Job Advert Title: Manager, Japan Commercial Analytics
Location: Tokyo HQ (Nihonbashi)
Division: Commercial Capabilities
Employment Class: Permanent
Description
【募集の背景 / Purpose & Scope】
The Manager, Japan Commercial Analytics plays a critical role in providing valuable strategic business insight and actionable recommendations to priority Commercial Division/markets to support achievement of brand objectives for priority/strategic products. This position is responsible for assessing performance on an ongoing and ad hoc basis to identify new business opportunities and insights and advise key stakeholders on how best to leverage the opportunities. In addition to providing sound counseling and objective interpretation of data to the stakeholders in global and regional commercial functions.
【職務の内容 / Essential Job Responsibilities】
（雇入れ直後）
• Establish strategic direction of team and ensure alignment with global objectives, Commercial Division commercial business needs and overall department objectives.
• Collaborate with global and CD Marketing and CI GCA functions to enhance global alignment, prioritize high-impact reporting metrics around brand objectives to support better and more informed business decisions.
• Drive strong cross-functional communication to promote brand-level knowledge sharing and integration of key learnings.
• Conduct brand-related strategies, opportunity discovery and investment decisions with advanced analytics (examples include Customer Segmentation, Patient Adherence Analysis, HCP Network Analysis, etc) to uncover new business opportunities and insights.
• Advise regional and local stakeholders and provide actionable strategic recommendations that are rooted in a strong understanding of business and brand context.
• Collaborate with other operational stakeholders to define, develop and maintain business rules in alignment with internal policies and business needs.
• Identify, standardize and automate integration of critical reporting metrics and modeling tools to address brand-specific needs. Adapt current reports and metrics to support evolving business needs and opportunities; provide consultation and training on reports to ensure their use and effectiveness with users.
• Develop, define and lead prioritized ad hoc analyses as needed to support evolving business requirements and to provide timely business insights.
• Manage projects to include efficient resource mobilization, vendor selection, definition of scope and requirements, and achievement of timelines, budgets & deliverables.
• Support recommendations on various statistical modeling techniques to apply within analytical projects and mentor others on the use and application of those modeling techniques.
• Maintain proficiency among data systems, programs, and software resources (e.g. AWS Redshift and SQL/Python), to ensure optimal and efficient achievement of department objectives.
• Define data needs, including guidance on detail of data required, location, processing requirements and communication of those needs to relevant technical teams.
• Coordination of contracts with Japanese vendors.
• Develop comprehensive understanding of various data sources, including patient-level data, as well as their appropriate applications, to facilitate rigorous analytic process design and reliable business insights generation
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会社内での全ての業務
【組織 / Organizational Context】
Directly reporting to Associate Director, Japan Commercial Analytics, based in Tokyo, Japan. Working closely with JP-C business partners (e.g. Commercial Excellence, Marketing, Digital Communication), other CI teams (e.g. JP-C Insights & Strategy, Data Strategy), and Digital, Analytics Technology (DAT).
【就業環境に関する要件 / Specific Physical or Environmental Requirements】
Business trip to US/UK office
【応募要件 / Qualifications】
＜必須 / Must＞
• Bachelor’s degree in business-related field
• Minimum 4 years of pharmaceutical analytics, operations or related experience required that includes data analysis and reporting, or four years with Masters degree and related experience required, with demonstrated success in managing projects of increasing size and complexity
• Possess strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively interact with all levels of employees including senior management
• Extensive proficiency with software in a Windows environment required including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Proficiency in coding language (e.g. SQL, R, or Python)
• Working knowledge of various statistical modeling techniques and their application within complex analytical projects, e.g., regression modeling, promotion response modeling, ROI, natural language processing, predictive modeling, etc.
• Excellent skills in the following areas: organization, written and verbal communication, accuracy and personal initiative
• Excellent organizational, planning and project management skills with a strong attention to detail and ability to effectively manage cross-functional projects
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic fast-paced environment, with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated ability in taking initiative to proactively evaluate existing sales strategies and recommend changes, when appropriate
• Keen analytical mind with superior problem solving and technical skills, reflecting in-depth knowledge of various secondary databases and their limitations
Fluent in written and spoken business Japanese and basic reading and writing in English
＜歓迎 / Want＞
• Pharmaceutical industry experience.
• Working knowledge of sales data sources, e.g., IQVIA, MDV, JMDC
• General understanding of other Commercial Insights functions (i.e., primary/secondary market research, forecasting, competitive intelligence)
• Working knowledge of one or more data visualization tools such as Excel, QlikView and QlikSense
• Sound experience with data visualization
• Experience working with global partners
• Knowledge of the global healthcare landscape including different access models
【応募書類 / Application Documents】
和文履歴書・和文職務経歴書・英文レジュメ
Both Japanese and English Resumes are needed
【選考プロセス / Selection details】
書類選考 → 1次面接 → 最終面接
※変更の可能性もございますので、予めご了承下さい。
CV screening → First interview → Final interview
*Please be advised that there might be a change in the process.
【勤務地 / Location】
（雇入れ直後）
東京都中央区 アステラス製薬 日本橋事業所 本社
Nihonbashi, Tokyo
（変更の範囲）
会社の定める事業場および自宅
【勤務開始日 / Start Date】
応相談
Will be decided according to the candidate's flexibility
【契約期間 / Contract Duration】
期間の定めなし
Not limited to specified period
【試用期間 / Probation Period】
試用期間原則なし
No probation period in principle
【給与 / Salary】
①基本給：当人の経歴・技術・技能等を考慮して決定
②裁量労働制の場合：裁量労働手当として職務グレードに応じて50,000～100,000円支給
③フレックスタイム制の場合：月間の所定労働時間を超えて勤務する時間に対して時間外勤務手当を支給
①Base salary: will be decided by the candidate's experience, skill and capability.
②When Discretionary Work System is applied: Discretionary work allowance will be paid.(50,000～100,000yen, based on the Grade)
③When Flextime System is applied: Overtime allowance will be paid for time worked in excess of prescribed working hours.
【昇給 / Salary Raise】
有り
【賞与 / Bonus】
有り
【諸手当 / Allowance】
裁量労働手当、住宅手当、通勤手当 等
Discretionary work allowance, Housing allowance, Commutation allowance, etc.
【勤務時間 / Working Hours】
8:45～17:45（月～木）、8:45～16:00（金）、企画業務型 裁量労働制
裁量労働制の場合、所定労働時間を働いたものとみなす
8:45～17:45（Mon～Thu）、8:45～16:00（Fri）
Discretionary Work System
【休日 / Holidays】
完全週休２日制（土曜・日曜）、祝日、5月1日、夏季、年末年始
Weekends(Sat and Sun), holidays, May 1st, summer vacation, New Year holidays
【休暇 / Vacation Leave】
年次有給休暇、育児休業制度、介護休業制度 等
Annual paid leave, childcare leave system, nursing care leave system, etc.
【福利厚生 / Welfare】
雇用保険、労災保険、厚生年金、健康保険、共済会制度、社宅制度、持株会制度、財形貯蓄制度 等
Employment Insurance, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, Welfare Pension Insurance, Health Insurance, Mutual Aid Association System, Company Housing System, Employee Shareholder Association System, Property Accumulation Savings System
【アステラス製薬 採用サイト/ Career web site】
https://re-jp.astellas.com/jp/recruit/newgraduates/
For more information about Astellas, please visit our career web site.
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