Categories: Pharmaceutical, Data Analytics, Product Management, Leadership

Job Description

Position Overview

Essential functions include but are not limited to:

We seek a strategic, product-minded leader to drive excellence and adoption of data and AI products across Commercial Data Ops, Commercial Data Analytics, and Advanced Data Analytics. The role owns end-to-end product management (problem framing, requirements analysis, roadmap planning, backlog prioritization, delivery management, value realization) and leads cross-functional change to ensure solutions are adopted and deliver measurable business impact.

Core Responsibilities:

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define vision, value, and success metrics across data/AI products; translate business needs into use cases and user stories.
• Build multi-quarter roadmaps; prioritize backlog by impact, feasibility, and risk; ensure iterative delivery and value realization.

Delivery Governance

• Manage design-to-launch delivery with stable quality.
• Collaborate with engineering/platform on release, monitoring, and incident response.

Change Management & Adoption

• Execute change strategies (stakeholder mapping, communications, training, reinforcement).
• Engage end users via pilots and feedback; clarify roles and decision rights; measure adoption and impact for continuous improvement.

People Leadership

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of product managers and change managers; set goals, coach, and foster a culture of customer-centricity, professional excellence, and impact.
• Build a community of practice within the COE; drive standards, templates, and best practices in data product management and change enablement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or above; MBA/advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years in data product management or commercial data analytics; proven delivery of data/AI product with hands-on experience preferred.
• Strong product skills (discovery, requirements, roadmap, backlog, iterative delivery) and solid understanding of data engineering/analytics.
• Change management experience for digital/data/AI solutions; stakeholder engagement, communications, training, adoption measurement.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving; strong collaboration and influence across Sales, Marketing, Commercial Ops, Finance, IT/Data, Legal/Compliance, leadership.
• Strong written and verbal English; integrity, resilience, adaptability, and disciplined delivery under pressure.
• Experience of CRM/Event would be a plus.

Success Measures:

• Adoption and user satisfaction; time-to-value and business impact; data quality and model stability; team development and COE standards adoption.

Required Skills:

Business Intelligence (BI), Commercial Analytics, Computer Science, Data Analysis, Database Design, Data Classification, Data Engineering, Data Modeling, Data Science, Data Visualization, Machine Learning (ML), Statistics, Waterfall Model

Preferred Skills:

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Job Posting End Date:

03/31/2026

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