Associate Director, Data Science & Advanced Analytics

Job Overview

Developing and improving cutting-edge advanced analytics offerings and contributes to new business development and maintaining and strengthening client base. Through project management and collaboration, this position is responsible for the day-to-day activities in support of assigned clients with a focus on exemplary service and delivery of contracted business. 

Essential Functions

• Perform analysis of media impact using test/control analysis or statistical modeling techniques to determine Impact and Return on Investment of marketing programs.  Evaluation of media channels including digital ad, digital site, TV, OTT, print, and point of care.
• Applies statistical design and methodology to meet client information needs, conducts statistical analyses to derive conclusions from the study and assists in preparing written summaries of study results.
• Understanding the contracted scope of work, proactively identifying potential out-of-scope activities and bringing to the attention of the project leader.
• Working with consulting principals and sales team on business development effort by providing ad-hoc feasibility reports, providing estimations of effort and developing methodologies that address client needs.
• Managing the development work for urgent and/or complex projects requiring programming and statistical models in Python, R or other software packages.
• Building expertise in cross-platform applications of IQVIA assets with a specialization in longitudinal pharmacy and medical claims data ie IQVIA LRX/Dx data.
• Contributing to the development innovative methodologies and new offerings. Creating and refining best practices and approaches.
• Mentoring junior team members.  Potential for direct people management based on desire and prior experience.
• Provides statistical methodology and project management support such as deck presentation and data visualization in the delivery of standard and custom studies
• Manages project teams including both internal and external resources in the design, development and delivery of client solutions.
• Proactively mentors, coaches and shares subject matter expertise with others to elevate our capabilities to deliver world-class solutions for clients.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics or related field with two to five years of experience OR a Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of experience in market research, business analytics or applied statistics including manipulating larger datasets, conducting statistical analysis and deriving insights. Healthcare industry experience preferred.
• Experience using statistical programming languages (SQL, Python, R and/or SAS) to manipulate data and build statistical models. Experience with distributed data/computing tools such as MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, Impala, Spark, Snowflake etc. is preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication; ability to interact with multiple layers of business and technical stake holders
• Strong presentation software skills; Power Point, Excel, Tableau etc.
• Knowledge of key issues and current developments in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. 
• Ability to problem solve and develop innovative approaches along with a drive to learn and master new techniques and technologies.
• Strong organization skills and ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously while achieving quality standards and meeting deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Experience visualizing/presenting data for internal stakeholders and clients.
• Desired - Prior experience with healthcare data analytics leveraging patient-level/longitudinal healthcare claims data, electronic medical records (EMR), or related data is highly desired.
• Desired - Prior experience with statistical techniques involving A/B Testing.
• Desired - Prior experience with ROI analyses.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all, including veterans and candidates with disabilities. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe

IQVIA’s ability to operate and provide certain services to customers and partners necessitates IQVIA and its employees meet specific requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccination status. https://jobs.iqvia.com/covid-19-vaccine-status

The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $142,700.00 - $264,900.00. 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.