Sr. AD, Data Governance

BoehringerPRD•Brampton, ON

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is based on-site at our Ridgefield, CT location with hybrid flexibility of 2-3 days per week on-site. Leads the strategic direction for third-party data enablement at Boehringer Ingelheim, ensuring that data acquisition and management are closely aligned with our established 1–5-year data Horizon data acquisition plans. Champions the implementation of advanced, automated data strategies that align with privacy and compliance standards, positioning the organization at the forefront of data-driven decision making. Provides expert guidance to analytical and reporting teams, shaping best practices in data architecture to unlock new insights and maximize the value of information assets. Leads cross-functional teams to establish and uphold rigorous data quality standards, ensuring that specialty pharmacy, product, and digital identity data are reliable and actionable. Orchestrates vendor relationships and influences SLAs and requirements within contract negotiations to optimize data investments, reduce costs, and secure access to emerging data sources that drive competitive differentiation. By embedding best practices and strategic foresight into every aspect of data governance, this role ensures that third party data is leveraged as a critical asset for US Human Pharma’s success. As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people.

Requirements

Bachelors degree from an accredited institution and a minimum of nine plus (9+) years of experience in pharmaceutical industry is required
Master's degree from an accredit institution and a minimum of seven plus (7+) years of experience in pharmaceutical industry
Must have seven plus (7+) years of related pharmaceutical industry experience with five (5) years of secondary data experience in sales operations, sales/marketing analytics, market research, specialty pharmacy, managed markets or business analysis.
Working knowledge of third party sub-national data sets used to support sales and marketing.
Experience with specialty pharmacy and distributor data.
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Demonstrated experience in leading teams and influencing upward.
Ability to manage multiple large vendors and hold them accountable for data accuracy and meeting deliverable.
Prior data governance experience strongly preferred.
Prior budgeting experience helpful.

Nice To Haves

Masters degree preferred.
Demonstrated expertise in pharmaceutical datasets and the effective integration of this information for enhanced decision-making.
Demonstrated experience working with Specialty Pharmacy and Hub data
Experience working with multiple data aggregators
Skilled in data tokenization processes (Datavant, et. al.) and applying it to develop unified data products from various sources.
Proficient in organizing and prioritizing tasks efficiently in fast-paced environments
Excellent project management abilities with a proven capacity to oversee several projects simultaneously

Responsibilities

Lead Boehringer’s third party data enablement strategy and is responsible for ensuring the timely availability of all procured data through rigorous prioritization.
Lead the implementation of our linked data strategy processing ensuring the process is automated, validated, and aligns with all necessary data remediation required based on privacy assessments.
Provide data consulting expertise to US Human Pharma analytical, incentive compensation and reporting functions.
Recommend best practices for data structure, incorporating integrated data strategy to maximize analytical and reporting strategic value.
Lead Information Management team members and Shared Services in establishing data quality standards and performing information management for third party data, specialty pharmacy data, products, and digital customer identity data.
Manage data vendors regarding data quality, timing, delivery, performance and / or contract issues.
Assesses new data sources within the pharmaceutical industry, evaluates their impact on business operations, and recommends their implementation across US Human Pharma.
Ensures best practices of third-party data usage.
Accountable negotiating third party data vendor pricing in support of sales analytics, managed markets, market research and other various analytical departments.