Data and analytics lead m/f/d

Job Description

Job Description

As the Data Lead for our Belux Human Health Commercial organization, you will lead and grow a talented team of more than 5 data experts. The purpose of your team is to generate, analyze, model, and visualize data to enable data-informed decision making, and to promote a data driven culture by understanding our organization’s data needs, and delivering relevant actionable insights.

Your team is working in the following areas: Analytics, Dashboarding, Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Quality & Governance, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and SFE (Sales Force Effectiveness). There is both operational support, as well as strategic project-based work.

Key Result Areas & Tasks

• Work on the data strategy and vision for Belux Human Health Commercial organization

• Collaborate closely with the 3 business units (Oncology, Vaccines and Hospital Acute Care) to understand their challenges, collect their needs, and ensure continuous alignment.

• Manage data projects portfolio by prioritizing data projects requests, ensuring proper planning and communication with stakeholders.

• Coach the data team in understanding the data strategy, and in delivering prioritized projects and operational demands.

• Drive implementation of innovative solutions with the team and be ready to deliver challenging projects yourself.

• Guide, coach and inspire a team of professionals. Act as a primary point of contact for them.

• Develop people and help them grow within the organization.

• Collaborate with Global and Regional teams to exchange best practices and source new projects

Skills and qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience.

• Strong foundations in data with previous experience operating as an individual contributor with data skills.

• Experience working with and leading cross functional teams.

• Experience partnering with commercial and digital teams.

• At least 3 years of direct line management experience - leading and coaching data teams of 4+ people.

• Nice to have: Pharma and/or biotech industry experience, ideally with a focus on data.

• Strong ability to manage multiple projects of various complexity in areas of responsibility.

• Ability to navigate complexity and to synthesize different points of view to reach consensus.

• Ability to work in a cross-functional environment.

• Ability to manage expectations from stakeholders from different functional areas, seniority levels and geographical areas.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

In a world of rapid innovation, we seek brave Inventors who want to make an Impact in all aspects of our business, enabling breakthroughs that will affect generations to come. We encourage you to bring your disruptive thinking, collaborative spirit and diverse perspective to our organization. Together we will continue Inventing For Life, Impacting Lives while Inspiring Your Career Growth.

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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