Senior Specialist, Data Analyst

Job Description

Information Sciences is seeking a Senior Specialist Data Analyst with excellent communications skills and a passion for healthcare and technology. Under the direction of the group lead the candidate will leverage strong analytical skills to support the R&D efforts on the Insider Risk/Trade Secret (IR/TS) program. The position requires exceptional attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills. The candidate will be instrumental in identifying opportunities to streamline and optimize and then maintain the process. An innate curiosity and a strong desire to learn is required. As a key member of a team the candidate will support the high quality and reliable operation of IR/TS program.

Primary Activities:

The primary activities include but are not limited to:

• Support the day-to-day activities for the program

• Contribute to asset identification

• Support the maintenance and lifecycle tracking of assets

• Support internal and external monitoring strategies

• Perform data analysis to derive insight and identify potential opportunities for the organization

• Deliver routine metrics to leadership to provide insight about activities their organization

• Analyze large datasets that support pivotal conversations such as those with leadership

• Collaborate with internal partners to ensure security controls are functioning properly

• Support the roll-out of new technology including pressure testing solutions access impact on day-to-day operations

• Support outreach and awareness and training

• Monitor and improve data quality completeness and consistency

• Support projects by tracking progress toward goals

• Contribute to documentation

• Strong commitment to compliance and ethical standards in data handling and analysis

Skills:

Education/Experience

• Degree in a scientific data science or mathematical discipline plus experience in pharmaceutical/biotech industry:

• Bachelors and 5 years

• Masters/PhD and 3 years

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to analyze large datasets and derive insights and anomalies

• identifying opportunities to optimize and maintain processes for various programs

• Experience using programming languages such as Python or R and proficiency in SQL for data extraction and manipulation

• Experience with creating data visualizations (PowerBI etc.)

• Strong project management skills

• Ability to manage competing timelines and priorities

• Strong commitment to compliance and ethical standards in data handling and analysis

• Awareness of the tools relevant to data loss prevention

• Experience managing testing and documenting

• Continuous improvement mindset

Preferred

• Experiences with leveraging AI

• Experiences with automation using tools such as Power Automate

• Experience with data loss prevention and protection strategies and tools

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