[Hiring] Trade Analytics Senior Manager @Vertex Inc.

Role Description

The Trade and Distribution Data Analytics Manager will be responsible for supporting insights activities. The insights are used to track business performance and provide key data to inform business decisions. The incumbent will collaborate closely with the Market Access Strategy team, the Contract Operations Team, and the Field Accounts team. They will build strong cross-functional working relationships across Accounting, Compliance, Finance, Data and Technology, Data Sciences, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Legal, Regulatory and Supply Chain.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drives quarterly business review process to manage program performance.
• Collates functional partner inputs, builds timely content, sharing initiatives and relevant business objectives to drive partnership and program enhancements.
• Communicates distribution-related analytics, reporting on demand trends, order activity, cost per order, inventory statuses and other key activities to provide insight and understanding of program performance.
• Collaborates in cross-functional team meetings as appropriate to support ongoing issue resolution.
• Identifies process gaps, develops process improvements to support evolving business needs and customer experience.
• Executes a range of moderately complex data analysis and assists in market research projects.
• Conducts all data engineering, exploration, visualization and analyses.
• For analytics projects run by external partners or vendors, collaborates on the underlying analytical process and pressure tests the outputs.
• Partners with internal stakeholders to understand business objectives, collaborates with external partners and vendors to devise the best methodological approach and manage project execution.
• Builds strong presentations that document project findings and implications.
• Maintains a database of data and insights resources available to the team.
• Supports new product launch planning activities, including coordination with cross-functional launch teams and channel partners.
• Assembles required new product information to create product setup documentation.
• Prepares external communications of product-related information, training materials, and supports other launch tactics.
• Department Mosaic lead, responsible for portal maintenance, enhancements, training, and the creation of dashboards.

Qualifications

• Superior analytical skills with proficiency in SQL, SAS.
• Advanced Excel Modeling skills.
• Technical proficiency in Tableau or PowerBI or other data visualization tools.
• Experience working with CRM data systems like Salesforce, Veeva, etc.
• Knowledge of ETL processes, databases, warehouses, and related software skills.
• Knowledge of Snowflake.
• Experience with pharmaceutical data sets including de-identified patient data, 852, 867, Chargeback, 3PL.
• Strong customer relationship, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience managing service providers and vendor management skills.
• Strong project management, problem solving and analytic skills.
• Team player promoting inclusion and respectful relationships.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize to meet goals and objectives in a deadline-intensive environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.
• Highly driven person that displays strong sense of ownership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific, business or related discipline.
• Typically requires 4 years of experience in pharmaceutical/biotech industry or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills; experience running own analyses as well as partnering with analytics professionals and interpreting results.
• Comfortable with ambiguity; able to effectively structure problems and solution approaches based on experience and precedent.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – able to synthesize and distill complex information into a compelling narrative.
• Proactive orientation - able to anticipate issues, engage with stakeholders and plan accordingly.
• Experience in one or more programming languages (e.g., VBA, R, SAS, Python) is a strong plus.
• Experience in data visualization is a strong plus (e.g., Power BI).
• Alternatively, individuals with a bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline only must have an additional 3 years of relevant work experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits.
• Generous paid time off (including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and the Winter).
• Educational assistance programs including student loan repayment.
• A generous commuting subsidy.
• Matching charitable donations.
• 401(k) and more.

Company Description

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.