Job Description

Associate Specialist- Data Visualization

• A unique opportunity to be part of Digital, Data & 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, 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 Quantitative Sciences team use big data to analyze the safety and efficacy claims of our potential medical breakthroughs. We review the quality and reliability of clinical studies using deep scientific knowledge, statistical analysis, and high-quality data to support decision-making in clinical trials.

Our Human Health Digital, Data & Analytics (HHDD&A) 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 2023.

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:

1.5 years\xe2\x80\x99 relevant experience in data visualization, infographics, and interactive visual storytelling * Working experience and knowledge in PowerBI / Qliksense and other data visualization tools and technologies

• Working experience and knowledge in ETL process, data modeling techniques & platforms (Dataiku, Alteryx etc.)
• Experience working with Database technologies (Redshift, Oracle, Snowflake, etc) & data processing languages (SQL, Python, R, etc.)
• Experience in Pharma industry and knowledge of commercial pharma datasets (i.e. IQVIA, VEEVA, IPSOS, Komodo, BPC, DRG Clarivate datasets) is plus
• 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

Our Human Health Division maintains a \xe2\x80\x9cpatient first, profits later\xe2\x80\x9d 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.

Who we are \xe2\x80\xa6

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world\'s most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for \xe2\x80\xa6

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us\xe2\x80\x94and start making your impact today.

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\xe2\x80\x99s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

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Required Skills: Business Intelligence (BI), Database Design, Data Engineering, Data Modeling, Data Science, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Project Management, Software Development, Stakeholder Relationships

Preferred Skills: Big Data, Clinical Trials, Communication, Creativity, Customer Experience Management, Customer Marketing, Data Engineering, Data Research, Data Retrieval, Data Science, Digital Analytics, Empathy, Health Data Analytics, Health Informatics, Industry Knowledge, Leadership, Marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Operations, Metrics Management, Organizational Behavior, Product Management Leadership, Sales, Sales Management, Training Instruction

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