Data Product Management & Strategy Lead

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The Advanced Analytics for Business Insights (AABI) team, part of the Portfolio Strategy & Insights function, is dedicated to solving complex healthcare challenges and improving patient outcomes. AABI enables our business partners across Global Pharma Strategy (GPS), Medical Affairs (PDMA), Pharma International (PI) and other functions to make impactful decisions by leveraging data, analytics, and AI to enable fast, targeted actions in rapidly evolving business contexts.

In AABI, you will work as a trusted advisor and expert, recommending critical decisions and actions to be taken with credibility and a focus on driving measurable impact. You will be part of a diverse, inclusive team that reflects the mission we serve, thriving in a welcoming culture built on collaboration and innovation.

This role will report to the Head of Data Asset Management.

The Data Product Management & Strategy Lead role is foundational for AABI and broader GPS, to drive commercial excellence, overseeing the end-to-end data management and data architecture to deliver fit-for-purpose data products and services. The lead will be accountable for shaping the data strategy that critically enables digital operations and transform the data stack to effectively deliver for advanced analytics and AI needs.

This person will lead a diverse team focused on developing and delivering the data products, stewarding data, maintaining data quality, and leading data initiatives to meet business needs. The team also serves as a center of excellence for data inquiries across Roche affiliates, working with other functions across Roche including but not limited to global data office, Roche Digital Technology (RDT), Data Governance team and external vendors.

• Deeply understand customer engagement and information utilization by business users across commercial operations, to develop and guide the global data management strategy and integration roadmap based on prioritized business requirements
• Serve as the executive champion for the data assets and products, articulating its strategic value to senior stakeholders, influencing enterprise decision-making, communicating value to stakeholders, and fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and excellence
• In collaboration with other functions across Roche, design and move the organization towards a common data backbone that will create greater effectiveness towards an integrated customer and patient experience
• Oversee the design and implementation of global MDM backbone to ensure consistency, quality, and integrity of master data across systems (e.g. Customer, Product, Patient etc.)
• Drive integration of commercial master data across different platforms and business units, enabling a unified and enterprise view of our customers
• Effectively manage the data operations to deliver the required information to business users across global and affiliates, ensuring pertinent, accurate, and timely data delivery
• Lead the development of data products, with an enterprise mindset, to address the needs of business performance, customer segmentation, resource optimization, content management, next best actions etc
• Work with Martech and Analytical product owners, functional leads in global insights & CI and affiliate stakeholders, to map their needs and drive domain oriented data products delivery
• Foster a culture of innovation by exploring new technologies, machine learning, and AI to create next-generation global and local data products that enhance commercial operations
• Collaborate with peers, senior leaders across Roche to align internal business requirements to drive the data strategy & roadmap
• Balance the needs of the enterprise, prioritizing and sequencing product releases that are orchestrated with other products across the portfolio
• Build, lead, and motivate a diverse team of people with deep stakeholder and business operations knowledge
• Continually invest in team development and empower through a clear vision and strategic direction, while also creating culture around effective…