Japan Brand and Market Analytics Partner (Data Scientist)

Description 【募集の背景 / Purpose & Scope】 The Japan Brand and Market Analytics Partner (Data Scientist) plays a critical role in providing valuable strategic business insight and actionable recommendations to priority Commercial Division / markets to support achievement of brand objectives for priority / strategic products. This position is responsible for assessing brand performance on an ongoing and ad hoc basis to identify new business opportunities and insights and advise key stakeholders on how best to leverage the opportunities. In addition to providing sound counseling and objective interpretation of data to the stakeholders in global and regional commercial functions. This position will support brand-aligned analytics priorities at a Commercial Division / country level. This position will work across the Commercial Division (CD) strategic business partners including Marketing, Sales, IS and co-promotion partners (if applicable). This role will require close collaboration with Commercial Insights (CI) counterparts, when appropriate, to ensure global alignment and consistency. 【職務の内容 / Essential Job Responsibilities】 （雇入れ直後）

• Establish strategic direction of team and ensure alignment with global objectives, Commercial Division commercial business needs and overall department objectives.
• Collaborate with global and CD Marketing and CI GCA functions to enhance global alignment, prioritize high-impact reporting metrics around brand objectives to support better and more informed business decisions.
• Drive strong cross-functional communication to promote brand-level knowledge sharing and integration of key learnings.
• Conduct brand-related strategies, opportunity discovery and investment decisions with advanced analytics (examples include Customer Segmentation, Patient Adherence Analysis, HCP Network Analysis, etc) to uncover new business opportunities and insights.
• Advise regional and local stakeholders and provide actionable strategic recommendations that are rooted in a strong understanding of business and brand context.
• Collaborate with other operational stakeholders to define, develop and maintain business rules in alignment with internal policies and business needs.
• Identify, standardize and automate integration of critical reporting metrics and modeling tools to address brand-specific needs. Adapt current reports and metrics to support evolving business needs and opportunities; provide consultation and training on reports to ensure their use and effectiveness with users.
• Develop, define and lead prioritized ad hoc analyses as needed to support evolving business requirements and to provide timely business insights.
• Manage projects to include efficient resource mobilization, vendor selection, definition of scope and requirements, and achievement of timelines, budgets & deliverables.
• Support recommendations on various statistical modeling techniques to apply within analytical projects and mentor others on the use and application of those modeling techniques.
• Maintain proficiency among data systems, programs, and software resources (e.g. AWS Redshift and SQL / Python), to ensure optimal and efficient achievement of department objectives.
• Define data needs, including guidance on detail of data required, location, processing requirements and communication of those needs to relevant technical teams.
• Coordination of contracts with Japanese vendors.
• Develop comprehensive understanding of various data sources, including patient-level data, as well as their appropriate applications, to facilitate rigorous analytic process design and reliable business insights generation （変更の範囲） 会社内での全ての業務 【量的側面 / Quantitative Dimensions】
• Management of function within approved operating budget of up to $.5MM USD.
• Quality of strategic and operational support for assigned products including quality of the collaboration with key partners and copromote partners were applicable.
• Accuracy, timeliness, effectiveness and ease of use of production and ad hoc performance reporting, dashboards and advanced analytics.
• Ability to meet / exceed established key milestones related to assigned major projects.
• Quality / timeliness of insight generation and development of actionable recommendations based on feedback from key customers and cross-functional colleagues. 【組織的コンテクスト / Organizational Context】 Reports to Sr. Director, Brand Analytics. This role is an individual contributor. This position requires extensive collaboration across the global Commercial Insights GCA team as well as with cross-functional colleagues in global and CD Marketing, Sales, Health Systems, Finance, Sales Operations (where applicable) and IS. Additional collaboration is required with co-promotion partners (if applicable). 【応募要件 / Qualifications】 ＜必須 / Required＞
• Bachelor’s degree in business-related field.
• Minimum 4 years of pharmaceutical analytics, operations or related experience required that includes data analysis and reporting, or four years with Masters degree and related experience required, with demonstrated success in managing projects of increasing size and complexity.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively interact with all levels of employees including senior management.
• Extensive proficiency with software in a Windows environment required including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in coding language (e.g. SQL, R, or Python)
• Working knowledge of various statistical modeling techniques and their application within complex analytical projects, e.g., regression modeling, promotion response modeling, ROI, natural language processing, predictive modeling, etc.
• Excellent skills in the following areas : organization, written and verbal communication, accuracy and personal initiative.
• Excellent organizational, planning and project management skills with a strong attention to detail and ability to effectively manage cross-functional projects.
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic fast-paced environment, with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability in taking initiative to proactively evaluate existing sales strategies and recommend changes, when appropriate.
• Keen analytical mind with superior problem solving and technical skills, reflecting in-depth knowledge of various secondary databases and their limitations. Fluent in written and spoken business Japanese and basic reading and writing in English ＜歓迎 / Preferred＞
• Pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Working knowledge of sales data sources, e.g., IQVIA, MDV, JMDC.
• General understanding of other Commercial Insights functions (i.e., primary / secondary market research, forecasting, competitive intelligence)
• Working knowledge of one or more data visualization tools such as Excel, QlikView and QlikSense
• Sound experience with data visualization.
• Experience working with global partners
• Knowledge of the global healthcare landscape including different access models