Oncology Brand Analytics Partner

Astellas Pharma; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Oncology Brand Analytics Partner to join their innovative team. This role is pivotal in providing strategic insights and recommendations that drive brand performance and uncover business opportunities. You will collaborate with global partners and utilize advanced analytics to support decision-making processes. If you're passionate about improving patient outcomes and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Join a company that values work-life balance and offers a hybrid working solution, ensuring you can connect with colleagues while enjoying the flexibility to work from home.

Benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Generous Paid Time Off

401(k) match

Company paid life insurance

Annual Corporate Bonus

Long Term Incentive Plan

Referral bonus program

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in pharmaceutical analytics and data reporting.
• Strong understanding of statistical modeling and data visualization techniques.
• Ability to manage complex projects and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic business insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Conduct brand-related strategies and opportunity discovery using advanced analytics.
• Manage projects and ensure alignment with global objectives and business needs.

Skills

Data Analysis

Project Management

Statistical Modeling

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business-related field

Master's degree in related field

Tools

SQL

SAS

R

Python

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

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Oncology Brand Analytics Partner (12358)

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com .

Purpose

The Manager, Brand Analytics plays a critical role in providing valuable strategic business insight and actionable recommendations to global and priority Commercial Division/markets to support achievement of brand objectives for priority/strategic products. This position is responsible for assessing brand performance on an ongoing and ad hoc basis to identify new business opportunities and insights and advise key stakeholders on how best to leverage the opportunities. In addition to providing sound counseling and objective interpretation of data to the stakeholders in global and regional commercial functions.

This position will support brand-aligned analytics priorities at a global and a Commercial Division/country level. This position will work across the global and Commercial Division (CD) strategic business partners including Marketing, Health Systems, IS and co-promotion partners (if applicable).

This role will require close collaboration with Commercial Insights (CI) counterparts, when appropriate, to ensure global alignment and consistency.

Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• Establish strategic direction of team and ensure alignment with global objectives, Commercial Division commercial business needs and overall department objectives.
• Collaborate with global and CD Marketing and CI GCA functions to enhance global alignment, prioritize high-impact reporting metrics around brand objectives to support better and more informed business decisions.
• Drive strong cross-functional communication to promote brand-level knowledge sharing and integration of key learnings.
• Conduct brand-related strategies, opportunity discovery and investment decisions with advanced analytics (examples include Customer Segmentation, Patient Adherence Analysis, HCP Network Analysis, etc) to uncover new business opportunities and insights.
• Advise global, regional and local stakeholders and provide actionable strategic recommendations that are rooted in a strong understanding of business and brand context.
• Collaborate with other operational stakeholders to define, develop and maintain business rules in alignment with internal policies and business needs.
• Identify, standardize and automate integration of critical reporting metrics and modeling tools to address brand-specific needs. Adapt current reports and metrics to support evolving business needs and opportunities; provide consultation and training on reports to ensure their use and effectiveness with users.
• Develop, define and lead prioritized ad hoc analysis as needed to support evolving business requirements and to provide timely business insights.
• Manage projects to include efficient resource mobilization, vendor selection, definition of scope and requirements, and achievement of timelines, budgets & deliverables.
• Support recommendations on various statistical modeling techniques to apply within analytical projects and mentor others on the use and application of those modeling techniques.
• Maintain proficiency among data systems, programs, and software resources (e.g. AWS Redshift and SQL), to ensure optimal and efficient achievement of department objectives.
• Develop comprehensive understanding of various data sources, including patient-level data, as well as their appropriate applications, to facilitate rigorous analytic process design and reliable business insights generation
  
  

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's degree in business-related field.
• Minimum 4 years of pharmaceutical analytics, operations or related experience required that includes data analysis and reporting, or four years with Masters degree and related experience required, with demonstrated success in managing projects of increasing size and complexity.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively interact with all levels of employees including senior management.
• Extensive proficiency with software in a Windows environment required including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in coding language (e.g. SQL, SAS, R, or Python)
• Working knowledge of various statistical modeling techniques and their application within complex analytical projects, e.g., regression modeling, promotion response modeling, ROI, natural language processing, predictive modeling, etc.
• Excellent skills in the following areas: organization, written and verbal communication, accuracy and personal initiative.
• Excellent organizational, planning and project management skills with a strong attention to detail and ability to effectively manage cross-functional projects.
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic fast-paced environment, with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability in taking initiative to proactively evaluate existing sales strategies and recommend changes, when appropriate.
• Keen analytical mind with superior problem solving and technical skills, reflecting in-depth knowledge of various secondary databases and their limitations.
  
  

Qualifications Preferred

• Pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Working knowledge of commercial data sources, e.g., Symphony patient claims data and sub-national data, IQVIA NPA data.
• General understanding of other Commercial Insights functions (i.e., primary/secondary market research, forecasting, competitive intelligence)
• Working knowledge of one or more data visualization tools such as Excel, QlikView and QlikSense
• Sound experience with data visualization.
• Experience working with global partners
• Knowledge of the global healthcare landscape including different access models
  
  

Working Environment

• This position is based in Canada and will not require on-site work. However, there may be occasional travel to Northbrook office required.
• At Astellas we recognize the importance of work/life balance, and we are proud to offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues at the office with the flexibility to also work from home. We believe this will optimize the most productive work environment for all employees to succeed and deliver. Hybrid work from certain locations may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’ Responsible Flexibility Guidelines.
  
  

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off options, including Vacation and Sick time, plus national holidays including year-end shut down
• 401(k) match and annual company contribution
• Company paid life insurance
• Annual Corporate Bonus and Quarterly Sales Incentive for eligible positions
• Long Term Incentive Plan for eligible positions
• Referral bonus program
  
  

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Category Commercial Insights

Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.

EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Biotechnology Research, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and Research Services

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