Job Description
Senior Specialist Oncology New Products Oncology Global Commercial Pipeline Analytics HHDDA
Our Human Health Digital Data and Analytics (HHDDA) team is innovating how we understand our patients and their needs.
Working cross functionally we are inventing new ways of engaging interacting with our customers and patients leveraging digital data and analytics and measuring the impact.
The Senior Specialist Oncology New Products Oncology Global Commercial Pipeline Analytics HHDDA will be responsible for developing and delivering data and analytics generating strategic insights and addressing key business questions from the Global Oncology New Products Marketing team to inform current and future pipeline strategies. The team member will partner closely with multiple crossfunctional teams including global marketing regional marketing clinical outcomes research medical affairs as well as across the depth of the HHDDA organization.
Reporting to Associate Director Oncology Global Commercial Pipeline Analytics within HHDDA this role will lead the development of analytics capabilities for the innovative oncology new products and pipeline priorities spanning all tumor areas across oncology and haematology.
The successful candidate will connect the dots across HHDDA capability functions like market research forecasting payer insights & analytics data science data strategy & solutions.
Primary Responsibilities:
Pipeline Analytics & Insights: Conduct analytics and synthesize insights enable launch excellence for multiple new assets. Conceptualize and build set of analytics capabilities and tools anchored to our marketing and launch frameworks to support strategic decision making for Global Oncology portfolio (e.g. market and competitor landscape assessment tools commercial opportunity assessments market maps analytical patient and HCP journeys benchmark libraries).
Analytics Delivery: Handson analytics project delivery with advanced expertise in data manipulation analysis and visualization using tools such as ExcelVBA SQL R Python PowerBI ThoughtSpot or similar technologies and capabilities. Leverage a variety of patient modeling techniques including statistical patientflow and simulationsbased techniques for insight generation.
Benchmarking Analytics: Lead benchmarking analytics to collect analyze and translate insights into recommended business actions to inform strategic business choices.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner effectively with global marketing teams HHDDA teams and other crossfunctional teams to inform strategic decisions and increase commercial rigor through all phases of pipeline asset development.
Communication and Transparency: Provide clear and synthesized communication to global marketing leaders and crossfunctional teams on commercial insights addressing the priority business questions.
Required Experience and Skills:
Bachelors degree preferably in a scientific engineering or businessrelated field.
Overall experience of 8 years with 4 years of relevant experience in oncology commercialization advanced analyticsoncology forecasting insights syndication clinical development or related roles within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
Therapeutic area experience in Oncology and/or emerging oncology therapies
Strong problemsolving abilities to find and execute solutions to complex or ambiguous business problems.
Experience conducting predictive modelling and secondary data analytics on large datasets using relevant skills (e.g. excel VBA Python SQL) and understanding of algorithms (such as regressions decision trees clustering etc.) Deep understanding of commercial Oncology global data ecosystem e.g. Epidemiology datasets claims datasets and realworld datasets
Confident leader who takes ownership of responsibilities is able to work autonomously and hold self and others accountable for delivery of quality output
Strategic thinker who is consultative collaborative and can engage as equals.
Strong communication skills using effective storytelling grounded on data insights.
Relationshipbuilding and influencing skills with an ability to collaborate crossfunctionally.
Ability to connect dots across sources and attention to detail
Preferred Experience and Skills:
Experience in diverse healthcare datasets insights and analytics
Experience in Life Science or consulting industry
Advanced degree (e.g. MBA PharmD PhD) preferred.
Global experience preferred
Team management experience
Data visualisation skills (e.g. PowerBI)
Our Human Health Division maintains a patient first profits later ideology. The organization is comprised of sales marketing market access digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse talented and committed people fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one anothers thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.
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Job Posting End Date:
05/31/2025
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