Advanced Analytics Leader Luton, East of England, England
Job description
Bring out the best in each other, and yourself, by working together as one
In our dynamic environment, be supported by the brightest minds working together side by side. Agile and collaborative, we work cross-functionally, as well as externally, to thrive at pace.
Who we are
Naturally curious, we are forever connecting and collaborating. Uncovering new insights that equip us to challenge convention and push the boundaries.
What we do
We are reshaping our organisation to thrive in a complex and ever-changing world. Evolving to become a learning organisation – ready and equipped to embrace the challenges and seize the opportunities that lie ahead.
Why we love it
You will be valued. Not only for your unique contribution, skills and background, but because we recognise people are our greatest asset. Here we are dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.
Global Insights, Analytics & Commercial Excellence
Global Insights, Analytics & Commercial Excellence (GIACE) is a strategic function, critical for enabling success in the growth of the BBU business. Our ambition is to build an industry-leading organization, empowering our Commercial teams through the generation of compelling evidence and insights, while ensuring they have the tools and skills to deliver impactful launches that change the practice of medicine for the benefit of patients. Within GIACE, the Insights & Analytics function is organized across three teams and supports both the US and Global organizations: Respiratory Insights, CVRM Insights (Cardiovascular, Metabolic, Renal), and the Insights & Analytics Centre of Excellence (CoE).
Insights & Analytics Centre of Excellence
The aim of the Insights & Analytics Centre of Excellence (I&ACoE) is to establish industry-leading capabilities across the core areas of analytics, forecasting, reporting, business planning, and insight capabilities. It will utilise, reapply, and advance methodologies in capabilities and operations from Global and US more broadly across geographies. In the area of advanced analytics, the ambition is to accelerate the development and application of advanced analytic methodologies such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to solve business problems. The CoE also aims to scale and deploy these capabilities in a highly efficient manner so that continuous innovation can be pursued.
The Insight Teams and the CoE partner to drive portfolio and brand strategy and performance. Together we strive to uncover deep customer insights in order to drive improved decision-making and business impact. We are looking for leaders who have the passion to drive business results and bring innovation to what we do for greater impact.
The Role
As a product director in the Global Advanced Analytics (GAA) team you will be responsible for supporting all markets outside the US, mainly Canada, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, China and Japan. In this role you will be responsible for leading the efforts to develop, productionalize, deploy and maintain decision support capabilities that use advanced analytics with an omnichannel approach.
The advanced analytics product director is expected to have i) deep technical understanding of advanced analytics methods, ii) broad experience in deploying analytics solutions (including data and infrastructure) and iii) ample experience in building organizational expertise to ease and enable the adoption of advanced analytics by decision makers.
The role requires close cooperation with sales, marketing, IT and other cross-functional business partners. Excellent communication and network management skills are expected with a demonstrated track record of effective business partnership as demonstrated by material business impact and influencing. This position may be required to manage contractors and consultants to complete analytical projects, but will have no direct reports.
Key responsibilities
Develop a deep understanding of the markets in each country and their data and analytical needs.
Provide guidance to internal collaborators on advanced analytics
Co-lead GAA’s capability/product strategy, synthesizing business needs and advanced analytics expertise into capability/product roadmaps.
Lead the development and deployment of strategic capabilities/products built around advanced analytics that create tangible business value.
Coordinate across CoE roles and other business functions (sales, marketing, IT, external vendors, etc.) required to efficiently and effectively deliver new analytics capabilities/products
Coordinate across markets the development of analytics capabilities to improve commonalities and efficiencies
Collaborate with the Data & Insights Specialist on business adoption, and embedding analytics into business processes
Find opportunities to evolve analytics capabilities/products and to use them across countries and brands
Instil a culture of continuous improvement to refine and enhance existing capabilities.
Monitor the external environment to stay up to date on leading advanced analytic capabilities, both within and outside of pharma, which can be applied within the organization.
Oversee multiple capability related projects across different countries and markets.
Competencies
Essential requirements
Extensive hands-on experience in application of advanced analytics and statistical methods on large and disparate datasets preferably in the context of Omnichannel marketing, specifically:
Statistical Analysis and Modelling: (e.g. Design of Experiments, Time Series Analysis, Regression Analysis, Bayesian methods, etc),
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Extensive experience in deploying (and maintaining) production-grade advanced analytics capabilities. This includes not only the delivery of solutions but also the building of the business ecosystem (processes, organizational structure, change management, etc.) necessary.
Strong organizational skills and time management; ability to manage diverse range of simultaneous projects.
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a significant number of business leaders and cross-functional business partners.
Strong communication and influencing skills.
Desirable Requirements
Pharma commercial domain understanding.
Experience with omnichannel analytics
Experience with Agile methodology within an IT/business environment.
Strategic and critical thinking with the ability to engage, build and maintain credibility with Commercial Leadership Team.
Educational requirements
Quantitative Master’s or PhD degree from an accredited college or university is required in one of the following or related fields: Engineering, Operations Research, Management Science, Economics, Statistics, Math, Physics, Computer Science or Data Science.
Salary: Competitive
So, what’s next?
Are you already imagining yourself joining us? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you!
Additional information
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