Analytics Strategy Lead

Key Skills

Data Analytics, Data science techniques, Effective communication skills, Machine learning techniques, Presentation skills, UI design, UX design

Job Description

In this role you will own the end-to-end use case strategy and execution, focussing on the value drivers from the POC (Proof of Concept) stage to the scaling of the use case across the enterprise. As a leader you will work with multiple business functions both in Global and affiliates to understand the business needs, translate them into actionable use cases, define the best in class methodology that answers the business questions and finally work with the team of experts to deliver. This role demands a good blend of business understanding and expertise in the field of data science in order to shape a vision for the use case that will drive business outcomes and also ensure the technical robustness of the solution. Through your experience with solving business problems you will be able to guide non-data-science savvy business stakeholders to the analytics solution most appropriate for their needs.

The Analytics Strategy Lead is a subject matter expert on analytics, data, and measurement. Their technical expertise and strong leadership is recognized internally by proactively providing market expertise and strategic guidance to key stakeholders, and positioning oneself as thought partner. They integrate and connect multiple use cases to ensure a trusted, objective source of strategic insights and compelling recommendations to the Commercial organization and our internal partners.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction by working with multiple stakeholders across GPS/I8 (top 8 markets) to understand business needs and translate them into data science & analytics use cases to drive business impact for Roche

• Take part of our current transformation by partnering by business teams in order to define a vision for analytics & solutions to support our customer engagement model

• Collaborate with or lead teams with a variety of technical and non-technical roles – in particular, connecting business owners, data scientists, data engineers, ML engineers, data analysts, research scientists & UX/UI designers

• Partner with the data platform and governance team and IT to ensure that data strategy has the ability to resolve use cases in the most efficient and effective manner

• Automate analyses and develop interactive, employee-facing tools, platforms, and systems that inform, support, and enable business decisions across Roche by delivering insights in a speedy and efficient manner

• Provide technical/analytical expertise to team through secondary data analytics

• Partner with experts in charge of training and on-boarding to facilitate the adoption of the solution and conduct the change

• Openly share perspective and insights to elevate team thinking and drive a balanced, holistic point of view; effectively weigh and communicate trade-off considerations

• Take an enterprise mindset, linking individual responsibilities with broader organization; focus on outcomes that provide most business value

• Look for opportunities for continuous improvement; engage managers and peer group regularly for coaching, assistance, and advocacy

Key Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Masters/PhD in Data Science, Statistics, or related graduate-level degree

• At least 8 years analytical experience, with at least 3 years within pharmaceutical or biotech industry

• Knowledge on measurement framework particularly to measure the customer engagement and experience across the classical marketing funnel of engagement is a must have

• Excellent communication skills: simplifying complex information into clear, synthesized insights and presenting them to stakeholders at all levels of the organization

• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and to develop and maintain strong partnerships

• Experience with end to end implementation, deployment and change management for analytics & data science driven use cases in commercial space

• Turns creative ideas into original solutions. Produces new or different approaches in current situations and enables creativity in others. Involved in generating ideas and seeing them through to implementation.

• Experience with global pharmaceutical data: syndicated sales, promotional & marketing data, longitudinal patient-level data, payer data.

• Experience working in complex project structures involving multiple stakeholders and business partners

• Knowledge on the latest technology, tools, machine learning techniques, econometric modeling and deep learning methodologies is a must have

• Impeccable ethics and integrity

• Business travel is required for regular internal and external business meetings

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.