Associate Director, Pharma Commercial Data Management

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Job Description

We are seeking an Associate Director, Pharma Commercial Data Management to provide strategic and operational leadership for the development, stewardship, and delivery of scalable, analytics-ready data products supporting commercial analytics and decision-making. 

This role is responsible for translating business needs into functional data requirements, partnering closely with IT and analytics teams, and prioritizing and driving delivery of high-quality, governed data products through DevOps and vendor teams. 

Key Responsibilities 

Own and Manage Requirements for Data Products 

• Understand business use cases and translate them into clear, actionable functional requirements for data models. 

• Collaborate with Intelligence Product Owners and Analytics teams to document business rules and ensure alignment with analytical needs. 

• Serve as the primary point of accountability to prioritize data product requirements based on business value, analytics impact, and delivery feasibility. 

• Provide ongoing direction and clarification to DevOps and vendor teams to ensure requirements are implemented as intended. 

Data Modeling 

• Provide direction and guidance on the design and evolution of scalable data architecture supporting commercial analytics use cases. 

• Define logical data models and oversee physical data models that support reusability, performance, and governance. 

• Ensure data models are analytics-ready, scalable, and aligned to defined success metrics. 

Partner with IT team 

• Collaborate closely with Gilead IT to execute new build projects and enhancements. 

• Oversee and guide DevOps teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of data solutions. 

• Align technical design with business requirements and ensure architectural consistency. 

• Ensure operational excellence in data ingestion, transformation, and delivery processes. 

• Build and maintain robust, scalable, and automated data pipelines across internal and external sources. 

• Prioritize, plan, mitigate tech & business risks and manage outcomes of DevOps teams delivering data ingestion, transformation, and analytics-ready datasets. 

Own and Manage Kite Master Data Management (MDM) 

• Manage HCP (Healthcare Professional) , HCO and Payer MDM systems to ensure accurate, complete, and unified customer profiles. 

• Ensure MDM processes and outputs align with Kite’s business requirements and downstream analytics needs. 

• Promote and remove barriers to adoption