Sr. Insights & Analytics Manager (18-month contract)

Biopharma Careers; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 114,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

ViiV Healthcare Canada is seeking a Sr. Insights & Analytics Manager for an 18-month contract. Hybrid work with 2-3 days in Mississauga or Montreal offices, reporting to the Business Intelligence Director. Ideal candidate resides near Mississauga or Montreal.

Requires 10+ years pharma analytics, 5+ years HIV/Specialty Care, and strong Canadian market knowledge to lead analytics, forecast, and reporting for the sales force and marketing teams.

Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Finance or Healthcare.
• 10+ years pharma industry experience.
• 5+ years HIV or Specialty Care experience.
• 5+ years analytics, sales force effectiveness or BI experience.
• Strong understanding of Canadian pharma market and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead key I&A pillars: Reporting, Forecasting, Commercial Analytics, SFE and Market Research.
• Oversee Performance Reporting for clear business insights and leadership alignment.
• Develop opportunities to drive performance with cross-functional teams.
• Direct 2-4 support resources for timely reporting and accuracy.
• Deliver key reports: KPIs, Monthly Reviews, Sales Reporting, PowerBI.
• Monitor needs and enhance reporting tools to support decision-making.
• Partner with sales/marketing on segmentation, targeting, and plans.
• Lead forecasting with evidence-based assumptions and market dynamics.

Skills

Customer Insights

Data to Insights

Digital Fluency

Influencing Without Authority

Market Knowledge

Scientific Literacy

Education

University degree in Business/Finance/Healthcare

Tools

Veeva

PowerBI

Job description

Are you passionate about turning data into meaningful insights, with strong attention to detail and a drive to support data-informed decision-making?

At ViiV Healthcare, we work for people living with HIV and the communities that support them. We are guided by our values of Respect, Integrity, Transparency and the Patient-Focus in everything we do.

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.

We are a specialist pharmaceutical company 100% dedicated to developing medicines to treat and prevent HIV. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, our ambition is to end the HIV epidemic.

As the pioneers in HIV innovation, we constantly look to push the boundaries of science to develop medicines that can change lives and give people more choice. Beyond our medicines, we are proud of our deep connection with the HIV community and work with partners to advance research and development, address HIV-related stigma, increase access to our medicines and provide funding and support to local community organisations to support their efforts in the HIV response.

We are ViiV Healthcare. Here until HIV and AIDS are not.

Job Purpose

GSK is looking to hire a Sr. Insights & Analytics Manager to join our ViiV Healthcare Team. This 18-month contract role is a hybrid model, requiring 2-3 days in the Mississauga or Montreal office, and reports directly to Business Intelligence Director. The ideal candidate will reside in or near Mississauga or Montreal.

Details (Your Responsibilities)

• Accountable for delivering on key I&A pillars, including Performance Reporting, Forecasting, Commercial Analytics, Sales Force Effectiveness and Incentive Compensation, and Market Research
• Lead the Performance Reporting process to ensure clear understanding of business performance, market dynamics, and insights across cross-functional stakeholders and leadership team
• Build on customer, competitor and performance insights to proactively identify and recommend opportunities to drive performance and inform strategy, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize and implement actions
• Directly lead and manage ~2-4 I&A support resources (including Knowledge Centre team, interns, vendors/consultants) to ensure high-quality and timely reporting deliverables, effective utilization, and develop skilled support of the Canadian business
• Responsible for the delivery of key reports, including Key Performance Indicators, Monthly Performance Reviews, Sales Reporting, PowerBI, Patient Support Program Summary Reports, Supply & Forecast Reports, etc.
• Proactively monitor, assess needs, and manage the development of reporting deliverables, processes and tools to support effective performance monitoring and quick decision-making
• Create strong strategic partnership with sales leaders, and lead the territory business planning process, using key data, analytics, and insights to generate strategic and informed plans
• Drive focus and energy within the organization towards opportunities & key accounts, monitor performance and ensure resources are allocated appropriately to achieve business objectives
• Use evidence-based data to identify key KPIs with impact, securing buy-in and commitment from cross-functional teams, and set ambitious and achievable business targets
• Partner with sales and marketing to drive sales effectiveness aligned with brand and business priorities, including segmentation & targeting, alignment, call planning, and reporting
• Lead the forecasting process to generate forecasts based on clear evidence-driven assumptions, incorporating key market & brand dynamics, pipeline & competition, business strategy, and latest performance insights
• Monitor and understand drivers of variance to forecasts to manage demand forecasts and ensure product supply
• Support the strategy and implementation of a motivational pay-for-performance Sales Force Incentive (SFI) program, including target setting

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• University Degree, preferably in Business, Finance, or Healthcare related field
• Minimum of 10+ years of pharma industry experience
• Minimum of 5+ years experience in HIV or Specialty Care therapeutic areas
• Minimum of 5+ years of analytics, sales force effectiveness and/or business intelligence experience
• Proficient understanding of Canadian pharmaceutical market, including pharma market drivers, health care systems, competitive environment, and patient/HCP/treatment pathways
• Strong analytical skills, with demonstrated ability to synthesis large data and identify key insights, opportunities and strategic recommendations
• Proven ability to synthesize business questions and deliver actionable solutions
• Solution-based mindset able to assimilate and prioritize a broad range of business issues and needs associated with multiple stakeholders within the organization
• Excellent communication skills for interaction with senior stakeholders
• Comfortable challenging others and influencing without authority, ensuring an objective representation of ideas and opinions
• Proven problem-solver, uses out-of-the-box thinking to drive innovation
• Pro-active, with a continuous improvement mindset to optimize, simplify, and identify opportunities to add value
• Strong planning and organization skills, results-oriented with a proven ability to prioritize work and meet challenging deadlines
• Quick learner with ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Demonstrated strong ability to work effectively independently and in a cross functional team environment
• Solid understanding of secondary data sources, including IQVIA data
• Strong skills in MS Office suite, particularly Microsoft Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced University degrees are desirable (Preferred Master or PH.D. level Degree like MBA, PH.D., M. Biotech, etc.)
• Experience with salesforce effectiveness approaches, including segmentation & targeting, alignment, sales reporting, incentive compensation
• Experience with forecasting, analog modeling, and market research
• Advanced understanding of Pharma product strategies and organizational dynamics
• Familiarity with tools including Veeva and PowerBI

Skills

• Customer Insights, Data to Insights, Digital Fluency, Influencing Without Authority, Market Knowledge, Scientific Literacy

In compliance with Ontario's provincial pay transparency legislation, this job posting includes a salary range to support equitable and informed hiring practices. The annual compensation for this role is CAD114,000 to CAD164,000 , determined based on experience, qualifications, and internal equity. GSK is dedicated to promoting transparency and fairness throughout our recruitment process. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Why Us?

At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 40 million people living with HIV is down to zero, we will continue searching for new ways to limit the impact of HIV. We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. At ViiV Healthcare, we do things differently. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, we are determined to help end the HIV epidemic. We are guided by our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind and it is this mission that unites our employees located across the globe. We combine expertise in research, manufacturing, policy and more to push the boundaries of what people think is possible in HIV treatment and care. As a result of our connection with GSK, we are able to draw on their proud history and resources. This means that you would receive all the employee benefits offered by GSK.

ViiV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals to apply to our career opportunities. ViiV is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. If you need accommodation at any stage of the application process or want more information on our accommodation policies, please contact us at [e-mail] . Please do not send resumes to this e-mail and instead apply through the online application process of this posting.