Job Description

Senior Manager - Data Visualization

As the Data Visualization Senior Manager, you will lead a team responsible for gathering, analyzing and interpreting data to support business decisions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify key business questions and develop data-driven insights that will guide strategic and tactical decision-making. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of the function by providing insights that help to drive business growth, profitability, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership: You will be responsible for leading a team of data analysts, insights experts, visualization experts, Design leads and data engineers to deliver business insights to stakeholders across the organization with effective people management. You will manage:

Recruitment and Selection: Senior Managers are responsible for hiring and selecting the right candidates for their organization.

Training and Development: Senior Managers must ensure that their team members have the necessary skills and knowledge to perform their jobs effectively. This may involve providing training and coaching to team members or arranging for external training and development programs.

Performance Management: Senior Managers must monitor the performance of their team members, provide feedback on their performance, and identify areas for improvement. This may involve conducting regular performance reviews or setting performance goals.

Employee Engagement: Senior Managers must ensure that their team members are engaged and motivated to perform their jobs. This may involve creating a positive work environment, recognizing and rewarding good performance, and addressing any concerns or issues that arise.

Communication: Senior Managers must be able to communicate effectively with their team members, as well as with other departments and stakeholders. This may involve providing regular updates, addressing concerns and issues, and facilitating communication between team members.

Resource Management: Senior Managers must ensure that their team members have the necessary resources to perform their jobs effectively. This may involve managing budgets, allocating resources, and identifying areas where additional resources are needed

Data Analysis and visualization: You will lead the team in performing in-depth analysis of complex business problems to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement. You will work with team members to develop models and algorithms that uncover insights from large and complex datasets.

Design & develop user-centric data visualization solutions utilizing complex data sources

Identify & define key business metrics and KPIs in partnership with business stakeholders

Define & develop scalable data models in alignment & support from data engineering & IT teams

Lead UI UX workshops to develop user stories, wireframes & develop intuitive visualizations

Collaborate with data engineering, data science & IT teams to deliver business friendly dashboard & reporting solutions

Apply best practices in data visualization design & continuously improve upon intuitive user experience for business stakeholders.

Provide thought leadership and data visualization best practices to the broader Data & Analytics organization

Identify opportunities to apply data visualization technologies to streamline & enhance manual / legacy reporting deliveries

Provide training & coaching to internal stakeholders to enable a self-service operating model

Co-create information governance & apply data privacy best practices to solutions

Continuously innovative on visualization best practices & technologies by reviewing external resources & marketplace

Business Acumen: You will be responsible for understanding the company\'s business strategy, goals, and objectives, and for ensuring that the team\'s work aligns with these objectives. You will use your business acumen to translate data insights into actionable recommendations that drive business growth and profitability. Support reporting managers and leaders in strategy building, operations and key activity for growth and profitability.

Technical Expertise: You will be responsible for staying up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in data analysis, and for ensuring that the team has the necessary technical skills to deliver high-quality insights. You will be the technical and analytical expert for the team, and will be responsible for guiding the team in the use of advanced analytics tools and techniques.

Requirements:

Masters or Bachelor\'s degree in a relevant field such as statistics, mathematics, or computer science.

Minimum of 8 years of experience in data analysis or a related field

Experience in leading teams and managing people

Strong analytical skills and experience with data visualization tools such as, Power BI, or Qlik

Demonstrated ability to translate complex data into actionable insights that drive business growth and profitability

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across the organization

Technical expertise in data analysis tools and techniques such as Dataiku, Alteryx and AWS ecosystem.

As the Data Visualization Senior Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of the function. You will lead a team of talented associates to deliver business insights that drive growth, profitability, and operational excellence. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for data analysis, team leadership, and business acumen, we would love to hear from you.

Our Human Health Division maintains a \xe2\x80\x9cpatient first, profits later\xe2\x80\x9d ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide.

Who we are \xe2\x80\xa6

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world\'s most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for \xe2\x80\xa6

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us\xe2\x80\x94and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another\xe2\x80\x99s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace

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Relocation: Domestic

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