Forecasting Analyst - Academy Leadership Development Program - Summer 2022 Cohort
Who are we?
The Academy is a unique leadership development program consisting of professionals early in their career who possess a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. From pharma to healthcare payers and providers, our team comes from all areas of the healthcare system. Not experienced in this industry yet? You’ll fit right in too, as our program is designed to upskill new team members from other disciplines such as data science, engineering, economics, and finance to name a few. Many team members come to the Academy with a foundation in data analytics while others have a strong desire to build skills in tools such as SQL and Tableau.
Our diversity allows us to meet the wide variety of client needs, but there are similarities across our team too: we are intellectually curious, ambitious, and hard-working. We love to collaborate, learn from each other, and go above and beyond for both our clients and the Academy program. Most of our members complete training and then help to recruit later cohorts, develop new training sessions, and lead internal initiatives that contribute to our evolving culture. Our Academy management team consists of senior team members that went through the training program themselves, dating back to the original 2013 cohort.
What is the Academy?
The Academy is located within the Commercial Outsourcing Services (COS) team of IQVIA. Professionals joining us are assured of a rewarding career in healthcare data analytics and consulting with an industry global leader. Opportunities to address diverse and challenging problems of the healthcare industry, directly manage client relationships, interact with senior leaders, and gain exposure to a truly multi-cultural, collaborative work environment abound through the Academy and your broader career at IQVIA.
The Academy begins with an intensive 12-week training period to prepare its members for client-facing roles with IQVIA’s pharmaceutical clients. During this full-time training, you will hone your data analytics and consulting skillset through a combination of classroom-based lectures, interactive case studies, hands-on working sessions, client role-playing scenarios, and real-time project shadowing/support. As a result, you will develop a strong network consisting of internal IQVIA leaders, subject matter experts, and countless other Academy alums.
With this significant support and investment from IQVIA senior leadership, you will develop an elevated technical, analytical, and communication skillset to successfully support the delivery of integrated healthcare analytics and technology solutions specific to the evolving business needs of IQIVA’s clients.
How does the Academy/COS fit into IQVIA?
IQVIA is the world’s leading information, services and technology company dedicated to making healthcare perform better. The COS team primarily supports pharmaceutical clients in using IQVIA data and technology to its full capacity. Projects will primarily consist of workstreams and efforts related to the forecasting space.
Location: The Academy onboarding program (~12 weeks) is typically located in our IQVIA Plymouth Meeting, PA office, which is where our team is based. Due to COVID-19 protocols, our 2021 cohort will be conducted remotely (subject to change).
Client forecasting projects are dependent on need and can vary from short-term, remote support to long-term, full-time engagements onsite at the client. After the initial onboarding period, Academy members can expect to be fully allocated to client projects and must be available to relocate anywhere in the United States for at least the first two years within the role (pending COVID-19 protocol; for the time-being, most client-facing work is being conducted remotely).
Start Date: July 2022
Role Summary:
As a Forecasting Analyst in the IQVIA Academy, you will:
· Successfully complete IQVIA Academy’s intensive foundational training program
· Actively participate (with senior support) in client forecasting engagements, including market & epidemiology assessments, pipeline analyses, market research, and forecasting inline and pipeline products
· Analyze secondary data and desk market research (quantitative and qualitative) to identify key findings and trends while understanding the nuances and differences of each IQVIA data asset
· Perform quantitative or qualitative analysis to support data preparation, ensure quality control, and deliver client deliverables and business decisions as they relate to IQVIA data
· Assist in creation of presentations for clients and attend, support and present at client meetings with senior support, working willingly and effectively with others in and across the organization to accomplish team goals both internally and externally
· Develop broad knowledge of related consulting methodologies and the pharmaceutical market through the delivery of forecasting engagements and participation in ongoing formal and informal learning opportunities, managing projects and work-streams of reasonable size
Skills & Experience:
Candidates interested in joining the IQVIA Academy as a Forecasting Analyst should have:
· Strong knowledge in MS Excel, MS Access, and MS PowerPoint; working knowledge of the following software is preferred, but not required: @Risk, Crystal Ball, Flexicast®, Forecast Pro
· Technical skills in the following are preferred, but not required: SAS, Oracle SQL, R Programming, Excel VBA, Tableau, and Alteryx
· Prior internship, project work, and/or working experience in any of the following: therapy area forecast structuring, forecast model input assessment, market research, marketing insights/analytics, multichannel marketing, consumer marketing, statistics, predictive modeling, technology & applications, healthcare IT, managed markets, management consulting, sales operations, business intelligence, epidemiology, HEOR, data mining, data governance, outsourcing and/or offshoring, web analytics, data development and programming
· Prior data analytics experience, prior IQVIA or healthcare data experience including physician, patient, or claims data preferred
· Knowledge of and interest in key issues and current developments in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries
· Effective project and stakeholder management, time management, and prioritization skills
· Ability to think creatively and strategically to analyze and interpret large data sets and solve client problems
· Well-developed written and verbal communication skills in order to present, lead meetings, and conduct business and report writing
Qualifications:
In addition to the skills and experience above, candidates interested in joining the IQVIA Academy as a Forecasting Analyst should have:
· Undergraduate or Master’s degree with up to 2 years of relevant analytics or healthcare experience (including internships)
· An avid interest in healthcare analytics and data, with an understanding of the US healthcare market
· Strong business acumen and understanding of sales & marketing business principals
· Project management experience
· Excellent interpersonal, team-oriented working style, whether it be determining the best methodology for a particular analysis, or the best song choice options at team karaoke
· Exceptional written, numerical and problem-solving skills
· Sense of adaptability and ability to take direction and implement feedback
· Willingness to relocate anywhere within the United States