VP IT / Head of Data

Company Description

At EVERSANA, we are proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work across the globe. We’re fueled by our vision to create a healthier world. How? Our global team of more than 7,000 employees is committed to creating and delivering next-generation commercialization services to the life sciences industry. We are grounded in our cultural beliefs and serve more than 650 clients ranging from innovative biotech start-ups to established pharmaceutical companies. Our products, services and solutions help bring innovative therapies to market and support the patients who depend on them. Our jobs, skills and talents are unique, but together we make an impact every day. Join us!

Across our growing organization, we embrace diversity in backgrounds and experiences. Improving patient lives around the world is a priority, and we need people from all backgrounds and swaths of life to help build the future of the healthcare and the life sciences industry. We believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture that embraces our cultural beliefs.  We are deliberate and self-reflective about the kind of team and culture we are building. We look for team members that are not only strong in their own aptitudes but also who care deeply about EVERSANA, our people, clients and most importantly, the patients we serve. We are EVERSANA.  

Job Description

THE POSITION:

The VP, IT is the head of MDM, data governance, and data warehousing, driving the strategy and implementation forward. Working closely with our cross functional Data and Digital Products teams, you will be accountable and responsible for the master and reference data used by business units across the enterprise.  You will use your experience to establish and maintain policies and procedures for how master data will be processed and managed both from a technical and data governance perspective.  You will collaborate with talented technical leaders to build, automate, and maintain master data across business units. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams.  These results are achieved by:

• Lead the MDM and Data Warehouse teams
• Lead the data organization to provide the data platform for our product teams to consume
• Lead the development and use of new tools and upgrades to existing ones.
• Build relationships and manage demand with executives
• Provide expertise and guidance on health data management through standard operating practices and data models for collection, harmonization, normalization, transformation, integration, and utilization
• Product Management for platforms and data services
• Ensure data governance and security
• Develop and implement scalable, flexible master data management architecture that supports, leverages, and manages ELSS data as a core asset to build products and solutions
• Collaborate with key business stakeholders in the consolidation and prioritization of requirements
• Define organization and roles to support data operations and quality management
• Drive strategy and implementation across the enterprise to ensure compliance to policies and regulatory guidelines
• Develop standards, templates, and principles
• Develop roadmap to enhance capabilities along the master data management maturity model
• Vendor selection and management
• All other duties as assigned

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

PEOPLE LEADER

People leaders must possess both the skills to effectively accomplish these tasks and the emotional intelligence to do so in alignment with our cultural values.  In addition to the critical management and leadership tasks listed above, this role also includes the following unique responsibilities:

• Responsible for and oversee MDM and Data Governance Activities and Frameworks.
• Interview, select and supervise the activities of the staff; communicate interpret and discuss with team the company policies and procedures.
• Determine job objectives, work methods and performance standards; review performance relative to departmental objectives discussion appraisal with each employee and performance; authorize and communicate salary changes, promotions, transfers, discipline, and discharge and administer all other personnel actions.

EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:

• Enjoys working on multiple projects at a time 
• Be able to communicate at all levels of the organization
• Continuous learner and Team player 
• Strong communicator at all levels of the organization and to clients and