Data Analytics Specialist – CSIH Academy

Why should you apply? 

You begin your IQVIA career as a member of the Analytics Academy, a holistic development program that ensures you are equipped w/ the tools needed for a long, diverse, successful tenure.

The Analytics Academy is a unique development program that acts as the vehicle for entry to the Commercial Solutions & Insights Hub (CSIH). This team is comprised professionals who possess a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Depending on your unique combination of education, background, skills and interests, we provide opportunities to you in a variety of career paths aligned to your professional goals.

The Academy begins with an intensive training and onboarding period designed to prepare its members for analytically-driven roles with IQVIA’s healthcare and pharmaceutical clients. During this full-time training, you will hone your data analytics skillset through a combination of collaborative lectures, interactive case studies & hands-on working sessions, client role-playing scenarios, and real-time project shadowing/support. Along the way, you will develop a strong network consisting of internal IQVIA leaders, subject matter experts, and countless other Academy alumni.  With this significant investment and support from IQVIA leadership, you will develop an elevated analytical skillset to successfully support the delivery of integrated healthcare analytics and technology solutions specific to the evolving business needs of IQVIA’s clients. 

As a result, professionals joining the Academy are assured of a rewarding career in healthcare data analytics with an industry global leader. Opportunities to address diverse and challenging problems of the healthcare industry, directly manage client relationships, interact with senior leaders, and gain exposure to a multi-cultural, collaborative work environment abound through the Academy and your broader career at IQVIA. 

Not experienced in this industry yet? No problem, you’ll fit right in! Our program is designed to upskill new team members from a variety of disciplines such as data/business analytics, management information systems, engineering, and general business, just to name a few.  The diversity of the Academy allows our broader team and business unit to meet a wide variety of client needs while the Academy’s core common traits drive success: intellectually curious, adaptable, ambitious, and hard-working. Academy members look for opportunities to collaborate, learn from each other, and go above and beyond for both our clients and support our internal community (through contributions in recruiting, training/onboarding, and cultural and strategic initiatives) 

Data Analysts and Data Scientists engage in meaningful, impactful work 

This role is part of the Data Analytics & Sciences (DA&S) skill-based community, which focuses on utilizing advanced modelling techniques and big data technologies to drive innovation and provide insight into difficult business questions.  In this role, you will: 

• Be making an impact to healthcare and helping healthcare executives make decisions and take actions to aid in patient health outcomes, more efficient healthcare investment and business success and growth. 
• Execute and/or manage design, development, and delivery of client solutions for project opportunities with minimal supervision 
• Analyze secondary data and desk market research to identify key findings and trends while understanding the nuances and differences of each IQVIA data asset 
• Perform quantitative or qualitative analysis to support data preparation, ensure quality control, and deliver client deliverables and business decisions as they relate to IQVIA data 
• Assist in creation of presentations for clients and attend, support and present at client meetings with senior support, working willingly and effectively with others in and across the organization to accomplish team goals both internally and externally 
• Develop broad knowledge of related consulting methodologies and the pharmaceutical market through the delivery of consulting engagements and participation in ongoing formal and informal learning opportunities, managing projects and work-streams of reasonable size 

IQVIA is a large global organization that offers a wealth of career opportunities  

IQVIA is a leading information, services and technology company, dedicated to driving healthcare forward by creating intelligent connections with an expansive portfolio of capabilities and technologies, unparalleled data, and global healthcare expertise.  As part of CSIH, this role primarily supports pharmaceutical & life sciences clients in the commercial space by leveraging IQVIA data and technology to its full capacity. CSIH capabilities include but are not limited to: providing a wide range of direct data analytics, reporting, and support in the areas of real-world effectiveness, market research, competitive intelligence, forecasting, product launch management, sales operations, brand & marketing strategy implementation, payer/provider services, and technology & applications/platform implementation.  As a result, CSIH offers broad and diverse career opportunities for future growth and success.  

Do you have the background, skills and mindset to be an CSIH Data Analytics Specialist? 

Background & Skills – Candidates interested in joining as a Data Analytics Specialist should possess the following:

• Undergraduate or Master’s degree in a field of study related to analytics, technology, life sciences, healthcare, engineering, or business. 
• 0 to 3 years of relevant analytics or healthcare experience (including internships) 
• Demonstratable knowledge in the following standard tools are preferred, but not required: MS Excel/VBA/Power BI/Access/PowerPoint, SAS, Oracle SQL, R, Python, Tableau, Alteryx, Qlikview, Spotfire, RapidMiner.  Familiarity w/ Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, large language model (LLM)
• Ability to think creatively and strategically to analyze and interpret large data sets and solve client problems 
• Knowledge of and interest in key issues and current developments in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries 
• Effective project, stakeholder, and time management
• Strong business acumen, professionalism, and situational awareness
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills in order to present, lead meetings, and conduct business
• Prior experience in the following is preferred but not required:
  • Data analytics, especially leveraging IQVIA or healthcare data (including physician, patient, or claims data)
  • Generating impactful insights
  • Cross-functional collaboration, managing varying levels of stakeholders
  • Critical thinking, problem-solving, and innovation
  • Storyboarding, presenting, and providing recommendations/conclusions
• Prior internship, project work, and/or working experience in any of the following is welcomed: market research, marketing insights/analytics, multichannel marketing, consumer marketing, forecasting, statistics, predictive modeling, technology & applications, healthcare IT, managed markets, management consulting, sales operations, business intelligence, epidemiology, HEOR, data mining, data governance, outsourcing and/or offshoring, web analytics, data development and programming 

Mindset: 

• An avid interest in understanding and leveraging data analytics as it pertains to the US & global healthcare market 
• Sense of adaptability and capacity to take direction and implement feedback 
• Intellectually curious 
• Ambitious and solution-oriented
• Interested in setting and contributing to your workplace community culture  
• Excellent interpersonal, team-oriented working style, whether it be determining the best methodology for a particular analysis, or the best song choice options at team karaoke 

Where would you be working and when would you start? 

Location: This role is based out of several east coast US-based hubs including: King of Prussia, PA; Bridgewater & Parsippany, NJ; and Waltham, MA (employees may choose which hub to be based). Our team currently enjoys a hybrid work environment (mix of in-person + remote); newly hired employees in this role should expect the majority of their first 3 months to be at least 50/50 office-based/remote (based out of one of the previously mentioned offices), moving to less frequency in the office as tenure is gained.

Most client projects can be completed remotely and vary dependent on need, ranging from short-term, ad hoc support to long-term, full-time engagements. In some client-facing roles, onsite presence may be required at the client site; for these roles, the ability to relocate and/or travel w/in the United States is required.

Start Date: October 2nd, 2024

IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. We believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

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The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $72,900.00 - $121,500.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.