Major Accountabilities
The Executive Director, Analytics Solutions & Partnerships will be responsible for the following:
- Foster strategic partnerships with leading academic institutions and research organizations to drive the development of groundbreaking analytics solutions particularly focusing on the vibrant technological landscape in India
- Operate and maintain truly scaled enterprise analytics solutions including overseeing the day-to-day operations to guarantee high availability, performance, and reliability
- Implement efficient processes and protocols to maintain consistency and accuracy in analytics outputs, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence
- Lead a team of associates accountable for enterprise analytics scaled solutions
- Act as the central connection point for all Hyderabad based teams in Customer Engagement & Enterprise Analytics group
- Implement long-term strategies in Hyderabad that align with US organizational goals and enhance overall business performance
- Interface with Hyderabad-based partner organizations, including DDIT, Data Product, and other to ensure alignment and support for strategic initiatives
- Bring a “can-do” attitude and teamwork, and inspire others with a culture of excellence & continuous improvement
Minimum Requirements:
Education:
- Advanced degree in Analytics, Statistics, STEM, Economics or equivalent
Work Experience:
- Minimum of 15 years of experience working in analytics & data science
- Proven experience successfully working in an India-based offshore Analytics organization delivering support for the US
- Direct people management experience in Analytics & Insights organization required
- Strong understanding of US healthcare and/or pharmaceutical datasets (EMR, Rx, APLD, etc)
- Experience using data to support business decisions, return on investment/ financial modelling, and statistical analysis
- Ability to present analytical results to senior management
- Proven self-starter with high standards of excellence and an innovative mind
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and analytical skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and consistently meet deadlines
- Works effectively across functions as a team player to seamlessly help to achieve common goals without hierarchy, politics, or self-interest
- Change management and project management experience
Leadership Competencies:
Understanding the Business and Industry Landscape
- Knows the business and the mission-critical technical and functional skills needed to do the job; understands various types of business propositions and understands how businesses operate in general; learns new methods and technologies easily.
- Interacts with external thought leaders and cross-industry community to understand emerging trends in the industry and potential opportunities areas for Novartis
Creating the New and Different
- Is forward-thinking and can identify the next great breakthrough idea; is creative, a visionary, and can manage innovation; is an effective strategist full of ideas and possibilities; sees multiple futures; has broad interests and knowledge; can both create and bring exciting ideas to market; comfortable speculating about alternative futures without all of the data.
Drives for Results
- Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Keeping on Point
- Can quickly separate the mission-critical from the nice to dos and the trivial; quickly senses what's the next most useful thing to work on; focuses on the critical few tasks that really add value and puts aside or delays the rest.
Getting Work Done Through Others
- Manages people well; gets the most and best out of the people he/she has; sets and communicates guiding goals; measures accomplishments, holds people accountable, and gives useful feedback; delegates and develops; keeps people informed; provides coaching for today and for the future.
Managing Work Processes
- Is an effective process, work flow, and systems designer; is good at figuring out what to measure to track progress; sets up systems that can almost manage themselves; is a master at the effectiveness and efficiency of work systems; can quickly diagnose and fix a work flow problem; always looking for incremental process improvement.
Being Organizationally Savvy
- Maneuvers well to get things done; maze bright; knows where to go to get what he/she needs; politically aware and agile; knows the right thing to do; presents views and arguments well.
Managing Diverse Relationships
- Relates well to a wide variety of diverse styles, types, and classes; open to differences; effective up, down, sideways, inside, and outside; builds diverse networks; quick to find common ground; treats differences fairly and equitably; treats everyone as a preferred customer.
Inspiring Others
- Is skilled at getting individuals, teams, and an entire organization to perform at a higher level and to embrace change; negotiates skillfully to achieve a fair outcome or promote a common cause; communicates a compelling vision and is committed to what needs to be done; inspires others; builds motivated, high-performing teams; understands what motivates different people.
Managing Change
- Deals comfortably with uncertainty of change. Can decide and act without the total picture and is calm and productive even when things are unclear or ambiguous; Effectively handles risk and deals constructively with problems that do not have a clear solution; Readily adapts personal, interpersonal and leadership behavior to match shifting demand; Understands that different situations may call for different approaches and therefore acts differently depending on circumstances.
Why consider Novartis?
Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us!
Learn more here:
https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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