Advanced Analytics Manager

Are you ready to harness the power of data to drive growth and shape strategic imperatives? As part of the Commercial Excellence team at Alexion Canada, you'll report to the Director of Commercial Excellence and play a pivotal role in facilitating cross-functional decision-making. Your mission will be to automate and oversee standard commercial operations while building innovative analytics approaches specific to rare diseases. If you possess strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, coupled with expert-level analytical and communication abilities, this is your chance to make a significant impact.

Key Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with clients in the sales and marketing sector to prioritize quantitative analyses on patient data.

- Conduct rigorous analytics to uncover new business opportunities and insights.

- Manage local sales reporting, metrics, and dashboards, ensuring standardization and automation.

- Lead the Sales Incentive Program, establishing targets and executing quarterly/monthly incentive compensation payout reporting.

- Facilitate workshops to align on KPIs, metrics definitions, and reporting standards.

- Maintain, improve, and automate existing dashboards and reporting capabilities in Power BI.

- Standardize and automate integration of critical reporting metrics and modeling tools for brand-specific needs.

- Drive the production of on-the-spot analyses for sales and marketing, incorporating data visualizations.

- Drive adoption of analytics platforms across business units.

- Provide training and support to users to improve data literacy and self-service capabilities.

- Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies to enhance analytics capabilities.

- Develop strong collaborative working relationships with stakeholders at Alexion Canada.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Bachelors degree is required.

- Master’s in Business, Management, Analytics or Sciences is strongly preferred.

- Minimum 5 years’ proven experience in data analytics in pharmaceuticals/healthcare/life sciences industry or management consulting; preference is given to applicants with at least 2 years of experience in handling patient data as well as payout analytics.

- Proficiency in quantitative analytics modeling, frameworks, and tools.

- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights with hands-on experience with analytic tools like R or Python & visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau.

- Strong working knowledge of Canadian pharma data sources, including but not limited to IQVIA, EMR, claims, TSA/TCR, CompuScript, Xponent, and CD&H as well as rare disease space.

- Excellent executive engagement and teamwork skills, ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely, and the ability to respectfully question and/or challenge others to think through problems, improvement opportunities, solutions, and plans.

- Ability to partner with and influence others without direct authority; build consensus and look for collaboration with people from different departments and all levels.

- Outstanding learning agility and project management skills with an ability to lead and prioritize multiple initiatives in a dynamic environment with tight timelines.

- Passion for taking on a central strategic function to enable business success through delivering high-quality data analytics.

- Strong orientation to commercial collaboration and driving business results.

- Demonstrated interest and ability to move to positions of increased responsibility.

Your work will power rapid patient impact and shape the future of rare disease care in Canada and beyond. You will experience the true meaning of redefining lives—every day.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we redefine bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace, and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca's Alexion division, you'll find an environment where diversity is celebrated and innovation thrives. Our patient-driven culture encourages exploration of new insights that profoundly impact lives. We value kindness alongside ambition as we strive for success in serving those in need. With tailored development programs designed for skill enhancement and empathetic understanding of patient journeys, you'll be empowered to make a difference. Supported by exceptional leaders and peers ready to lift you in marketing compliance and beyond.

Ready to make your mark? Apply now and join us in redefining what's possible!

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