Job Title - Associate

Career Level - C2

About Astrazeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

Who we are:

The Global Business Service (GBS) team sits within Finance at AstraZeneca and is a dynamic and results-oriented environment and provides a range of enterprise-wide services. We dare to change the way we work by freeing up the business to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. We aim to do this by freeing up time, freeing up money, protecting AZ’s value and providing new capabilities.

What we do:

A trusted partner to the business, we’re on a mission to make AstraZeneca more agile, efficient and effective. Through our hybrid model of in-house delivery centers and service towers across the globe, we’re reimagining how we work. Here we drive new ways of working and operating models, process simplification and innovative solutions, whilst ensuring that automation and data is at the heart of everything.

How we do it:

Be part of a team building a community. We interact with diverse cultures and perspectives and are united by our sense of belonging. This is the place to learn and grow together.

Why we love it:

• As a growing multi-national company, there’s so much potential to develop. Embrace opportunities at a global business that’s facing new and varied challenges. This is the place to build an exemplary, international CV.

• A fun place to be, we’re creating community hubs that build partnerships, not just working relationships.

• We’re on an exciting journey to take our team to the next stage. This is the place to leave a legacy behind.

About the role

Job Summary:

We are seeking a diligent and analytical individual to join our team as a Strategic Field Operations Data Analyst. The successful candidate will be responsible for analyzing and interpreting field data to provide valuable business insights and recommendations that will support strategic decision making, optimize sales operations and enhance business performance across the different AZ brands. This role will help improve efficiency and accuracy of related upstream and downstream processes and will be responsible for the development of such improvements. The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with AWS Databricks, Python & PySpark and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams. This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated individual to contribute to the success of our organization and make a significant impact at AZ.

Key Responsibilities:

• Gather, extract, analyze and interpret field data from different sources to develop business insights

• Create various types of reports and visualizations to identify trends, patterns and key performance indicators related to business activities: sales, marketing, operations, and other processes

• Design and develop standardized and ad hoc reports, dashboards, and visualizations for business collaborators

• Provide recommendations based on data analysis to optimize sales and marketing strategies and effectiveness of field teams

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement data-driven solutions

• Develop and maintain reports and dashboards to track key metrics related to field Operations

• Ensure data accuracy and completeness by performing regular data audits and reconciliations

• Identify and communicate opportunities for process improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy of business processes

• Write and complete queries upon request for data, and continuously improve performance and reliability of reports.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in data analytics, business, or related field

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in data analysis. Experience with Pharma marketing a plus

• Experience with AWS Databricks, PySpark, Python & SQL is required.

• CRT020: Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 2.4 with Python 3 Certification is required.

• Experience in Report building using VBA automation is required

• Experience with Xponent, DDD, SP&SD data is a plus

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze and interpret complex data sets, conduct quality checks and validations and build dynamic dashboards as business tools / assets in Excel, PowerBI, VBA Microsoft Office

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify patterns and trends in data

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams

• Knowledge of industry regulations and guidelines related to field reporting is a plus

• Ability to derive, summarize and communicate insights from analyses.

• Organization and time management skills.

Candidate should have a desirable level of proficiency in syndicated and custom, primary and secondary data, with inferential analysis and ability to identify insights from data.

In addition to strong analytical skills, should have excellent communication skills with a demonstrated track record of effective business partnership as demonstrated by material business impact and influencing.

The candidate will also be required to continuously evaluate new quantitative analysis methods and technologies.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Develop a deep understanding of internal customers' data and analytical needs focusing on the customer-facing model leadership

• Champion the use of local customer insight in strategic and resourcing decisions across the business

• Collaborate with the US Sales Force Operations to ensure success of key business processes and coordination on joint initiatives

• Identify and prioritize enhancements and new analytic capabilities. Can lead the development, deployment, and embedding of such capabilities across the organization

• Instills a culture of continuous improvement, testing, and deployment of new capabilities for the business

• Develop innovative analytical practices to create and sustain competitive advantage

• Access appropriate information via a variety of tools and sources

• Summarize and present findings through various communication channels

• Capability in applying deeper technical skills and knowledge that is shared across the functional area (e.g., deep knowledge of key data sets, modeling capabilities, etc.)

• Demonstrate a high level of understanding of the points of integration of our work and that of our colleagues

• Monitors the external environment to stay up to date on leading analytic capabilities, both within and outside of pharma, which can be applied within the organization.

Desirable

• Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a significant number of business stakeholders and cross-functional business partners

• Strong communication and influencing skills with demonstrated ability to develop and effectively present succinct, compelling reviews of independently developed analyses infused with insight and business implications/actions to be considered

• Strategic and critical thinking with the ability to engage, build and maintain credibility with Commercial Leadership Team

• Knowledge of AZ brand and science is highly desirable

• Should have excellent analytical, problem solving ability. Should be able to grasp new concepts quickly

WHY JOIN US?

We’re a network of high-reaching self-starters who contribute to something far bigger. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering premier technology and data solutions.

We’re not afraid to take ownership and run with it. Empowered with unrivalled freedom. Put simply, it’s because we make a significant impact. Everything we do matters.

SO, WHAT’S NEXT?

Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you! Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.