Strategic Insights & Analytics Lead (Hybrid)

AstraZeneca GmbH; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 142,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex Benefits & Retirement Savings

4 weeks paid vacation

Personal days

Job summary

AstraZeneca in Mississauga is seeking an Insight and Analytics Lead to partner with therapeutic-area leadership. The role blends qualitative and quantitative insights to inform brand strategy, lifecycle decisions and commercial performance across regions and functions.

You will guide annual insights plans, develop forecast-driven analyses, and ensure insights are adopted to drive measurable business actions. Hybrid work with three days in-office in Mississauga.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years in insights and data analytics within pharmaceuticals or life sciences.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, analytics or sciences.
• Experience designing and managing primary market research.
• Strong proficiency with R, Python and visualization tools.
• Knowledge of Canadian pharma data sources (IQVIA, EMR, claims data, TSA/TCR, CDH).
• Advanced quantitative modeling skills for business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic insights through annual plans and voice of customer analyses.
• Guide forecasting processes by incorporating market dynamics.
• Own end-to-end brand insights, budget oversight and vendor partnerships.
• Produce rigorous quantitative analyses on patient data to identify opportunities.
• Create data visualizations translating complex data into clear recommendations.
• Collaborate across functions to align KPIs and reporting standards.

Skills

Insights analytics

Stakeholder collaboration

Data visualization

Statistical methods

R

Python

Power BI

Tableau

Forecasting

Market research

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/management/sciences

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

R

Python

IQVIA

EMR

claims data

Job description

AstraZeneca in Mississauga is seeking an Insight and Analytics Lead to partner with therapeutic-area leadership. The role blends qualitative and quantitative insights to inform brand strategy, lifecycle decisions and commercial performance across regions and functions.

You will guide annual insights plans, develop forecast-driven analyses, and ensure insights are adopted to drive measurable business actions. Hybrid work with three days in-office in Mississauga.