US_AD, Data Governance

This role is based on-site at our Ridgefield, CT location with hybrid flexibility of 2-3 days per week on-site.

The Associate Director/Senior Associate Director, Patient Data Governance provides deep expertise in the area of patient data governance, data warehousing and analytical processing. The role has primary responsibility for defining how master data and transactional data is managed, transformed for analytical use, and ensuring compliant usage of sensitive patient and health data within the BI US HP environments. Mentors the patient data governance team on best practices; and leads overall day to day operational management of data stewardship, consent/preference, data warehousing and analytics vendors.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides deep subject matter expertise in patient/consumer identity management and consent preference management; and mentors the resources within the Information Management Patient Data Governance team including employees and outside services.
• Provides patient master data expertise and advises leadership team on decisions as needed. Determines changes needed for approval or escalation to the leadership team, provides impact assessment and implementation options. Reviews issues and prioritizes suggested enhancements.
• Manages data governance and operations vendors regarding data accuracy, timing, delivery, performance and / or contract issues.
• Leads business requirements definition and design of capabilities for data warehousing, and analytical processing. Primary liaison w/ the Data Privacy office to understand data privacy needs and ensures overall design for data management, data warehousing, patient analytical deliverables satisfy Privacy requirements.
• Oversees the Identity management, consent and preference management, data warehousing and analytical projects including onboarding new brands. Communicates and ensures the implementation of decisions made by leadership. Coordinates changes to the various platforms with IT and the business.

Requirements:

Associate Director, Patient Data Governance Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or relevant field
• Candidate must have seven (7) years of related pharmaceutical industry experience with five (5) years of secondary data experience in sales operations, sales/marketing analytics, market research, managed markets or business Analysis.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated experience in leading cross functional project teams and influencing upward.
• Ability to manage a large vendor and hold them accountable for data accuracy and meeting deliverable.
• Prior budgeting experience helpful.
• More than six (6) years project management experience
• Identifies emerging pharmaceutical industry data sources, evaluates its effectiveness in business practices the recommends its use across Prescription Medicines.
• Ensures best practices of third party data usage.
• Accountable for assisting in negotiating third party data vendor pricing in support of sales analytics, managed markets, market research and other various analytical departments.

Desired Experience, Skills and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of third party sub-national data sets used to support sales and marketing. Previous work experience in targeting, call planning, sales and/or marketing analytics is preferred.

Senior Associate Director, Patient Data Governance Requirement s:

• 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
• Masters degree preferred.
• 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.

Compensation Data:

This position offers a base salary typically between $140,000 and $222,000. The position may be eligible for a role specific variable or performance-based bonus and or other compensation elements.