MSD HHIT Data Engineering Product Manager 

Japan, Chiyoda 

196582341

Job Description

Position Description

By working closely with business and product owners, the candidate ensures that the technology solutions align with the business needs, goals, and priorities. They actively participate in discussions and meetings with stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify doubts, and provide guidance on the technical feasibility of solutions.

The Product Manager and Analyst is instrumental in accelerating execution and value realization within the Japan market through applying technical expertise in Data & Analytics are, while following Data Governance best practices to ensure standardized and compliant solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

The primary responsibility of this position includes but not limited to:

• Owning and managing HH DnA products through the duration of the product lifecycle for Japan
• Enabling delivery of product releases, requirements, design, development, market localizations, testing, integration & evolution
• Providing compliance consultancy regarding the practical application of the Global/Regional Policies and Product compliance controls
• Gathering insight into user journey, behavior, motivation, and pain points. Exposes unarticulated problems and unmet needs
• Identifying opportunities for process simplification using automation and collaborate with colleagues to implement across the business
• Translating commercial requirements into Automation/Digital solutions.
• Setting and communicating high-integrity roadmap commitments that have been assessed collaboratively with the core delivery team in terms of value, feasibility, usability, and viability
• Connecting the core delivery agile teams with the market stakeholders and facilitates direct communication between them
• Documenting business process, business and user needs in the form of problem statements to make up the backlog. Facilitates the “how” with the Engineering team

- B.S. or M.S. in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Required Experience and Skills**:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in consultancy and delivery of digital products, with demonstrated expertise in the Data and Analytics space including technical understanding of tools and architecture.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Experience in managing geographically distributed agile teams and delivery teams
• Experience aligning on the organizational strategy and communicating complex technical decisions to stakeholders
• Experience in Requirements Definition and Management including Acceptance Testing
• Previous experience in regulated industry
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly establish credibility and trust with a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders in Japan
• Proficiency in both written and verbal communication skills in English and Japanese.
• Ability to maintain a keen attention to detail, multitask and work well under pressure
• Natural tendency to be curious, positive and creative

Preferred Experience and Skills**:

• High proficiency in delivering scalable and performant solutions across Data Management, Integrations, Visualization and Advanced Analytics including AI/ML.
• Experience as a digital product owner implementing and/or following Agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of Multi-cloud Data solution capabilities, with special emphasis on AWS services.
• Expertise in User Experience Design
• Certifications in one or more cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure) is a strong plus.
• Understanding of Japan Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing data domains is a strong plus.

Current Contingent Workers apply

Asset Management, Benefits Management, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs

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