Associate Principal - Commercial Analytics

Pharma

ACE is a growing Global Healthcare Consulting Firm, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. Our expert teams of Business Analysts, based across the US, Canada, Europe, and India, provide Analytics and Business Solutions using our worldwide delivery models for a wide range of clients. Our clients include established, multinational Bio Pharma leaders and innovators, as well as entrepreneurial firms on the cutting edge of science.

We have deep expertise in Forecasting, Business Analytics, Competitive Intelligence, Sales Analytics, and the Analytics Center of Excellence Model. Our wealth of therapeutic area experience cuts across Oncology, Immuno- science, CNS, CV-Met, and Rare Diseases. We support our clients' needs in Primary Care, Specialty Care, and Hospital business units, and we have managed portfolios in the Biologics space, Branded Pharmaceuticals, Generics, APIs, Diagnostics, and Packaging & Delivery Systems.

Brief Introduction:  We are seeking a highly motivated and strategically minded professional to join our growing team. This leadership role is ideal for professionals who thrive at the intersection of commercial analytics, business problem solving, and client engagement. The ideal candidate will exhibit strong functional alignment, strategic thinking, and a problem-solving approach. This position is not intended for individuals whose experience is predominantly operational.

This role is onsite at  Pune  location.

Responsibilities:
Lead the commercial analytics account team who develop data-driven strategies, ensure methodological rigor, and provide actionable insights that influence high-level decision-making
Develop and nurture client relationships and serve as an offshore key point of contact for the project
Provide thought leadership to the clients and their commercial stakeholders
Ensure team adherence to client specific data privacy and compliance policies
Help implement industry best practices and cross-pollinate ideas between delivery teams
Champion continuous improvement through delivering special projects and proof of concepts
Contribute to organizations capability development and bring breakthrough innovative ideas to the table and has ability to “surprise” both internal and external stakeholders
Collaboration with tech development team in facilitating productization efforts
Strong solution designing skills especially around HCP and patient analytics

Leadership:
Will be responsible for overall leadership, talent development, skill advancement, and engagement and retention of talent in the team
Foster learning mindset in the team to proactively develop research and story-telling skills, leveraging multiple sources of data to answer business questions
Provide leadership to help people perform at their best, through motivating and developing them to achieve high performance

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering
Minimum 10 years of pharma / life science consulting job experience

Experience and

Competencies:

Experience establishing and leading teams across borders with onshore and offshore model
Ability to disaggregate complex problems into simpler findings and able to story board the insights together
Passionate to learn and drive AI/ ML and Deep Learning Related Initiatives
Knowledge on various commonly used transactional data assets and others including Claims, APLD, Volumes/ Value, Rx, Specialty level and HCP level data

Other

Competencies:

Customer centricity and superlative attention to details (Any previous US onsite role/stint/travel will be preferred)
Strong business communication skills
Entrepreneurial orientation
Innovative and collaborative behavior, team player