and design of experiments

Analyze data using advanced analytical/statistical techniques from various databases/sources (claims data/EMR data and other sources) to optimize and improve therapy area commercial business strategies

Ensure delivery of high-quality, timely, compliant analyses with excellent user experience (keep clients updated on progress)

Communicate with other platforms/competencies to understand new trends/methodologies being implemented or considered within the company ecosystem and bring forward new ideas to enhance analytic capabilities

Contribute to innovative experiments, including idea generation, incubation, and experimentation, by identifying tangible and measurable criteria

Effectively communicate with and influence stakeholders positively