Associate Director, Information Architecture

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** Job Summary
** We are seeking an experienced
** Associate Director, Information Architecture
** to join our IT Data and AI Platform organization and shape the foundation upon which Otsuka's Information Governance Program will be built. In this pivotal role, you will define the guidelines, standards, and reference architectures that govern how data is structured, described, and connected across the enterprise—making information discoverable, trusted, and ready to fuel analytics, AI, and business decision-making.

This role is anchored by three strategic pillars: (1)
** establishing enterprise-wide information architecture standards
** that align data structures across domains with business processes; (2)
** enabling semantic understanding and findability
** through taxonomies, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and AI context layers; and (3)
** partnering with data domain teams and stewards
** to ensure the architecture is adopted, evolves with the business, and delivers measurable value.

At Otsuka, we defy limitation, so that others can too. We have an unwavering belief in doing more. In transcending expectations. In going above and beyond—under any circumstances—for patients, families, providers, and for each other. It's this deep-rooted dedication that drives us to uncover answers to complex, underserved medical needs, so that patients can push past the limitations of their disease and achieve more than they thought was possible each and every day.

We believe that the bigger the challenge, the bigger the opportunity. We are doing everything in our power to live up to our mission of creating new products for better health worldwide in two important therapeutic categories: neuroscience and nephrology.  ##
** Job Description
** The Associate Director, Information Architecture will be a key member of the Information Governance leadership team, responsible for designing and evolving the information architecture that supports Otsuka's data, analytics, and AI ambitions. The Associate Director will collaborate with Data Stewards, Data Owners, Data Product Owners, Platform Owners, and business stakeholders to translate business processes into well-structured, semantically rich, and interoperable data assets.

Core Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:  ###
** Information Architecture Strategy & Standards
*** Define and maintain the enterprise information architecture strategy, principles, and reference models that guide how data is structured across data domains (R&D, Clinical, Commercial, Compliance/Security, Corporate).
* Establish enterprise standards for data modeling, taxonomies, ontologies, controlled vocabularies, and semantic layers.
* Ensure alignment with industry standards relevant to pharmaceutical and healthcare data, including
** CDISC** (SDTM, ADaM, CDASH),
** HL7 / FHIR**,
** OMOP**,
** IDMP**, and other applicable frameworks.
* Develop the roadmap for evolving Otsuka's information architecture in support of AI, GenAI, and advanced analytics use cases.  ###
** Data Domain Modeling & Business Process Mapping
*** Partner with Data Stewards and Data Owners to define conceptual, logical, and physical data models across domains.
* Map data assets to business processes and business capabilities, providing end-to-end visibility of data lifecycle from creation to consumption.
* Identify and drive resolution of structural gaps, redundancies, and inconsistencies across data domains.
* Collaborate with Solution Architects and Platform Leads to ensure that solution designs align with enterprise information architecture standards.  ###
** Taxonomies, Ontologies & Knowledge Graphs
*** Design and govern enterprise taxonomies and ontologies that enable consistent classification,…