Associate Director, Adv Anlytcs

IQVIA™ is the leading human data science company focused on helping healthcare clients find unparalleled insights and better solutions for patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness the power of healthcare data, domain expertise, transformative technology, and advanced analytics to drive healthcare forward.

Key Responsibilities:
•    Design methodology for analytical platforms that enhance and complement existing offerings and analytics with real-world data. Examples include patient journey, patient adherence, market sizing, etc.
•    Work with product development teams to gather, document, and curate key requirements, methodologies and specifications for platform-based solutions
•    Support the implementation of machine-learning algorithms on big data platforms to solve a variety of business problems
•    Be the primary point of contact and build long-term relationships with internal and external customers
•    Ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to project needs and objectives
•    Communicate clearly the progress of monthly/quarterly initiatives to internal and external stakeholders
•    Forecast and track key project metrics
•    Enhance department and organization’s reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to analytical solutions
•    Monitor and analyze utilization of analytical platforms
Requirements:
•    Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field including statistics, mathematics, computer science, business analytics or other quantitative field. Master’s degree or doctorate preferred. 
•    Five or more years of prior experience in business technology/operations, market research, business analytics or applied statistics including manipulating larger datasets, conducting statistical analysis and deriving insights. Healthcare industry experience preferred. 
•    Experience using statistical programming languages (SQL, Python, R, PySpark and/or SAS) to manipulate data and build statistical models. Experience with distributed data/computing tools such as MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, Impala, Spark, Scala, etc. is preferred
•    Knowledge and experience with statistical and data mining concepts including one or more of the following: multivariate analysis, significance testing, regression, decision trees, clustering, forecasting, sampling, scenario analysis, simulation, advanced modeling and machine learning techniques
•    Prior experience with healthcare data analytics leveraging patient-level/longitudinal healthcare claims data, electronic medical records (EMR) or related data is highly desired
•    Ability to problem solve and develop innovative approaches along with a drive to learn and master new techniques and technologies
•    Strong organization skills and ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously while achieving quality standards and meeting deadlines
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams
•    Experience visualizing/presenting data for internal stakeholders and clients. Comfortable presenting data and findings to internal and external audiences 
•    Project management and/or team leadership experience preferred

Join Us

Making a positive impact on human health takes insight, curiosity, and intellectual courage. It takes brave minds, pushing the boundaries to transform healthcare. Regardless of your role, you will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and ultimately improve outcomes for patients.

Forge a career with greater purpose, make an impact, and never stop learning.

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