Technology Partnership, Director, China DHH

Job Description

Department:Digital Human Health (DHH) China Market
Reports To:Head of China DHH

Role Summary

The Market Activation & Enablement Lead Director is a key leadership role within the China Digital Human Health (DHH part of the global Information Technology) organization. This leader will shape and drive the AI Technology & Solutions agenda for the China commercial business ensuring digital data and AI capabilities translate into tangible business value.

The role will:

• Act as a strategic Business Partner to commercial and crossfunctional leaders.

• Define and execute a marketrelevant AI strategy focused on highimpact commercial use cases.

• Lead Strategic Forecasting in partnership with the business units finance and global forecasting teams.

This position requires a blend of strategic thinking strong business acumen an entrepreneurial mindset a deep understanding of AI and the ability to influence senior stakeholders in a complex matrixed environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive the Commercial AI strategy for China in alignment with China business priorities enterprise AI directions and the global technology stack collaborating with the local product teams and global value teams to design deliver and scale usercentric solutions that comply with local regulations are aligned with enterprise architecture and create opportunities to export successful China use cases to other markets.

• Serve as the primary business partner for commercial business leaders and their teams jointly identifying prioritizing and shaping high-value AI data & digital use cases.

• Translate business problems into technology solutions and robust business cases with clear value hypotheses success metrics ROI and benefit realization tracking while designing local solutions that build on and extend global platforms and standards.

• Lead strategic forecasting for key brands portfolios and initiatives providing integrated insights that inform strategy brand planning and execution across China business units in partnership with the Strategic Forecasting Value Team.

• Drive strong adoption and change management including training and communication and synthesize complex data and AI outputs into clear actionable insights and recommendations for senior leaders fostering a data-driven innovation-oriented culture.

• Exercise leadership and people management by building and leading a highperforming multidisciplinary team; mentor and coach team members to enhance both technical and business partnering capabilities.

• Foster a culture of innovation experimentation and continuous learning with a strong focus on business outcomes with the cross-functional collaboration across DHH Business & Commercial Excellence Business Units Finance Market Access Legal & Compliance and Global IT teams

• Take this role an extra mile by leveraging a deep understanding of the China healthcare policy and regulatory environment and the local AI/digital ecosystem to shape globally aligned local solutions identify and manage highpotential external partnerships and inform innovation for the China business

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Qualifications

• Education

Bachelors degree in Business Computer Science Engineering Statistics Data Science or related field required.

Advanced degree (MBA Masters or PhD in analytics/data science / related discipline) preferred.

• Experience

Experienced & has deep familiarity with the China market and has worked in commercial IT digital analytics consulting or related roles.

Proven track record leading AI/advanced analytics initiatives that delivered measurable business impact ideally in life sciences/healthcare/consumer or other datarich industries.

Demonstrated experience in Strategic Forecasting (market brand or portfolio level) and integrating forecasting into commercial decisionmaking.

Significant experience in seniorlevel business partnering influencing crossfunctional stakeholders and working in matrixed multinational organizations. Experience evaluating and managing external technology and data partnerships;

Familiarity with the Chinese digital and data ecosystem is strongly preferred.

• Skills & Competencies

Strong business acumen and understanding of commercial levers (sales marketing pricing access omnichannel).

Solid conceptual understanding of AI with the ability to challenge guide and collaborate effectively with technical and delivery teams.

Exceptional stakeholder management collaboration and communication skills; able to translate complex topics into clear narratives for senior non-technical audiences and align diverse peers and stakeholders around common goals.

Strategic thinker with the ability to connect longterm vision to shortterm execution and incremental value delivery.

Strong problemsolving mindset datadriven decisionmaking and comfort operating with ambiguity.

Fluency in Mandarin Chinese and proficiency in English (written and spoken) required.

• Success Measures

Delivery of highimpact AI and analytics use cases with clear quantified business value (e.g. revenue growth cost efficiency customer engagement).

Quality credibility and adoption of Strategic Forecasting outputs across commercial and finance stakeholders.

Satisfaction of business partners with DHH & cross divisional IT collaboration responsiveness and strategic contribution.

Number and impact of external partnerships that materially enhance AI/analytics capabilities or speed to value. Engagement development and retention of the team; recognized as a goto leader for AI and insights within the China market.

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