What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Advanced Analytics position at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals?
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Overview
The Director, Advanced Analytics, will lead efforts in predictive and prescriptive analytics, leveraging data science techniques such as machine learning, advanced statistical modeling, and AI to deliver outstanding value to the business. This role will focus on uncovering future trends and optimizing strategies for long-term business success within relevant global markets, closely partnering with Senior Leaders to craft analytical solutions to business challenges.
As a leader within the Advanced Analytics COE, this role will interact regularly with internal stakeholders and external agencies, define and propose appropriate data and technology solutions for key business challenges, deliver actionable insights, and drive product thinking within the COE and across the business.
The Director will independently drive and also support junior team members in delivering analytics and data science solutions for specific parts of the business, such as Marketing and Sales, Strategic Accounts, Medical Affairs, and Media; as well as to specific global markets. Each team member is also expected to support initiatives and product development outside of their main focus areas as needed by the business.
There is an incredible opportunity to shape the commercial organization in the critical competencies mentioned above, particularly in customer experience and innovative practices.
The position will be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Complex Initiatives : Oversee and execute high-impact analytics and data science projects that are critical to business success, including those related to product launches and market expansion.
- Methodology Advancement : Drive the adoption of advanced analytical methodologies, including machine learning and AI, to enhance predictive capabilities and business outcomes.
- Product Development : Use product management and design thinking principles to deliver sustainable, high value work product for the business centered on user needs and developed iteratively over time.
- Strategic Collaboration : Partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure analytics initiatives align with and support overarching business strategies.
- Mentorship : Mentor and develop junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
- Strategic Influence : Utilize data-driven insights to influence strategic decision-making at the executive level, contributing to initiatives like predicting patient journey events.
- Global-Local Strategy Integration : Balance and integrate global and local market analytics strategies to ensure cohesive and effective business approaches.
- Project Leadership : Lead and manage complex projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and meet quality standards.
Qualifications
About Alnylam : Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq : ALNY) has led the translation of RNA interference (RNAi) into a whole new class of innovative medicines with the potential to transform the lives of people afflicted with rare and more prevalent diseases. Based on Nobel Prize-winning science, RNAi therapeutics represent a powerful, clinically validated approach to treating diseases at their genetic source by "interfering" with mRNA that cause or contribute to disease. Since our founding in 2002, Alnylam has led the RNAi Revolution and continues to turn scientific possibility into reality.
Our culture : Our people-first culture is guided by our core values : fiercely innovative, open culture, purposeful urgency, passion for excellence, and commitment to people, and these values influence how we work and the business decisions we make. Thanks to feedback from our employees over the years, we've been fortunate to be named a top employer around the world. Alnylam is extremely proud to have been recognized as the #1 Large Employer by Boston Globe Top Places to Work in 2023 for the third consecutive year, one of Science Magazine's Top Biopharma Employers, one of America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024 by Newsweek, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and UK - among others.
At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. We are dedicated to building an environment where employees can feel that they belong, can bring their authentic selves to work, and achieve to their full potential. By empowering employees to embrace their unique differences at work, our business grows stronger with advanced and original thinking, allowing us to bring groundbreaking medicines to patients. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics prohibited by law.
