Sr Manager, Pharma Commercial Data Management

Sr Manager, Pharma Commercial Data Management

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We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Sr Manager, Data Management to lead the development, stewardship, and operations of scalable, analytics-ready data products. This role will translate business needs into functional data requirements, partner with IT to deliver robust data infrastructure, and ensure high-quality, governed data assets that power insights and decision-making across the organization.

• Own and manage requirements for data products: understand business use cases and translate them into clear, actionable functional requirements for data models; collaborate with Intelligence Product Owners and Analytics teams to document business rules and ensure alignment with analytical needs.
• Data architecture & modeling: lead the design and evolution of scalable data architecture across insights and analytics products; define and maintain logical and physical data models that support reusability, performance, and governance.
• Partner with Gilead IT: collaborate closely with Gilead IT to execute new build projects and enhancements; oversee and guide Dev Ops teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of data solutions; align technical design with business requirements and ensure architectural consistency; ensure operational excellence in data ingestion, transformation, and delivery processes; build and maintain robust, scalable, and automated data pipelines across internal and external sources.
• Oversee Master Data Management (MDM): manage HCP and Account MDM systems to ensure accurate, complete, and unified customer profiles; ensure MDM processes and outputs align with Kite’s business requirements and downstream analytics needs.
• Data stewardship & quality: ensure data products are clean, timely, and analytics-ready through rigorous stewardship practices; drive data quality monitoring, alerting, and remediation processes; manage vendor SLAs and ensure adherence to data quality standards.
• Governance & compliance: oversee governance practices including metadata management, access control, and data lineage; ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
• Data onboarding & lifecycle management: create clear specifications and Functional Impact Assessments (FIAs) for onboarding new data sources; establish, monitor, and enforce SLAs with external vendors; lead onboarding of new data sources, stabilize them to a steady state, and manage ongoing cadence with data partners.
• Enablement & self-service: advance the vision of enabling self-service for commercial business functions by increasing access to trusted data and insights; mature the Pace Data Lab roadmap by integrating new data sources and expanding capabilities; leverage AI tools to simplify on-demand access to insights and empower business users.

• Master’s degree in Data Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field and 6 years of related experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Data Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field and 8 years of related experience.

• 8+ years of experience in data management, data modeling and operations…