BI&A Associate Director, Medical Affairs

Location

Bangalore | India

Job description

LCCI Business Insights & Analytics

Associate Director, Medical Affairs Analytics

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 150+ team members, with varied backgrounds and skills across data management, analytics and data sciences, business, and commercial operations etc.

One of the key sub-functions under BI&A is Medical Affairs Business Insights and Analytics. The team based in LCCI is responsible for enablement of analytics insights for our Medical Affairs business partners. The LCCI Medical Affairs Analytics team is currently looking for a leader who will be responsible for managing Medical Affairs Analytics execution and delivery team, ensuring the analytics engagement model successfully supports the Medical Affairs organization in making data-driven decisions.

The Associate Director will be part of a growing and dynamic team of analytics professionals whose main goal is to help our business partners achieve their goals through data analytics enablement.u00A0 The Associate Director is the single point of contact for Medical Affairs analytics delivery in LCCI focused on specific Business Units or Cross BU level analytics needs. This analytics leader will be responsible for ensuring business decisions are backed by data driven insights and recommendations from analytics.

The Associate Director will play a leadership role in developing execution plans for the prioritized analytics workstreams, in conjunction with teammates in the US. They will closely partner and collaborate to ensure the broader team is aligned with key execution priorities and is able to meet (and exceed) our business partnersu2019 expectations for delivery of high-quality analytic results.

The position will leverage their deep understanding of various LillyUSA & Medical Affairs specific data sources to lead execution of critical analyses, and to communicate key outputs to decision makers. This analytics leader will be responsible for ensuring business decisions are backed by data driven insights and recommendations from analytics.

For the same, the incumbent will:

- partner with the US Med Affairs Business Insights and Analytics leaders and take ownership of quality and effectiveness of analyses,

- structure and refine current delivery by building a strong process-focused culture,

- plan and build capabilities to meet strategic business needs, and

- build and leverage relationships with stakeholders across BI&A, GMAO, VEO, BU Medial Affairs and Tech@Lilly teams to drive effective outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Management and People Leadership:

• Direct the delivery team to take ownership and deliver best possible outcomes through a data and analytics mindset
  • Provide end to end oversight and leadership on analytics delivery, including collaboration with cross functional partners to deliver on project goals that align to core Medical Affairs objectives
• Work closely with the US stakeholders to ensure expansion and penetration of analytics use-cases with Medical Affairs Organization
  • Develop, prioritize, and implement solutions that help answer Medical Affairsu2019 most critical questions and meet their needs with data driven insights
  • Independently query data and summarize key analytics results to quickly answer critical ad hoc business questions
• Collaborate with the BI&A data democratization team or Tech@Lilly to prioritize and develop self-serve dashboards and automated reports. Use dashboard tools to provide analytics expertise and champion teaching the Medical Affairs teams how to use the tools to derive insights in real time
• Create a framework for communication, project management and execution across team to help drive best practises
  • Ensure compliance with all privacy and contractual obligations related to the use of data
  • Understand any internal/ external risks and help mitigate challenges.
• Be a mentor for team members, and drive upskilling plans for LCCI team
  • Serve as trusted career advisor, and work with functional leadership and HR to identify career opportunities for these team members, focusing on business and individual needs
• Develop a pipeline of analytics talent and leadership, and contribute to an inclusive community of analytics expert practitioners

Strategic growth and thought leadership

• Develop deep understanding of Medical Affairs strategy, business goals, challenges and critical objectives (across GMAO & BU Medical Affairs) to ensure analytics deliverables are aligned to the broader strategy
• Strategize on key opportunities/ whitespaces, drive discussions and expand outcomes from LCCI for data analytics driven business solutions
• Support BI&A US leadership and Medical Affairs colleagues in developing the analytics strategy, including Medical Affairs Roadmap creation
• Support implementation of the Data & Analytics Governance process in Medical Affairs with goal of creating a forum for cross functional alignment of critical data & analytics priorities across LillyUSA.
• 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 and expansion of LCCI capabilities
• Network with industry experts and external consultants as needed to develop, test, and implement new approaches and solutions for analytics outcomes

Required Skills and Expertise:

• 12+ years of relevant experience in an analytical function (BI, data analytics, forecasting etc) supporting Pharma/Lifesciences Commercial ops internally or in consulting at least 6+ in leading teams
• Strong analytical skills, coupled with business acumen, and an ability to think strategically in an ambiguous environment
  • Substantial analytics experience and understanding of complexities in Medical Affairs domain, specialty markets, analytics techniques, and US pharmaceutical business
• Strong track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver and delivering complex cross functional projects
• Demonstrated ability to communicate advanced analytics concepts to a variety of business stakeholders
• Excellent prioritization skills with attention to detail
• Ability to enforce business rules and policies in a constructive but disciplined manner
• Customer-focused mindset in the application of analytics capability to drive decision making
• High level of motivation and a strong desire to find creative solutions to challenging situations
• Working knowledge of statistical programming packages (e.g., R, SAS, Python, MATLAB) and types of predictive models a plus
• Substantial experience in Pharmaceutical Data with an understanding of complexities of data landscapes
• Experience using common data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI)
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Education

• Quantitative background in engineering, statistics, mathematics OR degree in management/ pharmaceutical or a related field from a premium college
• MBA or other advanced degree a plus

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