Integrated Insights Business Partner

The company seeks a Senior Integrated Insights Business Partner in Rotkreuz to serve as a trusted analytical advisor for therapeutic areas and V&A, translating strategies into data-driven insights and forecasting models.

This role acts as the primary analytical advisor for assigned therapeutic areas and V&A, partnering directly with senior leadership to shape research plans and drive business decisions. The position forms the collaborative analytical core alongside the DAP Manager, ensuring that data translates into actionable strategies for commercial and medical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define a hypothesis-driven research agenda by translating therapeutic area, brand, and access strategies into clear business questions.
• Consolidate insight needs across commercial, medical, and V&A stakeholders to create a unified, prioritized analytics plan.
• Own the analytical narrative for performance dashboards, covering commercial KPIs, field engagement metrics, and V&A milestones while maintaining appropriate separation between commercial and medical views.
• Develop bespoke PowerBI dashboards and deep-dive analyses for specific business questions, collaborating with the DAP Manager for enterprise-scale data modeling.
• Integrate internal KPIs with external data sources like IQVIA panels and wholesaler data to provide holistic market and brand performance views.
• Maintain market assumptions and definitions for forecasting, aligned with global standards and integrated insights frameworks.
• Build and run quantitative forecasting models using Python to contribute robust market and access inputs to product forecasts.
• Conduct product lifecycle analyses to understand brand performance drivers, future expectations, and strategic implications.
• Quantify the impact of commercial activities on business outcomes through correlation, regression, and uplift analyses linking field engagement to sales performance.
• Plan and execute primary and secondary market research, including patient journey mapping, segmentation, and competitive landscape assessments.
• Coordinate external data acquisition from vendors like IQVIA and manage access to key data sources.
• Leverage AI and GenAI tools to accelerate insight generation, literature reviews, and pattern identification in large datasets.
• Translate complex data into compelling narratives to influence senior stakeholders and support data literacy across the organization.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Life Sciences, Business, Economics, Marketing, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field; Bachelor's degree with strong relevant experience is acceptable.
• Full professional proficiency in English and German; French is considered a plus.
• Proven experience in integrated insights, market research, business analytics, commercial strategy, or applied data science within pharmaceuticals, biotech, or healthcare.
• Demonstrated ability to turn data into business stories, identify key insights, and influence senior-level decisions.
• Deep expertise in business analytics, market research, competitive intelligence, forecasting, and segmentation.
• Hypothesis-driven mindset that starts from business questions rather than data.
• Ability to constructively challenge senior leaders and foster collaboration and problem-solving.
• Strong strategic, creative, and integrative thinking combined with hands-on analytical capability.

Nice to have

• French language proficiency.

What the company offers

• Access to a comprehensive benefits handbook detailing ways to thrive personally and professionally.

About the company

Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG is committed to helping people with disease and their families through innovative science and a community of passionate, collaborative individuals. The company fosters an inclusive work environment with diverse teams that reflect the patients and communities they serve, aiming to achieve breakthroughs that change lives.

• Collaboration and support among smart, passionate people to achieve breakthroughs.
• Commitment to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment.
• Diverse teams representative of patients and communities.