Senior Data Scientist

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Responsibilities:


* This role supports the needs of the Global Analytics & Insights team, part of the Corporate Strategy Team, with a focus on providing Advanced Analytics (to include statistical modeling, regression analyses, market basket, churn modelling methods) to work on program/promotion design, customer targeting, segmentation, mixed market modelling and ROI post program.

Additional project-based work around SFE call effectiveness, price elasticity, segmentation, game theory modelling and predictive analytics (e.g., customer lifetime value) will be in scope.

The overarching goal of all work will be to find efficiencies in current promotional spend and optimize future business activities. 


* This position is responsible for managing all aspects of project-based analyses including data preparation, analysis design and implementation using appropriate methods.


* Collaboration with Strategic Analytics and Descriptive Analytics team members to provide data-driven insights and influence field force strategies to drive optimal business outcomes.


* Participation in readout and review with internal customers.


* Consistent, constant alignment with all members of team in Greenfield, Indiana. 


* Maintain an environment open to change and innovation, recognizing improvements in existing tools and anticipating new technologies to deliver world class analytics and maximize effectiveness.

Minimum Qualification (education, experience and/or training, required certifications):


* Bachelor’s Degree in quantitative or management field.

(Master’s preferred)


* 3+ years of experience in Advanced Analytics, Commercial Effectiveness and Sales Force Analytics.


* Expertise in statistical modelling techniques – regression, clustering, classification, decision trees, forecasting.


* Knowledge of probability models, market basket, churn modelling, segmentation and customer analytics.


* Advanced skills in Python, R and advanced excel.


* Proven analytical/problem solving skills with strong learning agility.

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