Associate Director, Commercial Data Management

Responsible for providing strategic insight and ensuring smooth day-to-day data lifecycle management processes and activities for data assets.  Specific job duties include:

• Provide direction and synthesize the needs of key stakeholders into clear requirements and execution plans.

• Serve as a point of escalation for individual data lifecycle management activities and work closely with Director, Data Life Manager (DLM) and other Data Stewardship (DS) roles to improve DLM processes.

• Assume ownership for gathering metadata and other contextual information to catalogue new data sources.

• Work closely with the DS 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 DLM framework with emphasis on modifications to organizational behaviour, polices 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 and Relationship lead role 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; further the partnership and impact of DS 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.

• Up to 10% domestic travel required based upon business needs.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, MIS, Information Management or related field.

• Seven (7) years of experience in data operations/data management in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Six (6) years of experience with schema design and dimensional data modeling. 

• Six (6) years of experience with advanced composition of SQL statements. 

• Five (5) years of experience with analyzing and manipulating complex data sets.

• Five (5) years of experience with syndicated data assets from major vendors (e.g., IQVIA/Symphony/Veeva).

• Five (5) years of experience with the design, implementation, and maintenance of custom ETL Data pipelines.

• Five (5) years of experience with Data Integration and Data Warehouse architecture, leveraging various Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies.

• Five (5) years of experience with cloud data/analytics projects predominantly centered around platforms such as Snowflake, AWS toolsets.

• Five (5) years of experience with a BI tool such as Power BI, MicroStrategy, or Qlik Sense.

Apply to:  Carole.McDonald-CW@otsuka-us.com.  Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.

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.

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