Senior Manager, Development to Launch Analytics

About the role

The PDS (Product Development and Supply) Analytics team is a team within BMS Business Insights and Technology (BI&T) that partners with the PDS organization to answer key business questions and drive business strategy using advanced data science and analytics. The Senior Manager, Development to Launch Analytics will join a dynamic and collaborative data science and business insights team dedicated to tackling key strategic questions that drive our enterprise forward.

Responsibilities

• Support the application of fact-based decision-making for key business and portfolio questions, enabling effective prioritization.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and senior leaders within the functions and Business Insights and Technology.
• Influence senior leaders to adopt analytics-derived insights.
• Design, develop, and implement a broad array of data analysis applications that solve complex problems in a computationally efficient and statistically appropriate manner.
• Drive capability building for data automation, cloud computing, and data lake integration within the team.
• Identify new opportunities to further leverage data and analytical tools.
• Ensure best practice adoption within stated areas of responsibility, applying appropriate levels of technical capability, standardization, and subject matter expertise.
• Actively lead and/or manage multiple projects from charter through completion.
• Define standards for the provision of analytics to support planning and decision-making processes and utilize appropriate escalation processes.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business analytics, data science, engineering, finance, or another quantitative field. Advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience with applied machine learning, statistical models, time-series modeling, or quantitative forecasting.
• 5+ years of experience with SQL, Python, and/or R in production/operational environments.
• Experience in data architecture and database concepts.
• Experience working with probabilistic methods, including Monte Carlo simulations, probability theory, and Bayesian methods.
• Experience developing code in a production-grade environment using version control is a significant plus.
• Experience in the life sciences and/or pharmaceutical industry is strongly preferred.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, and communication skills to effectively work in a highly matrixed organization.
• Ability to learn new tools and skills quickly and apply PDS-specific knowledge.
• Proven ability to lead small teams/groups and prioritize work across multiple deliverables simultaneously.
• Ability to work with diverse teams across organizational lines and structures.

Benefits

Our benefits include: Health Coverage, wellbeing support, financial well-being and protection, and work-life benefits. For more on benefits, please visit here.