Associate Specialist, Visualization Development

Job Description

Associate Specialist- Visualization Development

• A unique opportunity to be part of a Digital, Data and Analytics hub for a leading biopharmaceutical company and define a culture that creates a compelling customer experience.
• Bring your entrepreneurial curiosity and learning spirit into a career of purpose, personal growth, and leadership.
• We are seeking those who have a passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making that will allow us to tackle some of the world’s greatest health threats.

As an Associate Specialist in Data Visualization Development, you will be focused on designing and developing compelling data visualizations solutions to enable actionable insights & facilitate intuitive information consumption for internal business stakeholders. The ideal candidate will demonstrate competency in building user-centric visuals & dashboards that empower stakeholders with data driven insights & decision-making capability.

Our Human Health Digital, Data and Analytics (HHDDA) team is innovating how we understand our patients and their needs. Working cross functionally we are inventing new ways of communicating, measuring, and interacting with our customers and patients leveraging digital, data and analytics.
Are you passionate about helping people see and understand data? You will take part in an exciting journey to help transform our organization to be the premier data-driven company by 2024.

 What will you do:

• Design & develop user-centric data visualization solutions utilizing complex data sources
• Identify & define key business metrics and KPIs in partnership with business stakeholders
• Define & develop scalable data models in alignment & support from data engineering & IT teams
• Lead UI UX workshops to develop user stories, wireframes & develop intuitive visualizations
• Collaborate with data engineering, data science & IT teams to deliver business friendly dashboard & reporting solutions
• Apply best practices in data visualization design & continuously improve upon intuitive user experience for business stakeholders.
• Provide thought leadership and data visualization best practices to the broader Data & Analytics organization
• Identify opportunities to apply data visualization technologies to streamline & enhance manual / legacy reporting deliveries
• Provide training & coaching to internal stakeholders to enable a self-service operating model
• Co-create information governance & apply data privacy best practices to solutions
• Continuously innovative on visualization best practices & technologies by reviewing external resources & marketplace

What should you have:

• >2 years relevant experience in data visualization, infographics, and interactive visual storytelling
• Working experience and knowledge in PowerBI / Qliksense / MicroStrategy / Tableau and other data visualization technologies
• Working knowledge of ThoughtSpot and other AI-Powered Analytics platform is plus
• Working experience and knowledge in ETL process, data modeling techniques & platforms (Alteryx, Informatica, Dataiku, etc.)
• Experience working with Database technologies (Redshift, Oracle, Snowflake, etc) & data processing languages (SQL, Python, R, etc.)
• Experience in leveraging and managing third party vendors and contractors
• Self-motivation, proactivity, and ability to work independently with minimum direction
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills, with ability to navigate a complex matrix environment and organize/prioritize work efficiently and effectively
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and lead with diverse groups of work colleagues and positively manage ambiguity
• Experience in Pharma and or Biotech Industry is a plus
  

Our Human Health Division maintains a “patient first, profits later” ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

VISA Sponsorship:

Travel Requirements:

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Business Intelligence (BI), Data Visualization, Figma, Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI), Microsoft PowerPoint, MicroStrategy, QlikSense, Structured Query Language (SQL), ThoughtSpot (Software), User Experience (UX) Design

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Job Posting End Date:

09/19/2024

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