Manager/ Sr Manager - Data Science
Location
Bangalore | India
Job description
LCCI Business Insights & Analytics u2013 Team Lead, Data Science
The LCCI (Lilly Capability Centre India), BI&A (Business Insights & Analytics) team was started in 2017 with the objective of supporting business decisions for the commercial and marketing functions in the US and ex-US affiliates. This team is part of the LCCI - Commercial Services organization and works very closely with business analytics team based in Indianapolis (HQ). The team currently comprises of 100+ team members, with varied backgrounds and skills across data management, analytics and data sciences, business, and commercial operations etc.
To better meet the evolving analytics needs of the organization, the LCCI BI&A team is hiring for a leader who leads our Data Science team. This team works on commercial analytics requirements of Lillyu2019s US portfolio. The scope of work starts from launch support and continues across the life cycle of our products. There is a strong focus on predictive analytics and for the same, we are expanding the data science team. The incumbent will
- take ownership of people and work processes for the Data Science team
- define structure and expand current delivery by building a strong process-focused culture
- work closely with the onshore advisors to plan and build these capabilities to meet strategic needs
- build and leverage relationships with stakeholders across BI&A, other Commercial Services, and Lilly IT (IDS) teams
Key Responsibilities:
People and Project Leadership
- Manage the Data Science team, help data scientists take ownership and deliver best outcomes, focusing on quality and productivity
- Will be responsible for supervising, managing, and motivating team members on a day-to-day basis
- Create a framework for communication, project management and execution across team to help drive best practises
- Implements policies and procedures that will improve operations
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand key result areas, ensure expansion and penetration of data science use-cases
- Develop a pipeline of data science talent and leadership, and contribute to an inclusive community of data analytics practitioners/ thought leaders
- Be able to act proactively to ensure smooth team operations and effective collaboration
Strategic growth and thought leadership
- Strategize on key opportunities/ whitespaces, drive discussions and expand outcomes from LCCI for data science solutions
- Focus on the future business needs and expand capabilities of the group
- Provide thought leadership on advanced analytics techniques to answer business questions at the intersection of the pharmaceutical and marketing spaces to provide value to commercial teams
- Integrate working model for analytics capabilities across BI&A teams, and where possible, across other LCCI teams to drive better cross-team resourcing, cross-pollination of best practices.
- Conducting quarterly/ annual performance reviews of the team and motivate team to achieve excellent results
- Go beyond to support BI&A leadership to implement out of box solutions which support Lillyu2019s organizational objectives.
Required Skills and Expertise:
- 8+ years of relevant experience in a data science and/ OR people management roles supporting Pharma/Lifesciences Commercial ops internally or in consulting
- At-least 2+ yearsu2019 experience in leading highly competent and analytics-oriented teams
- Persuasive communication and inter-personal skills
- High level of motivation and a strong desire to find creative solutions to challenging situations
- Demonstrated ability to enforce business rules and policies in a constructive but disciplined manner
- Substantial analytics experience and understanding of complexities in specialty markets, analytics techniques, and US pharmaceutical business
- Proven ability to manage resources to achieve project and business results
- Demonstrated strength/understanding in statistics (preferred)
Education
- Bacheloru2019s/ Masteru2019s degree in Computer Applications/ Mathematics/ Pharma or a related field from a premium college
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