Associate Director - Plainsboro, United States - Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk
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Plainsboro, United States

1 month ago

Mark Lane

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About the Department
The Finance and Operations dept. brings insights and intelligence to inform decision making & drives digitalization and business solutions to attain NNI goals.

Finance and Operations works closely across the organization to guide enterprise-wide resource allocations, investment choices, drive core operations and develop insights to drive growth and operational excellence across the value chain while innovating for future capabilities.

Our focus on innovation ensures we're constantly building future capabilities.

We're responsible for regulating accounting, upholding workplace safety, managing our supply chain and sampling, supporting technological and data innovation, insights and analytics, delivering patient support solutions, maintaining our facilities and assuring the integrity and completeness of all business transactions.

At Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to build a life-changing career in a global business environment.

We encourage our employees to make the most of their talent, and we reward hard work and dedication with opportunities for continuous learning and personal development.

Are you ready to maximize your potential with us?


The Position

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Essential Functions

  • Expert knowledge of longitudinal patientlevel data such as IQVIA LAAD and Komodo Sentinel. Works effortless with large and complex datasets to derive patient and business insights in support of Short-Term and Long-Term Forecasting
  • Helps champion AI/ML and other next generation Forecasting techniques within NNI Forecasting, as well as collaboration with local and HQ Advanced Analytics
  • Creates, challenges, and modifies business rules for setting up analysis based on patient level data. Understands and communicates why certain business rules are relevant for one type of analysis vs others
  • Independently drives crossfunctional adhoc projects from idea to recommendation
  • Works across multiple Therapeutic Areas including Diabetes, Obesity, NASH, Hemophilia, GHT
  • Update and review patient model outputs with internal Forecasting stakeholders and Commercial Analytics, as necessary
  • Derives recommendations independently based on internal and external analyses
  • Will be part of the Forecasting Capabilities & Patient Analytics team that has the mandate to actively manage patient forecast models, supporting LAAD analytics and investigation into new Forecast capabilities that support the shortterm and longterm Forecasting teams at Novo Nordisk Inc.
  • Partners with internal Advanced Analytics and externally with vendors to facilitate development of relevant analysis and investigation for Forecasting capabilities development
  • Develops recommendations to Forecasting unit heads as well as senior leadership based on outcomes of patient models / analytics
  • Partners with multiple functions within Commercial Insights and Analytics, PCOR as well as HQ Advanced Analytics

Physical Requirements
0-10% overnight travel required.


Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's degree in Finance/Economics, Operations Research, Engineering or similar field of study is required, advanced degree is preferred
  • A minimum of 10 years of progressively relevant financial planning, forecasting, commercial analytics and/or relevant consultancy experience required. An advanced degree may be substituted for two years of experience.
  • Functional expert using at least one of the following longitudinal patientlevel data sources: IQVIA LAAD or Komodo Sentinel
  • Recognized as a functional expert in Excel and PowerPoint. Extensive experience with complex financial modelling and sales forecasting required
  • Handson AI/ML experience in python, R, SAS or similar preferred
  • Understanding of the external marketplace and familiarity in metabolic disease areas preferred
  • Ability to work with large and complex datasets and derive clear and simple business insights
  • Strategic thinker with excellent analytical and financial forecasting ability. Ability to collaborate across all functions and levels
  • Strong decisionmaking skills through demonstrated ability to leverage evidencedbased insights and sound judgement into strategy development, deployment and optimization
  • Must possess the ability to develop simple and clear communications and to present same to all levels of stakeholders
  • Project management, process development and change management experience a plus
  • Ability to manage competing priorities; strong organizational skills; demonstrated ability to streamline and simplify complex concepts for broader audience
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.


At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world.

We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures.

We are therefor
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