Analytics Manager

About the Department

Our Marketing & Patient Solutions group creates and delivers human-centered experiences, where innovation meets customer-centricity, driving the ultimate experience for our patients. Our focus extends beyond transactions to craft experiences as one fully integrated, aligned and connected organization that puts empathy at the center, powered by insight and foresight.
 
We develop an end-to-end approach to strategy, focusing on every touchpoint that impacts our customers. We leverage data and insights to inform our decision-making processes, ensuring that our strategies are rooted in a deep understanding of customer needs and behaviors. Our 'test and learn’ mindset and approach enables us to iterate rapidly and refine our strategies based on real-world results.

We are building an intentional team culture that is made up of diverse skillsets, united by the shared belief that reinvention and learning is what fuels continuous growth. Do you get excited about exploring the unknown? Does the idea of driving value through human-centered design pull you in? Are you ready to experiment with us?

The Position

As a key member of the Strategic Market Intelligence team within the Enterprise Insights department, this role is designed to support the business through data-driven analytics and insight generation. The position involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams and various management levels to support data driven insight generation. The role also involves conducting in-depth analytics in partnership with data strategy teams, utilizing various data sets and systems within the organization to deliver actionable insights. Additionally, requirements include developing evidence-based communication materials such as slides, reports, and dashboards, providing clear recommendations for business partners. This position requires the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Relationships

This position will report to an Director of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Insights. Extensive interaction with the Novo Nordisk analytics community data strategy and IT.  Other areas of collaboration include but aren’t limited to Finance, Marketing, Market Research, Market Access Strategy and Global Functions.  External relationships include secondary data vendors and information technology developers.

Essential Functions

Analysis of large datasets utilizing machine learning techniques

Analytical thinker and creative problem solver, ability to influence others with verbal and written communication

Develop presentations with clear storylines, grounded on insights and holistic business concepts and delivers clear conclusions and recommendations founded in rational business sense and own perspective and understanding of findings, stands and defends own position and rational

• Pioneer new ways to generate analytical insights through a deep understanding of existing data assets
• Establish effective partnerships by working closely and collaboratively with business partners and associates to ensure holistic, well designed, and integrated insights to provide pragmatic recommendations based on:
  • thorough analysis of internal and external business issues and environmental factors
  • careful assessment of available data and determination of knowledge gaps
  • translating data and information into trends with business
  • taking initiative and follow-through on insights to maximize results and knowledge base
• Inform and shape the development of business strategy and tactics for key brands and customers, as well as identify and implement best practices for developing highly impactful insights
• Explore new tools to gain greater efficiencies in deriving analytical insights
• Utilize existing analytic tools including Python, R, Dataiku, etc. to derive insights from complex data sources
• Collaborate closely with privacy and compliance to appropriately analyze patient-level data compliantly
• Gain insights into consumer behavior by building expansive data models incorporating disjointed data sets
• Democratize analytical developments to the broad Novo Nordisk analytics community
• Identify gaps in current analytical pathways and recommend enhancements to better inform strategic and tactical decision making
• Demonstrate competencies across descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analytics
• Link analytic priorities to organizational strategy to effectively demonstrate business impact in recommendations to key stakeholders.
• Work seamlessly with cross functional team members
• Share learnings with all members of analytics community
• Develop close and impactful relationships with data governance, patient privacy, and compliance departments
• Effectively work with Data Strategy and IT to ensure data and technical resources are available for data exploration.
• Develop productive working relationships with cross functional analytics teams
• Develop impactful story lines to drive business decision making

Physical Requirements

0-10% overnight travel required.

Qualifications

• An innate curiosity is required
• A Bachelor 's degree in Math, Science, Statistics, Computer Science or Engineering required; a masters degree is highly preferred
• A minimum of 2-4 years of relevant experience in analytics required; masters degree may satisfy years of experience requirements
• Experience with statistical programming language (SQL, Python, R) required
• Experience with BI tools is required (Tableau, Qlik, Power BI preferred)
• Experience with IQVIA, Komodo, or Symphony and other secondary industry sources is required
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills required

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and defeating diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.