Manager, Data Science

Walgreens; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens Co. is seeking a data analytics expert to design, develop, and implement methods for consolidating and analyzing diverse datasets. You will oversee teams on complex projects, allocate resources, and ensure timely delivery of tactical plans across departments.

The role requires advancing data visualization, statistical methodologies, and enterprise analytics architecture while partnering with business users and IT to drive actionable insights. Travel up to 15% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Math, Business, Actuarial Science, or Computer Science.
• Experience with Pharmacy Industry related business practices, data and pricing methodologies.
• Experience establishing and maintaining key relationships within a matrix organization.
• Ability to solve complex business issues with data analysis and leadership.
• Advanced Excel/PowerPoint/Word/Access skills are required.
• Willing to travel up to 15% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Acts as subject matter expert on analytical tools and enterprise data systems.
• Develops and executes data visualization strategies for interpretive formats.
• Applies advanced analytical methods to evaluate processes and ROI.
• Distributes field support work among pricing analysts and guides solutions.
• Creates training plans and mentors team members.
• Maintains automated data integrity checks and communicates findings.
• Performs data mining and reporting for strategic business issues.
• Leads development of complex models and checks data source quality.
• Reviews compliance monitoring methodologies and updates models.
• collaborates with business users and IT to deliver analytical work plans.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Access

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma / GED

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Access

Job description

Job Description

Job Summary

Designs, develops, and implements methods, processes and systems to consolidate and analyze diverse data sets including structured and unstructured. Manages the daily operational activities that develop and implement tactical plans for specified area. Oversees team(s) assigned to projects and may manage implementations. Ensures resources are accurately allocated in line with tactical plans and appropriately accounted for.

Job Responsibilities

• Acts as subject matter expert and advisor on topic of the largest most complex analytical tools, enterprise data systems and/or analytical methodologies for the company.
• Develops and ensures proper execution by other team members of the most complex innovative data visual presentation strategies to ensure data is conveyed in meaningful and interpretive formats for all audience levels.
• Develops and ensures proper execution by other team members of the most complex large scale innovative analytical and/or statistical methodologies and supporting tools for evaluating Company processes, business problems, and/or ROI of products and services.
• Answers largest most complex questions from the field. Manages the distribution of field support work among the pricing analysts to ensure all issues are resolved in a timely manner. Serves as industry leader and subject matter expert in one or more areas for most complex methodologies/models.
• Creates and oversees the training schedule of new employees as well as participate in a significant amount of training for new and existing employees. Provides analytical guidance, mentoring, and coaching to the team and peers.
• Develops and maintains an automated process to identify data and process integrity issues. Provides leadership with detailed recommendation for issue resolution. Identifies both up and down stream impact of identified issues and fully communicates with any impacted parties.
• Develops timely, innovative, objective analysis which leads to fact-based solutions for strategic business issues. Identifies, formulates, and drives problem definition and hypothesis formulation as it relates to the specific business environment. Synthesizes externally syndicated data with internal experience. Prepares standard and ad hoc management reports and presentations for more complex projects. Utilizes query based tools to create and run queries used for data mining and analytics to support other job responsibilities and ad hoc projects.
• Leads the technical development; ensures proper execution of most complex models and tools used to compare executed contract terms and conditions to parameters included in internal and external data sources. Identifies data source deficiencies among company data and suggests path to resolve.
• Reviews and approves methodologies identified in the compliance monitoring program to include evaluation of definitions, price increase maintenance and network identification.
• Reviews and approves improvements to standard model assumptions and multifaceted business problems within the organization. Updates processes, using findings from performance monitoring (For example, adding order logic steps to improve on data matching).
• Works closely with the business users and IT resources, consulting and understanding their needs, establishing realistic expectations, developing analytical work plans around problems, owning the development and delivery of work plans and then delivering back to the client. Provides consulting services related to data analysis, analytic tools, and enterprise analytic architecture.
• Works cross functionally across divisions with key stakeholders
• Responsible for meeting all company directives, contractual or otherwise, as it relates to assigned client portfolio and delegating supporting functions to direct reports as appropriate.

About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

External Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Math, Business, Actuarial Science, or Computer Science OR High School Diploma / GED and at least 5 years of experience in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Math, Business, Actuarial Science, or Computer Science.
• Experience with Pharmacy Industry related business practices, data and pricing methodologies.
• Experience establishing and maintaining key relationships with internal (peers, business partners and leadership) and external (business community, clients and vendors) within a matrix organization to develop strategies that meet department goals within budget and timelines.
• Experience developing ways of accomplishing goals with no supervision, depending upon oneself and proper delegation to resolve issues to ensure completed objectives and determining when escalation of issues is necessary.
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Experience in diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex business issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• Experience overseeing the performance of direct or indirect reports and being held accountable for their deliverables.
• Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table).
• Advanced level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: changing picture styles, customizing animation and/or setting automatic slide timings).
• Advanced level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: adding developer tab, creating a macro, formatting table style, inserting comments and/or creating a mail merge).
• Advanced level skill in Microsoft Access
• At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and or cross functional team leadership
• Willing to travel up to 15% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• • Graduate degree in a quantitative, computational or technical discipline
  • Experience interacting at the executive level
  • Experience leading cross-functional teams.

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled.

Job Function

Health Care-Pharmacy

Common Location

200 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-04620-00001-2

Pay Type

Salaried

Start Rate

100000

Employment Type

Full-time

Maximum Rate

175000