Description

Job Description

General Summary:

Guidance & Patient Support (GPS) Insights is an industry-leading patient support analytics and insights team established to deliver core reporting needs and apply predictive/prescriptive insights that can be applied to continuously enhance the GPS experience for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The function is part of the GPS Patient Experience Team and it drives analyses that underpin this patient-focused department's data-driven and innovation culture. The team is responsible for both foundational data quality and reporting capabilities as well as identifying opportunities to link new data sets, automate dashboards for on-demand reporting, and produce tools to help optimize and prioritize workload.

The Senior Data Analyst will be responsible for providing daily reporting, monitoring the quality of our data and resolving any issues, maintaining data definitions and governance, performing critical ad hoc analyses, and coordinating closely with cross-functional partners. This position will report to the Director of Commercial Analytics, CF Patient Insights.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Reporting and analysis around key metrics such as adherence, enrollments, initiations, time-to-fill, treatment status, etc.

Performing ad hoc or deep-dive analysis

Using shipment, CRM, and claims data to answer business questions and generate insights

Managing projects related to identifying and resolving data quality issues

Documenting data definitions to support team-wide understanding and utilization

Identifying areas of improvement for reporting, analysis, and data quality

Implementing systems enhancements for better tracking of metrics (includes working with IT and GPS Systems team members)

Supporting ETL data load and data transfer processes (working with IT)

Managing vendor and IT relationships

Developing presentations to be shared within GPS and with senior leadership

Working cross-functionally with other teams and departments within Vertex on analysis

Consistently ensures compliant use of patient data

Knowledge and Skills:

Experience with CRM systems such as Salesforce.com, MS Excel (functions and pivot tables), PowerPoint, MicroStrategy, Tableau (or similar BI platform)

Understanding of data quality/data structures and methods of accessing data

Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and have the ability to multi-task and prioritize their workload

Works as a team player in diverse settings with a spirit of continuous improvement and innovation

Attention to detail, committed follow-through

Excellent communication skills; patient-centric and customer-service minded

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree required; Masters Degree preferred or relevant years of experience in a quantitative, insights generating, or technology field

1-3 years of experience working in data analysis

Company Information

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.

Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Please note that Vertex requires COVID-19 vaccination for all employees working in the U.S. as a condition of employment at Vertex, subject to medical, religious or other accommodations or exemptions required by law. We believe this requirement is vital to keeping everyone at Vertex and in our communities safe. This requirement applies to both existing and new employees who may at any time work on-site at a Vertex facility or visit another location on behalf of Vertex (e.g., conferences, customer visits, etc.), including all remote employees. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition atApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com.