Business Unit Analytics Manager

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Are you insatiably curious about what drives a business to be successful? Are you a data influencer, a thought provoker who can credibly translate information about products and customers to build strategic insights? Do you have a customer focus and strive to assess and meet the needs of various business partners? Do you possess an ability to influence senior decision makers on key decisions and opportunities? Are you driven to impact how customer and product strategies are implemented?

Reporting into the Sr. Manager, Performance and Business Analytics, you will be an integral partner to our cross-functional brand teams and the Oncology and Biopharmaceuticals therapeutic area. You will work closely with the respective therapeutic area Insight and Forecasting Manager(s) to deliver the insights, analytics and reporting needs of the business unit.

You will have responsibility to:

- Actively analyze customer, competitor and product information and provide recommendations to brand teams, sales and business unit leadership
- Communicate and influence strategic input into portfolio planning and optimization of resources across the portfolio, including creative simulations for various scenarios
- Manage development of customer segmentation and patient share models to generate inputs for sales targeting strategies and execution plans
- Facilitate the annual sales quota setting, in collaboration with the forecasting team, and incentive payout process
- Ability to lead change and adoption through business strategies and process transformations
- Drive implementation of sophisticated analytic models and outputs to improve customer engagement efficiency and business outcomes
- Build data-driven recommendations through robust analysis across digital channel engagement strategies
- Deliver monthly reports, ad-hoc analysis and recommendations for all products in business portfolio
- Measure execution of therapeutic area strategy against key performance indicators
- Partner with Marketing and Sales to generate insights and reports to drive the strategic direction
- Partner with other cross-functional teams, including the Data Capabilities, Advanced Analytics, and IT, to craft and implement new business capabilities

Your qualifications include:

- 3+ years pharmaceutical experience (preferred) and / or University degree or equivalent experience in science and/or business (Pharmaceutical sales experience is an asset)
- Knowledge and experience within the Oncology and/or Biopharmaceutical Therapeutic Area
- Intimate understanding and working knowledge of IQVIA & Patient Support Program data sets is an asset
- Strong analytical mind-set and proven track record with analytics (e.g. Excel, Python, and/or SQL) and business intelligence solution (e.g. Power BI)
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including proficiency with PowerPoint and Word, or similar
- Strong critical thinking/planning skills to build business value through dashboard and report creation.
- Strong ability to build relationships including demonstrated history of successful collaboration and partnership

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