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Data Analyst / Tableau Developer

S San Francisco, CA 94080

Posted: 02/21/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Data Sciences Job Number: 617777 Is job remote?: Hybrid Country: United States

Job Description


Overview: Research Operations & Contracts is a multi-disciplinary group that focuses on removing barriers to enable pioneering science. Departments include Research Operations, Business & Resource Management, Training, and Contracts. The Business and Resource Management team supports Research Biology and Drug Discovery leadership by ensuring that headcount resources are in alignment with the budget as well as portfolio tracking, and business process rollout as needed. Our data-driven approach enables leaders to have a comprehensive understanding of their current organization and where resources are deployed.

Your Role:

You will be joining the Research Business and Resource Management team to support a data visualization and metrics design initiative for Research. This project will enable the business to become more data-driven and derive deeper insights from their data. The metrics hierarchy developed will serve as a foundation for future analytics projects throughout all departments. Organizational goals evolve over time, so you must be creative, adaptable, and willing to learn.

Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with departments to develop and implement a robust data strategy and architecture
  • Partner with IT and other subject matter experts to develop foundational, robust, high quality, integrated data sets and metrics/KPIs to be used for visualization and advanced analytics
  • Bridge business needs with technical development by supporting the development of the metrics/KPI hierarchy throughout Research and compiling a data directory of various databases
  • Understand user requirements, underlying business processes, and source data to perform any required analysis and create powerful user-friendly reports
  • Build and improve automated and ad hoc data visualizations and dashboards (Tableau, ThoughtSpot, etc.) to enable businesses to use data to maximize their value
  • When relevant, collaborate with and/or lead a limited number of prioritized initiatives that align with and support Researchs organizational goals

Qualifications
  • Preferred Majors: Business degree - Computer Science, Data Science, Analytics, Engineering, Statistics, Math or Operations Research

Skills:
  • Business acumen and ability to translate business needs into metrics
  • Experience with consulting diverse teams
  • Experience with data visualization (Tableau, ThoughtSpot etc.)
  • Experience with developing and defining metrics/KPIs
  • Experience with leveraging AI to identify actionable insights
  • Proficient with organizing data collected from various sources
  • Working knowledge with database, table design joins, data collection, data mining, data aggregation, data validation, data analytics etc.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suites and/or Google Suites

Core Competencies:
  • Ability to work independently and proactively;
  • Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills;
  • Eager to solve complex problems;
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills;
  • Attention to detail, time management, self-motivated and has a positive attitude;
  • Strong business focus and mentality;
  • Flexibility and ability to interact well within both team-oriented and ambiguous settings










Pay Rate Range: $60-75/hr depending on experience 

The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.

Planet Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.