Analytics & Insights Director - Oncology Strategy

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Who We Are

Our Data, Analytics, and AI team is dedicated to solving complex healthcare challenges and improving patient outcomes. Data, Analytics, and AI empowers business partners across Commercial, Medical, and Government Affairs (CMG) to make impactful decisions by leveraging data, analytics, business products, and AI/ML to enable fast, targeted actions in rapidly evolving business contexts.

Data, Analytics, and AI fosters a unified understanding of customers, actions, and outcomes by integrating analytics and insights seamlessly into CMG's evolving digital, data, and automation platforms, creating scalable solutions and eliminating silos.

In Data, Analytics, and AI, you will work as a trusted, objective advisor and expert, recommending critical decisions and actions to be taken with credibility and a focus on driving measurable impact. You will be part of a thriving culture built on collaboration and innovation.

Job Summary

The Analytics & Insights Director - Oncology Strategy serves as a strategic advisor within Genentech's Commercial, Medical, and Government Affairs (CMG) teams, playing a key role in shaping oncology business decisions. This individual drives analytics and insights to inform critical planning efforts, collaborating with cross-functional teams to assess business needs, conduct cross-oncology analyses, and translate findings into strategic recommendations. By leveraging expertise in oncology market dynamics, clinical data, and health economics, this role enhances patient access and optimizes treatment pathways. The Director works flexibly within a matrix structure, sensing business priorities and reprioritizing work accordingly. Additionally, they may oversee 1-2 contributors, providing coaching and oversight to support their development. Key expertise includes data analytics, market research, forecasting, and competitive intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise stakeholders to define clear, impactful business priorities, and develop action plans. Develop strategic options and recommendations by synthesizing findings, connecting insights across therapeutic areas or analytic domains, and aligning them with organizational goals.

• Demonstrate mastery in tailoring communication to specific audiences, communicating and influencing senior leaders and simplifying details for stakeholder buy-in.

• Translate strategic vision into actionable insights by leveraging a strong analytical background and deep subject matter expertise in respective domain(s) to ensure successful execution of initiatives across teams and functions.

• Sense business needs through stakeholder interactions, drive towards outcomes through high degrees of uncertainty, and lead cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives.

• Catalyze and entrench new solutions and ways of working into the business.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to deeply understand business needs, key questions, and priorities, and ensure alignment with project objectives and analytic lead direction.

• Perform custom analyses by applying appropriate analytic techniques to address business challenges.

• Demonstrate leadership through proactive, informal coaching and mentorship of analysts across the team.

• Autonomously operates and manages all levels of stakeholders (with extremely limited/no manager guidance).

• Accountable for pro-actively providing expertise, strategic planning support and execution against evolution of a capability.

• Take an enterprise mindset, linking individual responsibilities with broader organization; focus on outcomes that provide most business and patient value.

• If leading 1-2 individual contributors: manage, coach, and develop individual contributors and provide oversight of their work.

• Contribute to continuous organizational improvement by sharing best practices, identifying opportunities for automation, and enhancing the efficiency and impact of analytic workflows.

• Play an active role in the adoption of analytical products by staying up to date on the product roadmap, participating in training, user testing (as needed), and providing constructive feedback to ensure products are integrated into workflows. Embed and integrate products into workflows and foster Data, Analytics, and AI's product-first culture.

• Effectively interact with and guide offshore teams to ensure alignment with project objectives and maintain high-quality deliverables.

• Demonstrate mastery of a capability, and pro-actively help teammates build proficiency/mastery of that capability.

• Actively contribute to the community of practice through leading or sponsoring initiatives, setting strategic directions, and empowering others to engage and innovate, thereby elevating the community's impact and reach.

• Quickly adapt to evolving priorities by working flexibly within capabilities or expertise areas to address business needs and deliver impactful insights and analytics (see below):

  • Data Analytics: Analyze secondary and structured datasets to surface actionable insights that benefit the needs of the oncology business.

  • Market Research: Conduct or guide qualitative and quantitative research with patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, and other stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem to assess and improve the patient experience.

• Digital Measurement: Design and conduct digital analytics and performance measurement to generate insights that inform oncology strategy.

• Comply with all laws, regulations and policies that govern the conduct of Genentech activities.

Minimum Candidate Qualifications & Experience

• 8 years of relevant work experience (or equivalent with advanced education).

• Bachelor's Degree.

• Growth Mindset.

• Past experience in and deep understanding of the Oncology business.

• Experience synthesizing concise summaries focused on the key insights that inform business decisions.

• Comfortable dealing with uncertainty in a highly-matrixed organization.

• Strong results orientation and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.

• Persuasive written and verbal communication skills.

Additional Desired Candidate Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Statistics, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computer or Physical Sciences or related field.

• MBA or Graduate-level Degree.

• Proven track record of pro-active leadership, time-management, project management, and teamwork.

• Mastery in exploring large amounts of data, identifying important insights and building compelling narratives.

• Proficiency in understanding market landscape and surfacing insights across multiple primary data sources.

• Exposure to pharmaceutical product development and/or commercialization.

• Proficient with data analytics tools (Excel, Python, SQL, etc.).

• Strong understanding of the following capability areas:

  • Expertise in designing and fielding qualitative and quantitative primary market research plans.

  • Experience working with analytical tools (e.g., Python, R, and SQL).

  • Able to design and conduct digital analytics/measurements.

Location

• This position is based in South San Francisco, CA

• Relocation Assistance is not available

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $172,620 and $320,580. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

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