Senior Specialist, Vaccines Global Commercial Pipeline Analytics, HHDDA

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Pune, Maharashtra, India Lifelancer Full time

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Vaccines Global Commercial Pipeline Analytics, HHDDA (Team

Job Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Job Location Type: Hybrid

Job Contract Type: Full-time

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Job Description

Senior Specialist, Vaccines Global Commercial Pipeline Analytics, HHDDA (Team Lead)

Our Human Health Digital Data and Analytics (HHDDA) team is innovating how we understand our patients and their needs. Working cross functionally, we are inventing new ways of engaging, interacting with our customers and patients leveraging digital, data and analytics and measuring the impact.

The Senior Specialist, Vaccines Global Commercial Pipeline Analytics, HHDDA will be responsible for developing and delivering data and analytics, generating strategic insights, and addressing key business questions from the Vaccines Global Marketing team to inform current and future pipeline Vaccines asset and portfolio strategies. The team member will partner closely with multiple cross-functional teams, including global marketing, regional marketing, forecasting, clinical, market & outcomes research, medical affairs, as well as across the depth of the HHDDA organization.

This role will support the development of analytics capabilities for the Global Vaccines portfolio (i.e – Pneumococcal, RSV, HPV), with a forward-looking, pipeline and launch-centric focus.

The successful candidate will 'connect the dots' across HHDDA capability functions like market research, forecasting, payer insights & analytics, data science, data strategy & solutions.

Primary Responsibilities
  • Portfolio analytics Develop and synthesize commercial data and insights for cross-portfolio priorities. Conceptualize and build set of analytics capabilities and tools anchored to our marketing and launch frameworks to support decision making for Global Vaccines portfolio and assets (e.g. market and competitor landscape assessment tools, Immunization eligibilities & vaccine hesitancy factors, benchmark libraries).
  • Analytics Delivery Hands on analytics project delivery with expertise in data manipulation, analysis, and visualization using tools such as Excel-VBA, SQL, R, Python, PowerBI, ThoughtSpot or similar technologies and capabilities. Ability to leverage a variety of patient modeling techniques including statistical, patient-flow, and simulations-based techniques for insight generation. Create analyses that brings the L3 Early framework to life in the context of Global Vaccines.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration Partner with global marketing teams, HHDDA teams, and other cross-functional teams to inform strategic decisions and increase commercial rigor through all phases of pipeline asset development.
  • Communication and Transparency Provide clear and synthesized communication to global marketing leaders and cross-functional teams, on commercial insights addressing priority business questions.
  • Strategy Enablement Inform strategic rollout of Strategic Portfolio Reviews, Trimester Business Reviews (QBRs), Prioritization meetings, etc. Synthesize & document key trade-off decisions and HHDDA aspirations for executive audiences via active maintenance of an ongoing inventory of projects/initiatives. Support HHDDA taxonomy implementation and updates.
  • Team Management Serve as the primary point of contact for GCPA aligned Pune team members, coordinating efforts and resources to ensure consistency and alignment in tackling critical business needs. Promote best practices and knowledge sharing among team members to maximize productivity and leverage diverse skill sets.

Required Experience And Skills
  • Bachelor's degree, preferably in a science, engineering, or business-related field.
  • Overall experience of 8+ years, with 4+ years of relevant experience in insights & analytics, advanced analytics, market research, strategic planning, marketing, or related roles within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry
  • Prior experience in people management, fostering team development and enhancing employee engagement
  • Strong problem-solving abilities, to find and execute solutions to complex or ambiguous business problems
  • Experience conducting secondary data analytics on large datasets using relevant skills e.g., excel VBA, Python, SQL
  • Deep understanding and hands on expertise in commercial Vaccines data ecosystem e.g., Epidemiology datasets, Country Immunization data, PAHO/WHO, commercialization and real-world datasets
  • Experience in envisioning, architecting and developing data driven tools/dashboards using visualization tools (e.g. PowerBI)
  • Strategic thinker who can be consultative, collaborative and "engage as equals."
  • Strong communication skills using effective storytelling grounded on data insights
  • Hands on expertise in building patient analytics and patient journey from commercial and real-world datasets (like WHO/ World Bank Immunization Datasets, e-LAAD, Symphony, Optum etc.)
  • Relationship-building and influencing skills with an ability to collaborate cross-functionally
  • Ability to connect dots across sources, attention to detail

Preferred Experience And Skills
  • Experience in diverse healthcare datasets, insights, and analytics
  • Experience in Life Science or consulting industry
  • Therapeutic area experience in 'Vaccine-Preventable Diseases' preferred
  • Knowledge of diverse data sources (US and Global) and rapid data collection methods, ability to do desk research, critical thinking skills, comfort with ambiguity, and presence of organization skills are preferred.
  • Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, PharmD, PhD) preferred.
  • Global experience preferred

Our Human Health Division maintains a "patient first, profits later" ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

VISA Sponsorship

Travel Requirements

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Shift

Valid Driving License

Hazardous Material(s)

Required Skills

Business Intelligence (BI), Database Design, Data Engineering, Data Modeling, Data Science, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Software Development, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Waterfall Model

Preferred Skills

Job Posting End Date

04/30/2025
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Requisition ID R338823

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