Team Lead Business Analytics
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Expert
Master's, MBA, PhD
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
In PersonHyderabad-based; travel may be required as business needs arise.
Data & AnalyticsBusiness Intelligence
About the job
Requirements
- 12+ years of relevant experience in pharmaceutical commercial operations.
- 12+ years of experience in pharmaceutical product commercial analytics and/or forecasting.
- In-depth knowledge of databases such as IQVIA, APLD, engagement data, and execution data.
- Strong ability to manage a multi-layered team of 50 people.
- Demonstrated leadership and management in driving innovation and automation using advanced statistical and analytical techniques.
- Experience recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training associates, and resolving conflicts or complaints from stakeholders and associates.
- Experience supervising project activities and ensuring projects are properly provisioned and staffed.
- Strong learning agility and ability to manage ambiguous environments and adapt to changing business needs.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively, think strategically, influence and negotiate, and operate effectively in an international matrix environment across time zones.
- Proficiency in stakeholder management, project management, and people management.
- Fluency with the R programming language, visualization, and statistical analysis.
- Knowledge of project management tools.
- Proficiency in SQL, SAS, Python, R, or VBA.
- Experience with analytical platforms such as Databricks, Jupyter Notebook, and SQL developers.
- Proficiency with pharmaceutical and commercial data sources and CRM systems such as IQVIA, Symphony, Komodo, Veeva, and Salesforce.
- Experience with analytical tools such as Power BI, Qlik Sense, Tableau, Smartsheet, and Alteryx.
- Expert knowledge of Excel and proficiency in VBA.
- Experience developing and managing dashboards.
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Problem-solving and strategic-thinking skills, with a focus on high-quality data output and quality assurance.
- Ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable insights and work effectively across stakeholder levels and diverse functions.
- Solid understanding of pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, supply chain, and marketing functions.
- An advanced degree in areas such as Management, Statistics, Decision Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, or Business Analytics, or a related field; examples include a PhD, MBA, or Master's degree.
- Excellent knowledge of English.
Responsibilities
- Maintain effective relationships with end stakeholders in allocated GBUs and develop education and communication content as required.
- Lead and develop hub teams and ensure they leverage new technologies.
- Initiate the contracting process and related documentation within defined timelines.
- Collaborate with global stakeholders on project planning, timelines, and budgets.
- Act as a strategic thought partner to commercial and analytics operations across GBUs.
- Develop and maintain expertise in key industry trends and developments.
- Contribute to strategic deliverables and ensure delivery according to plan.
- Identify innovation opportunities and implement them with external and internal partners.
- Refresh existing reports and identify improvement opportunities in reporting and business intelligence tools, structure, and functionality as new insights become available.
- Create dashboards that synthesize and visualize key information to support business decisions.
- Develop deal-tracking analytics and reporting capabilities.
- Collaborate with Digital to enhance access to data from various sources and develop tools, technology, and processes to improve quality and productivity.
- Standardize and automate offerings, models, and processes to improve the efficiency of repeated or routine work.
- Rationalize reports to reduce data redundancy and free capacity for new initiatives and projects.
- Synthesize data and insights by gathering input from Market Research, Brand Analytics, Marketing, Finance, Market Access, Medical, and other functions.
- Provide quarterly utilization metrics for reports using Power BI usage metrics or other methods for reports outside the business intelligence framework.
- Assist in developing and maintaining KPI reports for field and commercial teams, covering Marketing and related functions, and access information through various tools and sources.
- Develop a deep understanding of internal customers' data and analytical needs, focusing on the customer-facing model.
- Monitor therapeutic-area research, clinical development, and competitor activity; summarize and present findings through appropriate communication channels.
- Apply and share deeper technical knowledge across the function, including key datasets and modeling capabilities.
- Lead teams of advanced business analytics experts and other specialists as needed.
- Partner with internal cross-business-unit client teams across regions to provide quantitative strategy consulting and solutions for marketing and sales issues.
- Evaluate promotion and marketing program effectiveness using secondary data sources, marketing mix or promotion response models, return-on-investment analysis, and field-force or multichannel modeling.
- Coach and develop team leads and similar roles in team handling, project management, and methods.
- Mentor the team on day-to-day work and exceptional cases or situations.
- Monitor work progress and resolve issues and queries.
- Plan resourcing and backups to ensure business continuity.
- Share best practices and facilitate change and operational excellence.
- Coordinate project resourcing, quality, timeliness, efficiency, and technical standards for medical/field-writing group deliverables, including scientific documents and clinical/medical reports.
- Enhance quality by ensuring medical/field-writing outputs meet high scientific standards.
- Ensure compliance procedures and internal operational risk controls are followed in accordance with applicable standards.
- Refresh reports on weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual cycles and perform quality-control checks for each refresh.
- Use current tools, technologies, and methodologies and partner with internal teams on regular and ad hoc business analytics work, including system builds, maintenance, and enhancements.
- Gather requirements, analyze data, and generate insights and reports for the GBU through cross-functional collaboration.
- Work with stakeholder teams to prioritize work and deliver time-sensitive requests.
- Present and defend intelligence, methodology, content, and conclusions to global leadership clearly and concisely.
- Coordinate project resourcing, quality, timeliness, efficiency, and deliverable standards for commercial operations teams.
- Improve quality by ensuring team outputs meet defined or agreed quality parameters.
- Ensure compliance procedures and internal operational risk controls meet applicable regulatory standards.
- Lead and implement operational excellence projects aligned with senior leadership direction, using appropriate process-improvement tools.
- Create and develop tools, technology, and processes to improve quality and productivity.
- Maintain effective stakeholder relationships to meet agreed deliverables.
- Partner with Global Analytics Center of Excellence representatives and remain accountable for Global Service Hub work.
- Develop marketing concepts, points of view, problem-solving tools, frameworks, and approaches with Global Analytics Center of Excellence and Regional Analytics colleagues.
- Support global stakeholders with process improvements, risk mitigation plans, and new initiatives.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and propose solutions aligned with expectations.
- Establish regular stakeholder governance, seek feedback, and take appropriate action to ensure stakeholder satisfaction.
About the company
Sanofi is a global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company that develops, manufactures, and sells prescription medicines, over-the-counter products, and vaccines. Its products span immunology, oncology, rare diseases, and vaccines, addressing unmet medical needs through a strong focus on research and development. Sanofi's core product model relies on large-scale R&D, strategic partnerships, and licensing to bring new therapies to markets, with revenue generated from product sales and collaborations. The company differentiates itself by leveraging its global reach, diverse portfolio, and emphasis on patient-centric solutions, safety, and quality to navigate regulatory environments in developed and emerging markets. The company’s goal is to improve health outcomes and quality of life for people worldwide by delivering innovative treatments and vaccines that meet unmet medical needs.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1973
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Professional Development Budget
- Parental Leave