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This position will report to the Director, Business Operations & Decision Support.\nThis position will:\nSupport R&D business decision-making at various levels of the organization by providing data and analysis that enhance decision speed and quality across the organization.\nPartner with all levels of the organization to create and deliver data-driven business cases.\nDesign, optimize and implement effective business processes that leverage the use of data/insights available to enhance efficiency of work practices.\nDevelop plans for process implementation including stakeholder management, training and communication.\nEnsure the Decision Support teams has the tools and reports needed to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.\nPrimary Responsibilities:\nTransform complex data insights into actionable strategies that drive business outcomes. The ideal candidate will combine analytical expertise with strong communication and implementation skills to ensure insights lead to measurable impact.\nUses key performance indicators and other data to propose, create and implement business process improvements for areas such as system utilization and data quality, resource planning and utilization, project planning and execution, and expense forecasting and management.\nCollects and analyzes data on innovation portfolio and project performance to identify trends, variances and insights to improve portfolio outcomes. Presents data insights and provides recommendations to leadership.\nOwn and drive the strategy for enhanced resource estimation and forecasting for R&D project execution; provides resources for teams to balance workload and prioritize their work.\nChampion methods of signaling and communication of portfolio dynamics to leadership resulting in recommendations that change resource allocation and portfolio focus.\nCollaborate on cross-functional teams to align expectations and ensure buy-in for process changes.\nUses strong leadership and facilitation skills to guide workshops, influence stakeholders and drive process improvements.\nWork with other divisions within Zoetis (commercial, manufacturing) to collaborate on innovation portfolio pipeline data analytics.\nQualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in a science or business field with a minimum of 10 years professional-level experience in business analytics and stakeholder engagement.\nExcellent communication skills and ability to effectively communicate well with staff at all levels of the organization.\nDemonstrated use of influencing and soft skills to effectively lead change in a complex setting.\nStrong analytical and critical-thinking skills\nExperience in data analytics and project management systems (e.g., Power BI, Microsoft Project, etc)\nDemonstrated ability in data aggregation and analytics for large data sets\nDemonstrate organizational, problem solving, and strong interpersonal skills. \nFull timeRegularColleagueAny unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.\nZoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.\nNotice: Zoetis Recruiters will contact candidates via email from an address ending in @zoetis.com and may also initially connect with candidates through LinkedIn, including LinkedIn InMail. Zoetis does not use Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or other web-based/generic email domains to communicate about job opportunities, interviews, or offers of employment. If you receive a recruitment-related email message claiming to be from Zoetis that does not come from @zoetis.com, please treat it as suspicious. For your security, do not reply, click links, open attachments, share personal or financial information, or send money in response to unexpected or questionable recruitment communications.\nZoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at  to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of “@zoetis.com”. In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be disregarded. 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