Director, Pricing & Contracting Enablement (Remote)

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.•Princeton, NJ

1d•$186,489 - $278,875•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Pricing & Contracting Enablement works with the organization’s IT and Business Data and Analytics COE team as the Pricing and Contracting single point of contact. The role identifies, develops, implements, and maintains best-in-class processes and systems, along with a future roadmap, to help Pricing and Contracting meet its responsibilities, scale efficiently, and support business growth. It requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and collaboration across functions. The Director leads end-to-end development, implementation, and maintenance of Pricing and Contracting processes and systems; serves as a subject matter expert in relevant processes, systems, and reporting tools; and develops roadmaps and business cases for solutions. The role also manages the Contracting annual budget and forecast, supports strategic and tactical planning, oversees audits and operational metrics, and coordinates with operational excellence and compliance teams. Additional duties include training team members and others, maintaining Anaplan, and supporting systems integration, financial-check automation, vendor setup and integration, and migration to AI tools.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as data management, business administration, or information systems.
Minimum of 5–10 years of experience in data management, vendor management, or a related role is preferred.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret and analyze complex data sets.
Experience working with data management tools and systems such as Model N and IQVIA.
Project management experience, including the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and external vendors.
Detail-oriented, with a strong focus on data accuracy and quality.
Demonstrate accountability for results, strategic thinking and problem solving, patient and customer centricity, impactful communication, respectful collaboration, and empowered development.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry regulations and compliance requirements, such as 340B and government pricing.
Familiarity with AI technologies and their application in data management.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end development, implementation, and maintenance of effective Pricing and Contracting processes and systems.
Serve as a subject matter expert in processes, systems, and reporting tools used for contract development, government contracting, calculations, pricing, and contracting operations.
Develop long-term roadmaps for Pricing and Contracting processes and systems to support efficiency and growing business needs.
Develop business cases and presentations for process or system solutions and support their prioritization.
Develop and manage the Contracting annual budget and forecast, and take a leadership role in annual and longer-range strategic and tactical plans.
Implement process audits and monitor cross-functional Pricing and Contracting operations to ensure process and system integrity and effective, scalable processes.
Work with the Compliance lead and others to monitor and ensure data quality and process and system compliance.
Develop and track department metrics and publish a quarterly dashboard.
Serve as the single point of contact to internal operational excellence teams to manage and prioritize requests.
Develop materials and train and educate team members and people outside the department.
Manage continuous Anaplan updates.
Support systems integration, automation of financial checks, MFP effectuation vendor setup, 340B vendor integration, and migration to AI tools.