Data Science and Business Analytics Manager

Job Description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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About Abbott

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Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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Working at Abbott  

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At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: 

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  Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. 

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  Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. 

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  An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution 

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  Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. 

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  A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.  

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  A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.  

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The Opportunity

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This position is an onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives.   As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers.  Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan, so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.

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As a Business Insights Manager, you will join a very welcoming team cultivating co-elevation principles. He/she will take a leadership role in the development and communication of key performance indicators and strategic analyses for key stakeholders. As part of customer centric Data Analytics team, you will work with an array of internal and external partners in a highly collaborative setting designed to share data, insights, and perspectives that all contribute to strategic priorities of Abbott Diabetes Care. You will be supported as well as rewarded for your performance in a dynamic environment offering opportunities for development and growth. We recognize that people come from diverse backgrounds and skills and welcome all to apply. This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.

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WHAT YOU’LL DO

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Data Science

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• Work within an agile team in a dynamic, fast-moving, collaborative environment and design complex analytics models and algorithms that drive analytical solutions throughout the organization
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• Develop statistical and machine learning models, leveraging expertise in classification, regression, clustering, and time series methodologies.
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• Perform causal inference analysis and study design, applying methods such as Difference-in-Differences, Synthetic Control, and geo experiments.
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• Analyze large amounts of data to discover trends and patterns, and build analytics models
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• Effectively communicate complex ideas and results to both technical and business/executive audiences
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• Conduct advanced statistical and other analysis to provide actionable insights, identify trends, and measure performance
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• Create repeatable, interpretable, dynamic, and scalable models that are seamlessly incorporated into analytics data products
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Data Analytics

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• Proactively conduct quantitative and qualitative data analyses around ambiguous problems leveraging large data sets (incl. prescription, medical claims and/or longitudinal patient-level data)
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• Build models and automated dashboards to monitor and optimize business performance, address business questions, inform business decisions, and develop revenue forecasts  
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• Optimize the impact of data and drive efficiency through advancement of analytical tools
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• Ensure data and analysis accuracy and timely completion of deliverables while managing multiple projects
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• Perform data analysis in local data warehouse environments using advanced SQL.
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• Maintain and update reports and dashboards within current data platforms.
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Strategic Insights & Problem Solving:

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• Become a subject matter expert, trusted advisor, and source of truth for the ADC organization  
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• Interpret data trends and present data-driven strategic insights and actionable recommendations to senior leadership related to business performance, operations, and customer insights
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• Formulate analytical strategies for proactively addressing customer needs, solving business problems, achieving commercial and marketing objectives, and developing new business opportunities
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Teamwork and Collaboration:

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• Partner with internal (e.g., commercial, marketing, and finance) and external (e.g., vendors & agencies) stakeholders to align on business objectives, expectations, timelines, and action plan
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• Effectively communicate and actively collaborate within and beyond the team to cultivate teamwork and empowered partnerships
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• Create an open environment built on trust, candor, and co-elevation principles
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• Take accountability and offer help and support to colleagues
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EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

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Required

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• Bachelors Degree In a Related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
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• Minimum 9 years of related work experience.
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• 5+ years experience in commercial or market analytics desired, preferably in the healthcare industry in a market science or business analytics role.
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• Proficiency in using machine learning to solve clustering, classification, regression, anomaly detection, simulation, and optimization problems on large-scale data sets
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• Strong hands-on experience and expertise in one or more big data technologies, i.e., Hadoop, Spark, H20.ai, cloud AI platforms, containerization
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• Experience with enterprise market analytics, data management/mining, financial modeling, and market forecasting to measure business performance (KPIs) and marketing tactics effectiveness
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• Experience utilizing big data sets with medical claims and/or longitudinal patient-level information
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• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently under aggressive timelines in a dynamic and ambiguous environment
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• Strong strategic thinking, executive presence capabilities, and attention to detail
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• Advanced communication and presentation skills including ability to create impactful power point presentations with visual storytelling and adjust the story/details based on the audience
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• Deep understanding of latest analytical tools and dashboarding technologies, data warehousing, software, process, and applications (e.g., SQL, Tableau, AWS, Python, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, etc.)
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Preferred

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• MBA, MS Degree in Business, Finance, Data Science, or Statistics
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• Strategic Consulting Experience
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• Experience in diabetes, CGM, or metabolic health; medical device commercial analytics experience is a strong plus
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• Experience with healthcare claims data (Dx, Px, Rx, and remittance) is a plus but not required.
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• Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI and Tableau is preferred.
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• Strong understanding of data architecture, with experience in Amazon Redshift and PostgreSQL as a plus.
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• Having familiarity with Amazon SageMaker  and AWS is a plus.
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• Understanding of advanced and predictive analytics techniques used in marking mix modeling, segmentation analysis, targeting efforts
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Apply Now

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Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: 

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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Connect with us at on Facebook at and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

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Divisional Information

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Medical Devices

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General Medical Devices:

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Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

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CRM

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As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

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Diabetes

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We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

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Vascular

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Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

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Neuromodulation

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Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

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Structural Heart

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Structural Heart Business Mission:  why we exist

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Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

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EP

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In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

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HF

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In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

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Diagnostics

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We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

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Abbott Molecular is a leader in molecular diagnostics and the analysis of DNA, RNA, and proteins at the molecular level.

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Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key heath and therapeutic areas, including infections disease, cardiometabolic, informatics and toxicology.

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Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

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Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.

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Nutrition

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Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives

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The base pay for this position is $114,000.00 – $228,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.