Associate Director, Measurement and Evaluation-Wilmington, DE
Associate Director, Measurement and Evaluation-Wilmington, DE
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Job Description
At AstraZeneca were not afraid to do things differently. Were resetting expectations of what a biopharmaceutical company can be. This means were opening new ways to work groundbreaking and cuttingedge methods and bringing unexpected teams together.
AstraZeneca is organized around two core business units Biopharmaceuticals (BBU) and Oncology. The BBU focuses on development and commercialization of AstraZenecas Respiratory Cardiovascular Metabolic Renal and Infectious Disease therapeutic areas.
Strategic Field Operations (SFO) is a critical function within Innovation and Business Excellence (IBEX) that enables success in the growth of the BBU business. Our ambition is to build an industryleading organization which A) supports senior leadership with critical business decision making and B) empowers our Commercial teams through the generation of compelling insights and delivery of tools and capabilities to deliver impactful launches that change the practice of medicine for the benefit of patients.
Job description
The Associate Director of Measurement and Evaluation at AstraZeneca will be responsible for leading a range of analytical projects leveraging cuttingedge analytics that provide commercial teams measurable insights into commercial strategies and tactics. The role will work closely with Strategic Field Operations brand teams sales forecasting 3rd party vendors and other crossfunctional business partners to understand opportunities and transform insights into business actions.
The identified candidate should have strong analytics capabilities combined with strong communication and influencing skills. As such those who will qualify for this position are both technically sound and have the ability to be a proactive internal consultant adding value to AstraZenecas commercial organization beyond their analytical prowess through their understanding of secondary data industry knowledge and track record of innovative and impactful decision support.
Key responsibilities
- Generate insights relating to field force deployments (including omnichannel) that create a competitive advantage for our commercial organization. Examples include conducting test / control analysis leverage promo response capabilities and other multivariate and univariate approaches.
- Conduct hands on analytics as well as collaborate / manage internal analytics partners and 3rd party vendors to prioritize workload and identify the right analytics approach for the business question at hand.
- Collaborate with matrix teams (sales marketing advanced analytics SMEs IT external vendors etc.) to ensure effective and efficient deployment of capabilities.
- Serve as a subject matter expert to internal stakeholders on the use of advanced analytics and field related insight generation.
- Develop a deep understanding of the BBU core markets their data and their analytical needs.
Essential requirements
- Quantitative Masters 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.
- 5 years of handson experience in applying advanced analytics methods to 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.
- Optimization and Simulation.
- Handson experience and deep theoretical expertise in Design of Experiments
- Handson experience and deep theoretical expertise in Deep learning models (CNN RNN)
- Expertlevel programming experience with either Python or R.
- Knowledge of SQL and/or other data management languages (e.g. Hive Impala Hbase etc)
Desirable Requirements
- Pharma industry knowledge.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a significant number of business leaders and crossfunctional business partners.
- Strong organizational skills and time management; ability to handle diverse range of simultaneous projects.
- Experience with machine learning libraries and tools such as Scikitlearn Tensorflow Keras and PyTorch.
Date Posted
13May2025Closing Date
10Jul2025Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations please complete the section in the application form.Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
