Africa Advanced Analytics Lead, GPH Vaccines at Johnson & Johnson

Reference No.: 00001HPT
Employment Type: Contract (Permanent)
Category: Finance

Details

• Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for an Advanced Analytics Lead, Vaccines, Africa Region for the Global Public Health team (GPH).
• Johnson & Johnson, through its operating companies, is the world's most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products, as well as a provider of related services, for the consumer, pharmaceutical, and medical device markets. We strive to provide scientifically sound, high quality products and services to help heal, cure disease and improve the quality of life.
• Empowering families and communities to live healthy, productive lives and create healthier futures inspires Johnson & Johnson’s long-standing commitment to make life-changing and sustainable differences in global public health. 
• We focus on improving maternal, newborn and child health, addressing global health challenges such as multi-drug resistant TB, HIV, vaccines (COVID 19 and Ebola), worm-based infections, and obstetric fistula and long bone fracture.  We bring science and technology expertise, research and development capabilities, and our global resources to develop treatments and cures, deliver lifesaving prevention and care, and design smart policies that help pave the way for large-scale, long-term solutions. 
• Together, with governments, non-governmental organizations, implementing groups, industry partners and non-profit foundations, we partner on innovative approaches to make a difference for people everywhere to build the foundations of lasting health.

The Responsibilities & the Impact You Will Have
Job Purpose:

• This is an opportunity to use advanced analytics to support the launch of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and future GPH Vaccine portfolio, to make substantial public health impact in vulnerable and underserved populations.
• This role will support all analytics tied to vaccines across the African continent for GPH, working closely with the Global Lead, Data Strategy and Analytics, as well as other analysts across GPH.
• This role will be a key member of the newly formed GPH Vaccines Program Management office, which will be responsible for planning and coordination with J&J Enterprise on allocation, delivery, and distribution of vaccines in resource limited settings, as well as predicting how global events will shape the demand of vaccines in Africa.
• This role will report into the GPH Vaccines Global Planning Lead.

The Main Duties and Responsibilities of the Position are:

• The priority responsibility of this role is to provide strategic analytics support for the GPH Vaccines Program Management Office and GPH Vaccines organization, with a near-term focus on COVID-19. Identify and integrate multiple data streams to create a prescriptive global forecast across prioritized countries and populations. Identify potential vaccine deployment barriers to inform research and recommend optimizations to the global implementation plan.
• Assemble a comprehensive view of the most relevant data sources available across the African continent. Explore vaccines data-related opportunity gaps and evaluate potential partnership opportunities with the most developed data management organizations in public health.

Qualifications
We'd love to hear from You, if you have:

• Bachelor's Degree is required.
• 5+ years of relevant experience is required.
• We need someone with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience across a broad spectrum of analytics, from descriptive to prescriptive Required.
• Solid grasp of advanced analytics methods: forecasting, segmentation, and visualization, including R or Python, SQL, and Tableau Required.
• Developing understanding of business needs and then translating those needs into relevant solutions and standard methodologies Required.
• Ability to manage complex projects, particularly in environments with ambiguity. A proven track record of encouraging collaboration, building confidence, and translating knowledge into persuasive, easy-to-follow communications Required.
• Experience gathering, cleaning, and warehousing data Required.
• Knowledge of epidemiology and public health data sources Preferred.
• This position may require up to 10% domestic and/or international travel post-COVID.