Business Analyst Oncology (m/f/d)

Job Description

Our Human Health Division maintains a “patient first, profits later” ideology. The organization is comprised of sales, marketing, market access, digital analytics and commercial professionals who are passionate about their role in bringing our medicines to our customers worldwide. 

Our Oncology team is dedicated to delivering breakthrough innovations that extend and improve the lives of cancer patients worldwide. Our team of forward-thinking individuals achieve this through an unwavering commitment to support accessibility to medicine, providing new therapeutic solutions, and collaborating with governments and payers to ensure that people who need medicines have access to them. Our focus is on innovation and launch execution excellence; we translate breakthrough science into innovative medicines that help people with cancer across the globe.

We are continually striving to improve the understanding of health care within the local community. Our site in 1100 Vienna (ICON Tower) is a strategic location for the distribution of our high quality and innovative health care products, as well as digitally integrated solutions for our patients and clients. To ensure sustainable company growth, we continually aim to offer attractive career opportunities for more than 150 employees at our Vienna site. In support of our existing team, we are currently looking for a:

Business Analyst Oncology (m/f/d)

Position Overview

Reporting to the Oncology Commercial Operations Lead, the Oncology Pantumor Business Analyst will be responsible for maximization of the Oncology portfolio by executing Oncology strategic priorities, including digital initiatives and data analytics as well as executing on pan-tumor growth projects.

Responsibilities

• Enable informed decision making and answering of key business questions of the business unit Oncology by turning large and complex data into insights and strategies

• Driving descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics which use data extraction, -aggregation and -mining to provide actionable insights from primary and secondary data sources to support Oncology portfolio analytics

• Driving and leading Oncology market research and interact with customer-facing teams to identify and leverage deep customer insights

• Delivering meaningful customer insights through creating analytical reports, dashboards and visualizations of KPIs to support decision making

• Supporting validating assumptions, models, forecasts, and business cases

• Executing customer segmentation based on qualitative and quantitative data; over-sight of field force execution (frequency, coverage, social selling, resource utilization, etc.)

Qualifications & Experience

• University Degree in business or life sciences (e.g. biology, biochemistry, pharmacy, medicine);

• Experience in the Life Sciences Industry in sales/marketing analysis or other data analytics/metrics is an advantage

• Demonstrated experience in analyzing complex situations and processes and effectively integrating and synthesizing the data to form a complete cohesive picture and actionable insights

• Proven analytical capabilities and broad interest in data handling, modeling, visualization and reporting with the ability to set up robust business cases

• Comfort with telling stories with data & high affinity to digital tools

• Proven project management and project execution experience and ability to manage multiple projects and consistently meet deadlines

• Strong interpersonal skills: knowing who to go to, how to approach them and get things done via non-hierarchical influence

• Ability to solve problems, create order and simplicity out of complex problems

• Ability to think highly creative out the box and quickly deep dive into new domains

• Fluency in German & English – both written & oral

What we offer

• Exciting and challenging field of work in a constantly developing organization

• Varied work in an internationally operating company

• Paid parental leave for mothers and fathers amounting to 12 weeks by the company

• Attractive company pension

• Free HPV vaccination

• Annual pass of the Wiener Linien or company parking (with deductible)

• Generous home office arrangement and the possibility of hybrid working if required

• Restaurant Card

• Company doctor

• Employee referral program

• Annual bonus as well as employee recognition bonuses during the year

• Discounted fitness offer

• Pharmacy discounts, wholesale discounts, etc.

We offer an attractive salary, outstanding social benefits and an exciting work environment with varied tasks in an international environment. The minimum annual salary for this position is EUR 65.000,- and varies according to the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. We are looking forward to receiving your application.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Required Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Brand Strategy, Business Administration, Business Case Development, Business Process Improvements, Communication, Communication Strategy Development, Creativity, Customer Insights, Customer Relationship Building, Customer Segmentation, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Digital Analytics, Digital Marketing, Direct Marketing, Financial Analysis, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Life Science, Market Research, Multilingual Communications, NHS Management, Oncology, Oncology Marketing {+ 4 more}

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

01/15/2026

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