Associate Data & Analytics Strategy Director
Novo Nordisk
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Plainsboro • New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $175,000 - $235,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Develop and execute the US Commercial data strategy across diabetes, obesity, and broader cardiometabolic therapeutic areas, aligned to brand, portfolio, and enterprise priorities
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to Commercial, Enterprise Insights & Analytics, Marketing, Market Access, Patient Services, and Sales leadership to ensure data and analytics capabilities directly enable business and patient outcomes
- Translate evolving business questions into scalable data, analytics, and capability roadmaps
- Partner closely with DD&IT, Compliance, Legal, Privacy, and Procurement to onboard, integrate, and operationalize commercial data assets in a compliant and scalable manner
- Own governance of commercial data definitions, KPIs, and metric calculations for supported therapeutic areas to ensure consistency, transparency, and auditability
- Establish clear data ownership, stewardship, and lifecycle management practices across internal and external data sources
- Provide strategic leadership on the evolution of the US Commercial data foundation, including data architecture, tooling, and platform capabilities
- Define future-state data needs to enable advanced analytics, AI, and machine learning use cases (e.g., predictive forecasting, patient finding, next-best-action)
- Drive prioritization of high-value analytical capabilities that accelerate time-to-insight and improve decision quality
- Partner with Enterprise Insights & Analytics and AI & Advanced Analytics teams to ensure data assets and analytical solutions are fit-for-purpose and deliver actionable, decision-ready insights
- Strengthen the organization’s ability to deliver predictive and prescriptive analytics that drive sales performance, customer engagement, and patient outcomes
- Champion data storytelling and ensure insights are translated into clear business implications and actions
- Lead data acquisition strategy for US Commercial, including evaluation, selection, and onboarding of external data sources (e.g., claims, EMR, payer, specialty pharmacy)
- Manage external data and analytics solution provider partnerships, including contracts, performance, and budget oversight
- Ensure vendor accountability for data quality, timeliness, and contractual deliverables
- Drive alignment with global and regional counterparts on data standards, capabilities, and shared analytical assets
- Contribute to global data strategy evolution by sharing US Commercial requirements, best practices, and lessons learned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Science, Business Administration, Analytics, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred
- Minimum of 9 years of experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry, with demonstrated experience supporting US Commercial organizations
- Proven ability to develop and deliver data and analytics solutions that address complex business needs in a matrixed environment
- Strong knowledge of US pharmaceutical commercial data, including experience with IQVIA datasets such as Xponent, Xponent PlanTrak, DDD, and LAAD (or equivalent)
- Experience leading or managing data and analytics initiatives, including data acquisition, integration, governance, and enablement
- Demonstrated ability to engage, influence, and partner with senior leaders and executive stakeholders
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and complexity, with the ability to synthesize information into clear strategic direction
- Strong organizational, project management, and analytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Customer focused mindset with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience managing external vendors, contracts, and budgets related to data and analytics services
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision coverage
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- flexible spending accounts
- employee assistance program
- tuition reimbursement program
- group legal
- critical illness
- identity theft protection
- pet insurance
- auto/home insurance
- sick time policy
- flexible vacation policy
- parental leave policy
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Hard Skills & Tools
data strategydata analyticsdata governancedata architecturepredictive analyticsprescriptive analyticsdata integrationdata acquisitionmachine learningAI
Soft Skills
strategic leadershipstakeholder managementproject managementorganizational skillscommunication skillsinfluencing skillscustomer focusability to operate in ambiguityanalytical skillsdata storytelling