Associate Director, Data Enablement

Role Overview

• Provides leadership and execution in the field of data and technology to assess processes and implement capabilities that increase SCG’s capabilities as a data driven organization, through the connection of disparate data to drive value creation and enable gross to net preservation.
• Works closely with Strategic Contracting, Strategic Account Management, Value Access & Pricing to understand the needs of the business; Aligning with SCG strategy and objectives to clearly articulate the story of value built through data and technology.
• Bridges and partners across the SCG organization and IT on strategic direction and tactical execution, and implementation of technology solutions
• Provides expertise and input into the designing, implementing, and maintaining the SCG data architecture to enable and maximize value and capabilities across JAIDE, ARC and other SCG systems and processes.
• Identifies and solves for data needs and gaps in processes and technologies
• Stays current with data management trends and technologies, and shares experience and knowledge across the organization, and acts as an advisor and SME to colleagues
• Point of contact and SCG subject matter authority for Contract Strategy & Analytics colleagues to deploy and improve system applications and capabilities for SCG processes and workflows
• Drives day to day business results through implementation of the SCG data and system strategy
• Supports system and data governance, including user management
• Partners across SCG, legal and compliance to ensure that systems and related processes meet policies, guidance, and contractual requirements
• Understands Strategic Contracting owned or impacted processes, systems, and data landscape to create a comprehensive understanding of process connections; interactions and dataflow (manual vs. integration)
• Owns and leads the Strategic Contracting system and analytics inventory

Requirements

• 8 years of work experience required, preferably 3 of which are in the pharmaceutical industries
• 5+ years specializing in Data & Technology Architecture, Data Engineering and Data management or general IT background is strongly preferred.
• Undergraduate degree in Technology, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, applied data sciences or other related fields required; advanced degree in related fields is preferred
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop, and inspire a small team is strongly preferred.
• Experience collecting and assessing User Requirements including design thinking methodology
• Proven track record of building and supporting strong, positive relationships with internal and external partners and to influence and collaborate
• Project management, stakeholder management and change management experience
• Proven experience in examining issues, shaping strategy & influencing effectively across the organization.
• Ability to drive & lead people, challenge the status quo in process & technology is required
• Understanding of data management concepts including data quality and governance, data extraction, storage, access, and documentation is required
• Hands-on experience with data and analytics technologies in multi-functional / multi-stakeholder environment is required
• Proven experience in implementing data architecture leveraging graph, SQL/NoSQL, data virtualization and relational database design is preferred.

Tech Stack

• NoSQL
• SQL

Benefits

• Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
• Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time
• 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time
• up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
• 10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year