Advanced Analytics, Sr Analyst

Do you have expertise in, and passion for Insights and Analytics in Oncology ? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the Advanced Analytics, Sr Analyst role in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you're our kind of person. AstraZeneca's vision in Oncology is to help patients by redefining the cancer-treatment paradigm, with the aim of bringing six new cancer medicines to patients between 2013 and 2020. A broad pipeline of next-generation medicines is focused principally on four disease areas - breast, ovarian, lung and hematological cancers. As well as other tumor types, these are being targeted through five key platforms - immunotherapy, the genetic drivers of cancer and resistance, DNA damage repair, HER2 and antibody drug conjugates, underpinned by personalized healthcare and biomarker technologies. Position Summary: This role delivers outstanding analysis and interpretation of commercial oncology data from a variety of secondary data sources, working with the Sr. Manager of Advanced Analytics and the Director of Advanced Analytics to inform and enhance strategic decision-making across oncology brands. This is a hands-on role within U.S. Insights & Analytics that leads the synthesis of complex data to identify actionable strategic and tactical opportunities for various commercial teams. The role reports to the Sr. Director, Advanced Analytics. You will work cross-functionally within the organization and with external agency partners to understand, analyze, and report on a variety of practitioner, patient, and account-level health care and sales datasets. You will leverage available tools, resources, and the latest advanced analytics methodologies to extract meaningful insights that equip Marketing, Sales, and Insights Teams drive business growth. Your experience managing large-scale datasets and conducting sophisticated quantitative data analysis independently equips you with the skills needed to conduct your day-to-day work with minimal guidance. Roles and Responsibilities: -- Identify business needs proactively and build research/analysis with foresight -- Conduct objective quantitative analyses (e.g., market sizing, segmentation analysis, target list development, etc.) and provide evaluation, interpretation, and communication of results synthesizing key data and insights spanning a host of different sources and types of data -- Work closely with Data Management team members to compile and organize key data sources on patients, physicians, and accounts, and advise on prospective new data sources to achieve business value -- Serve as an expert resource on the scope, interpretation, and nuances of internal secondary data, particularly medical and pharmacy claims, with the ability to retrieve and organize large datasets as needed -- Create insightful reports and presentations that clearly and succinctly highlight actionable insights for a diverse group of stakeholders across commercial and insights functions -- Identify and drive reporting efficiencies and automations to ensure team members can invest time in addressing high-value business questions -- Collaborate cross-functionally with customer facing teams, internal insights and data science colleagues, outsourced partners, and consultants as needed Role Requirements: -- Bachelor's degree -- Strong analytics capability / business acumen with ability to understand and interpret information from multiple sources, stitching together findings into a clear narrative for business users -- Comfort with ambiguity with the ability to challenge traditional thinking to solve problems -- Ability to clean, wrangle, and transform large, complex data sources, using fit-for-purpose data analysis techniques to generate robust insights -- Manage, transform, and analyze data using Python, R, and/or SQL -- Advanced data analysis capabilities, such as supervised and unsupervised ML modeling, NLP, multivariate statistical estimation, experimental (A/B testing) design -- Ability to report complex findings through simple, clear, and compelling data visualizations, and explain results clearly and succinctly to non-technical audiences -- Familiarity with secondary patient-level data sources (IQVIA, Symphony, Flatiron, etc.) -- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across groups of diverse backgrounds and skills -- Ability to provide informational and analytical support for leadership in a timely and effective manner through seamless integration with other members of Insights and Analytics -- Strong Microsoft Office skills: Excel, PowerPoint, Access Desired Experience: -- Pharmaceutical industry or management consulting experience, ideally in oncology -- Advanced Quantitative Degree (e.g., Statistics, Engineering, or Economics) or Advanced Marketing Degree (e.g., MBA) -- Manage, transform, and analyze within AWS (S3, Athena, SageMaker) -- BI visualization (Qlik, Tableau, etc.) About Gaithersburg Our Gaithersburg, Maryland facility crafts life-changing medicines for people around the world. This campus employs more than 3,500 specialists in our field and is only a short drive from Washington, DC. This modern and vibrant scientific campus is the home of R&D and Oncology in the US. Here, we play host to some of the most ground breaking technology and lab spaces, all designed to encourage collaboration and cross-functional science. We believe employees benefit from being challenged and inspired at work. We are dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusion and collaboration. The Gaithersburg site offers various amenities to help boost efficiency and help keep our employees happy and healthy. This includes a fitness center, employee healthcare clinic, electric vehicle charging stations, dry cleaning, full-service cafeteria and copy center. This is where you'll find newly-designed, activity-based work spaces to suit a variety of working styles while strengthening collaboration between teams. Why AstraZeneca? At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognizing their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organization to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we're opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey. Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you. Where can I find out more? Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/1603/ Follow AstraZeneca on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/astrazenecacareers/ Follow AstraZeneca on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/astrazeneca_careers/?hlen oncology theplacetOBU astrazenecacareers