Associate Director, Commercial Data Management

Job Summary

The Associate Director (AD), Commercial Data Management (CDM) within Data Enablement (DE) for Business Analysis (BA) is accountable for strategically partnering with key functional areas to onboard and manage commercial data assets throughout the data lifecycle. The CDMs will be data owners and provide strategic input and direction to business partners on all aspects of the data, from capturing & documenting metadata to developing data ingestion and onboarding requirements through retention & archiving. This role will also be accountable for providing input into the development of processes and tools that will aid in building and shaping the CDM capability.

In addition, the AD CDM will closely collaborate with key stakeholders to understand their needs and to optimize the manageability, flexibility, and utility of Otsuka’s data assets.

Job Description

Reporting to the Director CDM, this role will be responsible for providing strategic insight and ensuring smooth day-to-day data lifecycle management processes and activities for data assets as follows:

• Providing direction and synthesizing the needs of key stakeholders into clear requirements and execution plans.
• Serve as a point of escalation for individual CDM activities and work closely with Dir, CDM and other DE roles to improve CDM processes.
• Assume ownership for gathering metadata and other contextual information to catalog new data sources.
• Work closely with the DE Data Quality & Standards capability to apply quality principals and best practices to individual data assets as appropriate.
• Consistently keep up with industry data trends.
• Support an enterprise wide CDM framework with emphasis on modifications to organizational behavior, policies and standards, guiding principles, metrics, related tools and data architecture.
• Serve as a liaison between business, functional, and technology groups to ensure that data related business requirements are clearly defined, communicated and well understood and considered as part of operational prioritization and planning.
• Define indicators of performance and quality metrics and ensure compliance with data related policies and standards for purchased data.
• Work closely with the Data Scouting lead role/s to aid in informing requirements for new data assets and provide input into contracting as necessary.
• Function as a knowledge base and resource to project teams.
• Model and coach engagement best practices that enable thought partnership and engender a collaborative environment with robust debate; Furthering the partnership and impact of Data Enablement at Otsuka.
• Foster a culture that embraces the strategic use of data into decision making enabling greater business outcomes.
• Model the balance of innovation and intellectual curiosity with discipline and structure / Is a champion of value-add change and evolution and is able to inspire and motivate others.

Qualifications

Required

• Experience working within the pharmaceutical industry within data operations/data management environments.
• Significant experience with Commercial third-party data assets, including Xponent Plantrak, DDD, HCOS, Claims Data, Specialty pharma, omnichannel data, SalesForce/Veeva (Call/Sample/Detail), etc.
• Strong working knowledge of SQL, data warehousing concepts, dimensional/relational databases.
• Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity and work through day-to-day operational challenges.
• Comfortable with translating both business concepts to technical terms and technical concepts to business terms.
• Experience supporting change efforts and enabling results through influence, persuasion and relationships.
• Highest personal and professional integrity and strong work ethics.
• Results orientation, willingness to commit to a direction and drive operations to completion.
• Demonstrated ability to manage adversity and challenging situations.
• Ability to develop cooperative and constructive working relationships.
• Assesses quickly with a track record of getting up to speed and adding immediate value to new situations.
• Ability to co-create and work collectively with key stakeholders.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to organize, conceptually interpret and clearly communicate material developed collaboratively via the input of multiple parties.
• Influencing and negotiation skills.
• Up to 10% travel is required based upon business needs.

Education / Experience

Required

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum 8-10 years data related experience within the pharmaceutical industry

Preferred

• Masters in Computer Science, MIS, Information Management or related

Competencies
Accountability for Results - Stay focused on key strategic objectives, be accountable for high standards of performance, and take an active role in leading change.
Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Make decisions considering the long-term impact to customers, patients, employees, and the business.
Patient & Customer Centricity - Maintain an ongoing focus on the needs of our customers and/or key stakeholders.
Impactful Communication - Communicate with logic, clarity, and respect. Influence at all levels to achieve the best results for Otsuka.
Respectful Collaboration - Seek and value others’ perspectives and strive for diverse partnerships to enhance work toward common goals.
Empowered Development - Play an active role in professional development as a business imperative.

Company benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, company provided basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, a generous 401(k) match, flexible time off, paid holidays, and paid leave programs as well as other company provided benefits.

Come discover more about Otsuka and our benefit offerings; https://www.otsuka-us.com/careers-join-otsuka.

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