Medical Insights COE Lead, Associate Director

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Job Description OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE: • Build and operate the Medical Insights Center of Excellence as a practical, scalable capability that supports consistent analytics, reporting, and insight generation across Global Medical. • Lead execution of priority analytics and insights initiatives, translating data into clear recommendations that inform portfolio discussions and leadership decisions. • Serve as a functional expert for Medical insights, KPIs, performance measurement, and dashboard-enabled decision support. • Drive high-impact projects that improve Medical impact measurement, insight generation, and adoption of data-driven ways of working within agreed functional direction. ACCOUNTABILITIES: Medical Insights COE Operations & Standards Enablement • Execute the buildout and ongoing operation of the Medical Insights COE, ensuring processes, tools, and ways of working are clear, practical, and consistently applied. • Operationalize existing functional direction into standard approaches for insight generation, KPI use, reporting rhythms, and dashboard adoption. • Maintain a scalable insights framework that supports a consistent view of Medical performance, value, and impact across therapeutic areas and functions. • Partner with therapeutic area and functional stakeholders to improve consistency of data definitions, methodologies, and governance practices. Analytics Execution & Portfolio Decision Support • Lead execution of analytics workstreams that integrate data, business context, and stakeholder input into actionable insights. • Prepare portfolio intelligence and decision-support materials for Global Medical leadership, including prioritization, resource, risk, and trade-off discussions. • Identify trends, risks, opportunities, and business implications; recommend actions and escalate material issues for leadership consideration. Medical Impact Measurement & Value Demonstration • Implement frameworks and metrics that measure Medical value, impact, outcomes, and contribution to portfolio and enterprise objectives. • Translate activity-based reporting into more meaningful impact and outcome measures, working within agreed performance-management direction. • Develop clear approaches to communicate Medical contribution, value realization, and insight implications to cross-functional stakeholders. Insights Excellence & Stakeholder Enablement • Act as a functional expert and trusted partner for Medical insights, analytics, KPIs, dashboard interpretation, and performance-management practices. • Guide stakeholders on how to apply standard methods, interpret insights, and use dashboard outputs to support decision-making. • Drive adoption of data-driven ways of working through practical guidance, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement. High-Impact Projects & Capability Improvement • Lead high-impact projects that improve insight generation, analytics delivery, portfolio reporting, and Medical impact measurement. • Partner with DD&T, Data & Analytics teams, and external partners to enhance platforms, dashboards, data flows, and advanced analytics capabilities. • Contribute to the Medical Insights and Analytics capability roadmap by identifying needs, testing improvements, and recommending scalable solutions. DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise (Breadth and depth of knowledge, application and complexity of technical knowledge) • Strong expertise in portfolio insights, analytics, KPI design, dashboard interpretation, and performance management within Medical Affairs or a comparable environment. • Ability to integrate multi-source data, business context, and stakeholder input into clear implications and recommendations. • Practical experience improving reporting, analytics delivery, Medical impact measurement, and insight-generation processes. Leadership (Vision, strategy and business alignment, people management, communication, influencing others, managing change) • Leads execution of Medical Insights COE priorities within the broader functional strategy and direction set by PIBO leadership. • Influences without direct authority across a global, matrixed organization to align stakeholders, drive adoption, and deliver high-impact initiatives. • Serves as a functional expert and thought partner on insights, analytics, performance measurement, and evidence-based decision support. • Builds stakeholder confidence in data and analytics through clear communication, transparency, and practical enablement. Decision-making and Autonomy (capacity and authority to make organizational decisions, autonomy, complexity, impact, problem-solving) • Establishes operational objectives and workstream plans within defined parameters, existing strategies, and agreed Global Medical priorities. • Exercises judgment in translating incomplete or imperfect data into insights, options, recommendations, and escalation points. • Balances stakeholder needs, portfolio priorities, data limitations, and resource constraints to support aligned execution. • Recommends improvements to KPIs, reporting, methodologies, and decision-support approaches; escalates material risks and decisions to leadership as needed. Interaction (span and nature of engagement with others) • Partners closely with Global Medical leadership, therapeutic area leads, Business Operations, DD&T, Data & Analytics teams, and external analytics/data partners. • Engages stakeholders to align requirements, clarify business questions, interpret analytics outputs, and translate insights into practical action. Innovation (knowledge sharing, innovation, and risk taking) • Identifies opportunities to improve analytics, dashboards, performance measurement, data quality, and insight generation. • Tests and scales practical improvements, including advanced analytics and AI-enabled approaches, in partnership with relevant subject matter experts. Complexity (products managed, business environment, cultural considerations) • Operates across a global, matrixed organization with diverse stakeholders, varying data maturity, and evolving performance-management needs. • Integrates multiple data sources and perspectives into coherent portfolio and Medical impact insights while navigating a regulated environment and cross-geography requirements. Experience: • 8+ years of related work experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, consulting, or relevant strategy, insights, analytics, or operations roles. • Experience leading analytics, insights, portfolio reporting, performance measurement, or business operations projects; experience within Medical Affairs is a plus. • Track record executing cross-functional initiatives, translating analytical outputs into business implications, and influencing stakeholders in a matrixed environment. Technical skills: