Data Insights & Business Planning Manager

Posted 23 Days Ago
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Vilvoorde, BEL
In-Office
64K-119K Annually
Entry level
Biotech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
Leads business planning, analytics, and digital innovation projects for commercial and marketing teams. Develops project plans, manages stakeholders and resources, delivers analytics-based insights, and applies Python, R, SQL, cloud platforms, and machine learning to solve business problems. Oversees reporting standardization, team collaboration, training support, and high-quality project delivery while ensuring product-related complaints and adverse events are reported promptly.
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Salary Range:

€64,300.00 - €119,300.00

Job Description Summary

-Explore, develop, implement and evaluate Digital innovation solutions that address customer needs. Co-create with key stakeholders to build partnerships and collaborations -Leads the delivery of multiple projects across a variety of creative and marketing channels, including print and digital media. Develop and coordinate project plans across the design, development and production stages of a project to support the successful delivery within set KPI's. -Works in collaboration with brand teams, technical teams and all functions to maximize value. -Provides consultancy, advice and assistance on strategy for commercialization of products, and influence marketing/Marketing Sales Operation team on decision making on Sales Force resource allocation in most optimal ways, through delivery of proven analytics based projects. -Provide analytics support to Novartis internal customers
Please know that the new location of our Novartis office is in Diegem, Belgium.

Job Description

Major accountabilities: 

  • Planning and management, gather requirements to develop detailed Project plans and Project estimations to task level.
  • Proactively assist the Business to identify upcoming conflicts and resource gaps.
  • Serve as interface with the global and local Brand teams on Project Planning and delivery management.
  • Leads and delivers projects for Regional and global teams, ensuring adherence to timelines and quality objectives.
  • Ensures delivery of efficient and high-quality deliverables.
  • Ability to write clean and efficient code in Python, R, SQL, with expertise with cloud platforms and data platforms (experience with AWS, Snowflake is a plus)
  • Ability to advise on and apply state-of-the-art analytics, machine learning to derive business insights and solve complex problems
  • Good problem solving skills with ability to visualize and present results clearly to the business
  • Ability to thrive in a multidisciplinary team and agile working environment (experience with Jira is a plus)
  • Manages an efficient and high-quality team that promotes synergy and best practice sharing among resources, drives collaboration with Country Organizations in managing high standards of communication and delivering best in class services.
  • Provide guidance on training requirements in relation to Commercial processes -Takes initiative to drive standardization of reports across brands.
  • Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Novartis products within 24 hours of receipt.
  • Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)

Key performance indicators:

  • Quality and accuracy of forecast assumptions
  • Good customer satisfaction scores
  • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders / projects
  • Ability to write clean and efficient code in Python, R, SQL

Minimum Requirements: 

Work Experience:

  • Cross Cultural Experience
  • Project Management
  • Operations Management and Execution

Skills:

  • Agility
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Brand Awareness
  • Business Analytics
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Digital Marketing
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Media Campaigns
  • Sales
  • Ability to write clean and efficient code in Python, R, SQL, with expertise with cloud platforms and data platforms (experience with AWS, Snowflake is a plus)
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Power BI, CRM

Languages:

  • English and preferably Dutch and/or French.


 

Skills Desired

Agility (Inactive), Analytical Thinking, Brand Awareness, Business Analytics, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Media Campaigns, Project Management, Project Planning, Sales, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Waterfall Model

Skills Required

  • Cross-cultural experience
  • Project management experience
  • Operations management and execution experience
  • Ability to write clean and efficient code in Python, R, and SQL
  • Experience with cloud platforms and data platforms
  • Ability to apply analytics and machine learning to derive business insights
  • Business analytics and analytical thinking skills
  • Problem-solving and data visualization skills
  • Experience managing multiple stakeholders and projects
  • Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills
  • Project planning and delivery management skills
  • Digital marketing, marketing strategy, media campaigns, and brand awareness knowledge
  • Sales and commercial process knowledge
  • Experience with AWS
  • Experience with Snowflake
  • Experience with Jira
  • Experience with Power BI and CRM systems
  • English language proficiency
  • Dutch and/or French language proficiency
  • Experience working in agile and multidisciplinary environments
  • Knowledge of waterfall project delivery

Novartis Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Novartis and has not been reviewed or approved by Novartis.

  • Healthcare Strength — Pay and benefits are described as a strong overall package, supported by medical, dental, and vision insurance alongside FSAs/HSAs and disability and life coverage. Mental-health support is reinforced through an employee assistance program with psychological support and a network of mental health first aiders.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout element, with an automatic company contribution plus dollar-for-dollar matching in the 401(k). Additional retirement funding is described through an age-based defined contribution program and access to an employee share purchase plan discount.
  • Parental & Family Support — Family-related benefits are framed as robust, including a global minimum of paid parental leave for new parents following birth or adoption. Added supports include domestic partner coverage, dependent-care resources, and benefits such as adoption assistance and child/elder care options.

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The Company
HQ: Basel
110,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1996

What We Do

Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.

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