Senior Analyst - Commercial Analytics (Plainsboro, NJ, US)

About the Department

Our Marketing & Patient Solutions group creates and delivers human-centered experiences, where innovation meets customer-centricity, driving the ultimate experience for our patients. Our focus extends beyond transactions to craft experiences as one fully integrated, aligned and connected organization that puts empathy at the center, powered by insight and foresight.

We develop an end-to-end approach to strategy, focusing on every touchpoint that impacts our customers. We leverage data and insights to inform our decision-making processes, ensuring that our strategies are rooted in a deep understanding of customer needs and behaviors. Our 'test and learn’ mindset and approach enables us to iterate rapidly and refine our strategies based on real-world results.

We are building an intentional team culture that is made up of diverse skillsets, united by the shared belief that reinvention and learning is what fuels continuous growth. Do you get excited about exploring the unknown? Does the idea of driving value through human-centered design pull you in? Are you ready to experiment with us?

The Position

Primary purpose of this role is to provides insights and analytics expertise, primarily through the analysis of complex data, to help guide Novo Nordisk on portfolio, franchise, and brand strategy development and execution, focused primarily in semaglutide franchise and associated markets. This role will additionally responsible for longitudinal patient level analytics for the semaglutide product family.

Relationships

Reports to Director, Field Analytics. Extensive interaction with the Novo Nordisk analytics community including brand analytics, sales analytics, market access analytics, advanced analytics, competitive intelligence, data strategy and IT.  Other areas of collaboration include but aren’t limited to Finance, Marketing, Sales Execution, Market Access Strategy and Global Functions. External relationships include interactions with external data partners and consultants.

Essential Functions

Analysis Conducts hypothesis-driven investigations into patient-level and transactional-level data, to gain business insights from various patient perspectives independently or with collaboration with other analytics teams

Develops innovative solutions to unstructured, complex problems; recommendations have significant impact on company (time, people, budget) resources and may affect ability to achieve company goals

Utilize tools such as Tableau, Alteryx, Python, R, etc. to conduct data analysis on various IQVIA and patient CRM datasets

Analyse market trends and product performance – identify drivers of performance and provide supportive evidence

Collaborate closely with privacy and compliance to appropriately analyse patient-level data compliantly

Supports integration of various data sets to understand impact of patient CRM programs on metrics such as stay time

Interprets and contextualizes analytical findings within the framework of existing body of knowledge about HCPs and consumer attitudes/behaviours

Contributor to insights and analytics team in the development and design of key lines of investigation via custom analysis and assessments utilizing relevant and appropriate data sources and business resources

Develops recommendations via presentations with clear storylines to communicate key conclusions and actionable recommendations through formal and informal channels

Pioneers new ways to generate analytical insights through a deep understanding of existing data assets

Collaboration/Communication/Leadership Develops and sustain close working relationships with key business partners, including commercial, and operations business colleagues (US & Global) as required

Development and execution of presentations with clear storylines, grounded on holistic business concepts and communicate key conclusions and business recommendations/implications (what/so what and now what) to business partners and peers through formal and informal channels

Advocate and be a champion of our team, business partners and customers, demonstrate inherent interest in people, intense curiosity to decipher and understand data, human behaviour, and desire to drive insights into action

Works well under pressure, with initiative to take on unfamiliar tasks

Advocate and champion for our customers, demonstrate inherent interest in people, intense curiosity to decipher and understand human behaviour and desire to drive insights into action

Physical Requirements

Approximately 5% overnight travel.

Qualifications

Bachelor 's degree required with focus in Business, Analytics, Math, Science, or Engineering preferred

MBA or advanced degree a plus

2+ years relevant experience through work experience, internships, or coursework

Strong analytical, quantitative, and qualitative analysis skills required

Strong writing, presentation, project management skills required

Knowledge and understanding of patient DATA/IQVIA data and/or other secondary industry sources required

Understanding of patient CRM programs and analysis related to that

Experience/working knowledge within several areas a plus such as Tableau, Alteryx, or R strongly required

Experience in mathematical modelling for prediction, clustering and classification preferred

Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills

Creative problem solving; ability to organize/manipulate data and see big picture from scattered pieces of information

Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects with conflicting deadlines

Positive and eagerness to learn, collaborate and partner with internal business colleagues

The base compensation range for this position is $83,400 to $150,200. Base compensation is determined based on a number of factors. This position is also eligible for a company bonus based on individual and company performance. Novo Nordisk offers long-term incentive compensation and or company vehicles depending on the position's level or other company factors.

Employees are also eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs including medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement program; and voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance. The Company also offers time off pursuant to its sick time policy, flex-able vacation policy, and parental leave policy.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and defeating diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

If you are interested in applying to Novo Nordisk and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply, please call us at 1-855-411-5290. This contact is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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