MSD Associate Director Product Line Technical Lead 

United States, Pennsylvania 

343110739

Job Description

This role will also have significant interaction with our partners, suppliers, and various data & technology providers, so she or he must be a strong and results driven individual.

Primary Responsibilities:

The primary responsibilities of this position include but not limited to:

• Lead efforts to design, build, and maintain data pipeline architecture encapsulating the entire value chain from sourcing to making the data ready for stakeholders.

• Partner with Product Line leader, Product Manager(s) and other stakeholders in understanding, prioritizing, planning and implementing technical solutions that deliver desired business value.

• Serve as the single point of accountability for all technical matters within the product line.

• Coordinate execution for successful delivery across various teams and vendor partners to meet product line objectives with high quality, timeliness, and within budget / estimates while ensuring compliance with company policies.

• Contribute to developing accurate and realistic plans, resource estimates, and timelines in alignment with prioritized business requirements.

• Coach, guide, and manage a team of technical staff across product line to deliver solutions from conception to retirement, aligned with key architectural design patterns.

• Define and enforce development standards, best practices and review processes to ensure consistency of delivery quality and reusability of solution components.

• Apply risk-based decision making to complex problems and consult with relevant subject matter advisors as needed to inform the decision. Operate with Integrity and ensure adherence with organization policies, quality assurance and data protection processes.

• Conduct innovation proof of concepts and pilots to identify and onboard pertinent solutions following company policies and in partnership with other stakeholders in the organization.

• Exhibit a passion for data and eagerness to learn new technologies and trends.

Bachelor's Degree required; prefer concentration in IT, Engineering or Computer Science.

Required & Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience, with demonstrated expertise in the Data and Analytics space.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a technical leader of data product teams.

• Strong expertise in architecting and implementing data and analytics platforms and data pipelines using modern, cloud-based technologies.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly establish credibility and trust with a variety of stakeholders.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Demonstrable knowledge of two or more technologies commonly found used Pharmaceutical commercial space - such as Veeva, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Google Analytics – is highly preferred.

• Previous experience in Life sciences and Pharmaceutical industry and demonstrable proficiency in Life Sciences Commercial data domains.

• Prior experience in architecting and implementing performant solutions at tera-byte scale using cloud technologies.

• Certifications in one AWS and/or Databricks is a strong plus.

• Masters Degree preferred.

Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

Current Contingent Workers apply

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, generally Tuesday, Wednesday and either Monday or Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by aagreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

The Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job in certain states and cities within the United States. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and education.

Expected US salary range:

$135,500.00 - $213,400.00

Not Indicated

Database Administration, Data Engineering, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Information Management, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Designs

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