Associate Director, Franchise Data Product Strategy (GI)

Takeda • Lexington, MA

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

With a proven track record of data systems quality projects and initiatives within the pharmaceutical industry, the Associate Director of Data Product Strategy for the GI Franchise is responsible to manage and enhance the data environments that support the evolving needs of the GI Analytics, Sales, and Marketing teams. This includes staying current on trends and new developments in data analytics and creating a roadmap for new data sources and related capabilities, in addition to partnering with colleagues from Technology, Market Access, and Commercial Operation teams on technical, systems, reporting and data related initiatives. The information contained within these data products is a critical enabler to increase accuracy, reduce cycle times for analytical projects, enable artificial intelligence, empower advanced targeting methodologies, and consolidate reporting. Additional responsibilities include driving improvements in the organization, processes, storage, and use of systems and data, and implementing data quality initiatives. Acts as a motivational leader ready to drive results in a team setting. This leader understands key business questions the Analytics & Insights team solves, including how to query and support the data.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required from an accredited college/university, preferably in Statistics, Business, or Information Systems required
• 10+ years of experience in Operations / IT and demonstrated experience with Data Analysis, Metadata Management, Data Quality, preferably in Pharma required
• 10+ years of experience in Data Strategy including data architecture, governance, Data Modeling, ETL, Enterprise Data Warehouse and Analytics required
• 6+ years of experience managing in a matrix environment across levels preferred
• Proven experience with Sales and Marketing organizations, especially in a pharmaceutical context
• Prior Experience with pharmaceutical data sources e.g., IQVIA, Komodo, Market Access, Patient Services, and Specialty Pharmacy
• Demonstrated experience in all phases of the data development life cycle including Requirements, Design, Development, Testing, Deployment, and Change Management.
• Knowledge of coding techniques in SQL, SAS preferred.
• Comfort with working in a production data environment and responding to escalations
• Prior working experience in Cloud Platform technologies is required, with AWS strongly preferred
• 1+ years of experience in Cloud Data Platform technologies (e.g., Databricks) is required
• Proven project management skills, able to lead and manage large business change programs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with peers and upper-level management.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, Project, Visio, and PowerPoint including Advanced Excel experience (pivot tables, databases, macros, etc.)
• Experience in supporting large scale system implementations.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred
• Familiarity with Python, pySpark, and Spark is beneficial.
• Prior working experience with BI tools such as Tableau or PowerBI preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact to the GI franchise to coordinate all data product development and conduit to operational partners in Data, Digital, and Technology (DD&T), Commercial Operations and Business Solutions (COBS), Patient and Market Access (PAMA), and beyond.
• Manage the requirements, specifications, and design of the data product environment to support analytical, reporting, and stakeholder requirements.  This includes partnering effectively across the Analytics team to triage issues and enhancements as well as to identify areas where we could expand our capabilities.
• Ensure that internal and external teams providing development and ongoing operating services for data products have clear direction on expectations and lead an ongoing process where performance measures are reviewed to ensure continuous improvement
• Manage any changes in upstream or downstream systems that impact data products and perform prioritization, requirements gathering, and provide implementation leadership.
• Maintain stakeholder engagement and relationships across analytics functions outside of Commercial Analytics and Insights (CA&I) including COBS, PAMA, and marketing to proactively support business objectives
• Partner with COBS and DD&T to ensure any changes to the data warehouse environments and field/commercial reporting platforms are consistent with business needs.   This includes the review and approval of any data model changes.
• Partner with DD&T to ensure that technologies to support the Data or Reporting platform are supported and maintained to ensure availability for end users.
• Work with CA&I senior staff managers to identify internal and external resource requirements and negotiate resources to meet brand team market access needs.
• Partner with analytic teams to develop Therapeutic Area and franchise-specific product knowledge as the lead individual responsible for understanding and capturing the business rules that are incorporated into the data products published for the user communities.

Benefits

• U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits, among others.
• U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director