Role Purpose
This role exists to hardwire deep pharma business context into Data & AI solutions.
The Pharma Domain & Business Solutions Leader will serve as the business conscience and narrative architect of the Client Solution Studioensuring that every data platform AI model and horizontal capability is grounded in real-world pharma workflows decisions and outcomes.
This is a hands-on leadership role. The individual is expected to shape solution vision actively co-create offerings with data science and engineering teams influence revenue and remain personally billable through domain advisory solution architect or delivery leadership roles.
In short: elevate the business relevance of our Data & AI solutionsand the teams that build them.
Key Responsibilities
1. Business & Domain Leadership
- Bring deep expertise across one or more pharma functional areas such as: managed markets / market access patient services & hub operations commercial operations & sales effectiveness medical affairs vaccines omnichannel & customer engagement etc.
- Anchor Data & AI solution design in end-to-end business workflows decisions and KPIs.
- Ensure solutions are designed with a clear understanding of upstream data sources and downstream business consumption.
2. Solution Shaping & Offering Development
- Work closely with data science engineering and platform teams to:
- Translate horizontal capabilities (AI GenAI analytics platforms) into business-specific solution offerings.
- Define use cases business logic success metrics and adoption pathways.
- Play a hands-on role in solution architecture feature definition and prioritization.
- Ensure offerings are pragmatic scalable and monetizablenot academic.
3. Client Engagement & Revenue Enablement
- Act as a senior domain advisor to client business leaders.
- Support pursuits through problem framing solution storytelling executive workshops and value articulation
- Establish and maintain personal billability through advisory solution leadership or delivery roles.
- Help improve win rates by bringing credibility relevance and business fluency to client conversations.
4. Business Storytelling & Executive Narratives
- Craft compelling business-oriented narratives that connect data AI and outcomes.
- Translate complex analytics and AI constructs into clear executive stories focused on impact trade-offs and decisions.
- Influence internal and external stakeholders through claritynot jargon.
5. Thought Leadership & Capability Building
- Establish self as a recognized thought leader in pharma Data & AI applications.
- Contribute to original points of view whitepapers solution accelerators internal playbooks
- Actively uplift the domain understanding of the broader Data & AI organization through mentoring reviews and structured enablement.
6. Collaboration & Operating Model Leadership
- Lead and influence lean cross-functional teams drawn from multiple CoEs.
- Operate comfortably in ambiguity while maintaining delivery discipline.
Experience & Profile
- 15 years of pharma industry experience with depth in one or more core functional areas.
- Strong understanding of pharma data ecosystems including but not limited to:
- Claims prescription patient services CRM digital field activity medical engagement and operational data.
- Demonstrated experience working at the intersection of business data and analytics / AI.
- Prior experience in consulting solution roles or product-led organizations strongly preferred.
- Comfortable being both strategic and hands-onthis is not a review-only leadership role.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders without relying on authority.
What Success Looks Like
- Horizontal Data & AI capabilities become clearly differentiated business solutions.
- Client conversations shift from interesting analytics to measurable business outcomes.
- The Data & AI team demonstrates stronger business orientation and domain fluency.
- The role holder is billable credible and sought after by clients and internal teams alike.
Final candid note
This role is for someone who enjoys connecting dots not protecting silos. If you prefer clean swim lanes this will feel uncomfortable. If you enjoy shaping the why while rolling up your sleeves on the how this role will feel like home.
Pay Transparency Laws
Salary range or hourly pay range for the position
The salary range for this position is $157600 to $205425 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicants education experience skills and abilities as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicants geographic location.
The salary range reflected is based on a primary work location of Berkeley Heights New Jersey. The actual salary may vary for applicants in a different geographic location.