AVP, Data Strategy, Products & Innovation
AVP, Data Strategy, Products & Innovation
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$ 276600 - 435400
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Job Description
The individual in this role leads a global function responsible for driving strategy governance and innovation across commercial data supply chain. The role will oversee an integrated team spanning data strategy governance engineering and data products to deliver scalable secure and compliant data products and infrastructure. This leader also serves as an authority on Human Health (HH) data compliance responsible AI and risk mitigation ensuring all HH data initiatives align with internal policies external regulations and ethical addition they oversee a digital innovation hub tasked with identifying piloting and scaling next-generation data sources and productsacross markets and therapeutic areasto accelerate business impact across commercial and access domains.
Position Responsibilities:
Shapes Human Health (HH) data strategy and innovative solutions across core capabilities & franchises (e.g. Oncology Vaccines Pharma. Rare disease for US and ex-US markets)
Owns the Gold layer of our Medallion data architecture and has deep expertise in commercial data domains
Partners closely Global Data Operations (CDO) teams on enterprise data governance frameworks data ingestion patterns and data quality standards
Leads data contracting and vendor management for strategic data partners across HH
Delivers integrated data products aligned to US & international markets and digital solutions portfolios
Leads development and management data pipelines on commercial data platforms (e.g. Databricks) and shared services
Ensures reliability and scalability of ingestion transformation and data workflows across global data layers
Coordinates with Chief Technology Office (CTO) and Digital Human Health teams to maintain technical infrastructure and enable product roadmap
Identifies & evaluates emerging data technologies (e.g. synthetic data generation data mesh architectures) for HH to strengthen scalability security & compliance in commercial data systems in collaboration with CDO
Manages design testing and deployment of new/innovative data products & services across HH franchises & markets
Implements Privacy and Compliance by design frameworks from Enterprise functions across internal and external datasets ensuring alignment with global regulations (e.g. GDPR HIPAA) and contract standards
Establishes and operationalizes responsible AI governance including ethical reviews of GenAI pilots validation protocols explainability standards and human-in-the-loop controls
Develops and embeds training programs on responsible data understanding and use; track compliance through dashboards audit logs and KPIs
Educational Requirements:
Bachelors or Masters in Engineering Data Science or Computer Science
MBA or innovation/entrepreneurial certification preferred
Behavioral Competencies Required:
Strategic understanding of our business portfolio and ability to anticipate data gaps/opportunities for our product portfolio
Strategic planning and prioritization of demand and innovation aligned to TA needs LROP requirements and platform evolution
Able to drive risk mitigation strategies and represent a Digital/ Analytics org in Legal Privacy and Global Ethics forums
Able to lead large and high performing cross functional teams in matrixed organizations
Functional Competencies Required:
Experience in working with enterprise/ central data functions and unstructured data to support key programs and initiatives (e.g. content)
Understanding of how data layers support downstream use cases in brand forecasting and patient support
Hands-on experience with developing data platforms including FAIR consented & payer data integration
Deep expertise in commercial pharma data domains with extensive experience in applied data and insights using real world data assets
Experience with global data strategy product engineering and digital innovation programs
Proven success in building and scaling modern data platforms and pipelines (e.g. AWS Databricks)
Familiarity with agile product development API orchestration and data privacy requirements (e.g. HIPAA GDPR)
Experience Requirements:
15 years in data strategy governance engineering data products or consulting in pharma or life sciences
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The salary range for this role is
$276600.00 - $435400.00This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills geographic location government requirements and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical dental vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family) retirement benefits including 401(k) paid holidays vacation and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
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Employee Status:
RegularRelocation:
Domestic/InternationalVISA Sponsorship:
YesTravel Requirements:
25%Flexible Work Arrangements:
HybridShift:
Not IndicatedValid Driving License:
NoHazardous Material(s):
n/aRequired Skills:
Agile Application Development Biopharmaceutical Industry Business Analysis Business Decisions Computer Science Customer Experience Management Data Forecasting Data Science Data Strategies Demand Management Ethical Standards Ethics Forecasting Models Human Diseases Innovation Management Process Requirements Management Responsible AI Risk Mitigation Strategies Sourcing and Procurement Stakeholder Relationship Management Strategic Planning Unstructured DataPreferred Skills:
Job Posting End Date:
10/9/2025*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
Employment Type
Full-Time
