Associate Director, Data Visualization & Analytics Projects Lead

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

Associate Director, Data Visualization & Analytics Project Lead will provide strategic leadership  and technical expertise to drive the development, implementation, and enhancement  of advanced data visualization tools and dashboards and exploratory analytics to provide insights into our clinical trial data and to support decision-making across clinical development programs. This role sits within GSD (Global Statistical & Data Sciences) organization.  This position is primarily responsible to define and execute the data visualization strategy, driving cross-functional alignment with R&D functions, Clinical Teams, Statisticians and Statistical Programming to deliver visualization solutions as well as exploratory analytics  that meet scientific and statistical needs.  

 

Role requires frequent interactions with Leadership and Cross-functional management to influence key decisions and drive the Data Visualization projects.  

 

The preferred candidate will be based in the West Chester, PA office however will consider Parsippany, NJ or remote for the right candidate.  

How you’ll spend your day

Strategic Leadership 

• Drive the GSD data visualization and exploratory analytics strategy, aligning tools and capabilities with business priorities and emerging technology trends, with the goal to enhance understanding of the trial data and gain insights into and trends.  
• Engage with senior leadership and cross-functional management to set goals, prioritize projects, and influence technology adoption. 
• Champion best practices in data visualization, user experience (UX), and effective data storytelling. 
• Proactively assess internal and external data visualization trends to maximize business value. 
• Oversee contingent workers and / or vendors,  Strategically analyze needs to manage resources and provides input for Budget Planning 

 

Solution Development & Technical Expertise 

• Lead the design and delivery of scalable, user-friendly interactive visualization solutions for clinical data exploration (Safety, Efficacy and other clinical trial data) across various clinical development programs. 
• Manages and delivers assignments with quality and within timelines 
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging tools/technologies in the data visualization and analytics space. 

 

Stakeholder Partnership & Change Management 

• Partner with clinical scientists, clinical physicians, statisticians and programmers to gather requirements and translate them into visualization deliverables. 
• Develop and deliver training to team members and business partners on visualization tools, capabilities, and methodologies. 
• Lead cross-functional, matrixed project teams to support system enhancements, new tool rollouts, and user adoption strategies and oversee change request governance. 

 

Governance & Compliance 

• Ensure data integrity, and business risk assessment for visualization systems and underlying data. 
• Ensure visualization solutions meet data privacy requirements. 
• Ensures that SOPs and guidelines are followed.  

Your experience and qualifications

• Bachelors/Masters Statistics, Biostatistics, Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent combination of education and related work experience is required.  
• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in a pharmaceutical or clinical research setting as a programmer including supporting regulatory submissions is required. 
• Hands-on expertise with R (Shiny, ggplot2), Python, Tableau/Spotfire and SAS is required. 
• Strong understanding of Clinical Trail data standards CDISC (SDTM, ADaM). 
• Understanding of common clinical trial statistical methodologies. 
• Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and influencing at leadership levels. 
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analytical concepts into clear compelling visual narratives. 

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