IQVIA - Engagement Manager - Predictive Analytics

Role Purpose:

- Mix of management and SME role - the candidate is expected to manage the analytical team and multiple advanced analytical projects to address business problems in a highly competitive environment

- With the understanding of mathematical/statistical/econometric models provide innovative solutions to solve complex business problems and manage stakeholders/clients with minimal support from the team

- This role will involve direct interaction and communication with internal business stakeholders in different Business Units and external clients and hence demands excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills.

- This role involves multi-tasking and the candidate is expected to work on multiple projects at different project life cycle stages at the same time.

Principal Responsibilities:

- Responsible for managing the predictive modeling, marketing mix optimization and other analytics projects from end-to-end

- Work with analysts and consultants to prepare analytical datasets for downstream analysis and modeling

- Report writing and modeling (mathematical / statistical / econometrical as per project needs) and presentation of analysis findings as PowerPoint deck with good articulation of research findings and with recommendations from business perspective

- Direct client interactions to understand business pain points and data availability to propose suitable analytical solutions

- Should communicate complex statistical methodologies & findings to the stakeholders in an as easy understand language

- Good project management experience covering project planning, effort estimation, project tracking, project execution etc.

- Review the work performed by team members and suggest required changes for improvement or as per project requirements

- Breakdown complex, large analytical projects into manageable chunks and delegate the tasks to team members based on their skillsets and expertise

- Develop SOP for different analytical offerings being delivered, which are repetitive in nature

- Be a strong team player, who is willing to share/train and learn from others as the job requires close collaboration with multiple stakeholders and other team members

- Support presales and sales initiatives in the areas of analytical projects, where expertise is available

Education, Skills, Experience, & Specialized Knowledge Required:

Education: Postgraduate or Doctorate in quantitative sciences (Masters or Doctorate in Economics / Econometrics / Statistics / Operations Research / Mathematics / Data Mining / Agricultural Economics etc)

Experience : 10+ years of experience in predictive analytics (Promotional ROI, Promomix, resource optimization, Targeting & segmentation, Territory Alignment, etc.). Pharma experience will be a plus. Must have managed teams in the past and must have experience in dealing with large volume of data using analytics tools like SAS, SPSS, R, Python. Good Analytical project management experience covering project scoping, planning, effort estimation, tracking, execution, escalation management etc.

Additional Requirements:

- Good written and verbal communication skills and influencing skills

- Willingness to work on ad-hoc projects with the available tools and data

- Demonstrated collaborative approach and teamwork.

- Good team and client management skills

- Self-motivated with strong attention to detail and advanced analytical capability

- Must have a valid passport as business travel is expected in near future