Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical company seeking a Senior Director, Field Analytics & Enablement to lead field reporting, business analytics, and customer-facing analytics capabilities. The role provides strategic, data-driven insights to executive and field leadership, leads cross-functional collaboration, and manages a team responsible for analytical processes, reporting platforms, and performance analysis.
Responsibilities
- Set and achieve the vision for field reporting and ad hoc business analytics at Otsuka, inclusive of development of roadmaps for future facing capabilities in line with evolving data and technology capabilities
- Ensure Field Leadership support via data driven insights on a continuous basis that are actionable and aligned with organizational objectives/goals
- Thought leadership and ability to influence and align across multiple functional teams
- Work with ambiguity and lead deep dive analytics on Business Performance in collaboration with cross-functional teams whose members consist of Brand Marketing, Sales, Sales Operations, Market Access, Compliance etc
- Ensure team is proactively identifying key positive and negative drivers or influencers of geography level performance across all Therapeutic areas
- Strong analytical skills with the capability to appropriately define issues, questions and data; to comprehend quantitative methods and analytical techniques; and to think creatively about different ways to analyze data and information
- Ability to anticipate internal and external business challenges and recommend process, product, or service improvements
- Familiarity with principles of data warehousing and data stewardship
- Instrumental in developing and establishing new analytical processes and capabilities that enable meeting the needs of the stake holders
- Work closely with other analytical colleagues across Forecasting, Brand analytics, Promotional Analytics/Planning teams to cross pollinate analytical capabilities, insights etc
- Flexible in adapting to dynamically evolving business needs and ability to approach challenges creatively
Skills
- Successful candidates will bring expertise of Industry leading analytical practices, influential leadership working across a complex matrix environment (including sales, operations, marketing, senior leadership, commercial analytics, IT partners, legal, compliance, and others) and experience managing, coaching, and leading a team with individuals from diverse background, and vendor management
- Ideally, this candidate would possess a breadth of experience across field leadership and commercial operations in the pharmaceutical industry along with a demonstrated track record of success applying analytical thought process/ methods to direct/drive deep analysis based on business context/situation, record of strong influential leadership, and ability to clearly communicate the aligned direction/insights to the Field leadership team
- Strong analytical skills with the capability to appropriately define issues, questions and data; to comprehend quantitative methods and analytical techniques; and to think creatively about different ways to analyze data and information
- Familiarity with principles of data warehousing and data stewardship
- Flexible in adapting to dynamically evolving business needs and ability to approach challenges creatively
- 10+ years of experience across a breadth of commercial functions in the biopharmaceutical industry
- 8+ years of experience in pharmaceutical industry
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate across multiple functions and levels
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple, cross-functional projects simultaneously
- Intellectual curiosity and appropriate analytical experience to understand, influence and own the analytical solutions produced by the team
- Ability to communicate effectively to non-technical business stakeholders and influence sufficient investment in Otsuka data ecosystem
- Ability to manage a team consisting of multiple members from diverse backgrounds
- Bachelor's degree is a must
- History of proven analytics track record would be preferred
- Advanced educational qualifications (Master's, PhD) preferred
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage
- Company provided basic life insurance
- Accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan assistance
- A generous 401(k) match
- Flexible time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid leave programs
- Other company provided benefits
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