UCB – Inspired by patients. Driven by science. At UCB, we put our heart, soul and skills into making a difference for people living with severe diseases. We look to transform patients’ lives by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. With us, our talents makes the most of who they are, unlocking innovation and setting new standards for patients.

Everything we do starts with a simple question: “How will this make a difference to the lives of people living with severe diseases?”
And to find the answers, we connect globally with patients and their families living with the physical and social burdens of severe disease. These connections give us new perspectives, drive our innovation, and offer a hope for a new generation of therapies that will help to transform lives.

We are looking for a Data Fluency Lead / Analyst to join us in our Insights to Impact team, based in our Smyrna, GA Headquarters

About the role

The Data Fluency Lead will act as core member of a team managing an enterprise commercial data & analytics platform supporting UCB’s US pharmaceutical business. The position requires utilization of data science, statistical techniques, experience in understanding data integrity, and implementing automated solutions. The incumbent will need to have a grasp of relational database management systems, design, and structured query language.

Who you’ll work with

Our Insight to Impact team leverages advanced technology and techniques to deliver sustainable impact and generates unique actionable insights that enable our stakeholders to best allocate UCB's resources to creating sustainable Patient Value.

What you’ll do

• Identify gaps in UCB data, evaluate potential data sets close such gaps, enlist stakeholders to conduct data POVs and work with stakeholders
• Enhance data awareness to enable leveraging relevant data to make informed decisions
• Perform as the inhouse data expert and support and coordinate new data onboarding efforts
• Answer complex questions through data science, analysis, and clearly communicate findings to multi-functional teams for direction
• Seek opportunities to improve data collection, reporting and consumption based on business needs
• Translate business questions into analysis plans, execute the analysis and communicate the results
• Create visuals for analytical outputs to facilitate utility of analysis for business user
• Take data from disparate sources, apply statistical modeling, analyze and interpret its specific meaning
• Clearly convey the significance of findings with an assessment tailored to individual teams, as well as the larger strategic impact for the business as a whole
• Exhibit critical strategic thinking and creative problem solving in order to scope work, shape deliverables, set priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate results that can be understood and acted on
• Ability to navigate between hands-on technical coaching (e.g. python, R, SQL) tactical project leadership, and business focused consulting with business stakeholders and executive leadership

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Advanced STEM degree preferred
• Expertise in SQL, R, SAS and/or Python
• Experience working with healthcare data including electronic health records and claims data
• 5+ years’ experience in data analysis, preferably in pharmaceutical industry
• Experience developing reports with business intelligence (BI) tools, preferably Qlik Sense
• Demonstrated ability to engage constructively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure accountability while maintaining collaborative environment
• Desire and ability to learn and adapt to a continually evolving role; intellectual curiosity and willingness to question decisions and processes that deviate from the desired result
• Mastery utilizing statistical techniques to identify key insights that help solve business problems