Director, Data Strategy

Accountabilities:

• • Lead the functional data strategy for Customer Engagement and Integrated Marketing, defining strategic priorities, roadmaps, capability requirements, and success measures aligned with broader enterprise objectives.
  • Develop data strategies that enable stronger customer engagement, omnichannel activation, field execution, marketing effectiveness, segmentation, and integrated customer experiences across brands and channels.
  • Identify common horizontal data requirements while clearly distinguishing them from therapeutic area, brand, indication, launch, and lifecycle-specific needs.
  • Ensure functional priorities are appropriately represented in enterprise and therapeutic-area roadmaps while avoiding duplication of responsibilities or capabilities.
  • Translate business priorities into clear data requirements, capability priorities, investment recommendations, and measurable outcomes.
  • Partner with Insights & Analytics, Data Partnerships, Data Governance, Data Quality, technology, procurement, vendors, and business stakeholders to align on priorities and execution.
  • Evaluate external data sources, partnerships, platforms, and vendors to identify opportunities to strengthen data capabilities and maximize the value of external data assets.
  • Help manage data-related risks, including privacy, security, quality, compliance, and appropriate use of external data.
  • Drive transparency across the functional data portfolio through roadmap views, KPI summaries, executive updates, investment recommendations, and trade-off assessments.
  • Promote reuse, governance, adoption, and continuous improvement of priority data assets and capabilities.
  • Establish adoption plans and value measures that demonstrate the business impact of strategic data investments.
  • Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and facilitate alignment across a complex, cross-functional and matrixed environment.
  • Monitor industry trends, data partnership practices, and evolving capabilities to continuously strengthen the organization’s data strategy.

  Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; an advanced degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
  • 8+ years of relevant experience developing data, analytics, or data product strategies that connect business priorities with roadmaps, investment decisions, and measurable outcomes, preferably within life sciences.
  • Strong understanding of life sciences data ecosystems and how data sources, governance requirements, business needs, and enterprise capabilities interact across functions.
  • Demonstrated experience developing functional or domain-level data strategies, requirements, capability priorities, and success measures, particularly within customer engagement, marketing, analytics, or related areas.
  • Experience establishing and managing data partnerships, including collaboration with external data providers, platforms, and vendors.
  • Ability to distinguish horizontal functional data requirements from therapeutic-area, brand, indication, launch, and lifecycle-specific priorities.
  • Experience aligning business, Insights & Analytics, Data Partnerships, Data Governance, Data Quality, technology, procurement, and vendor stakeholders around prioritized data capabilities.
  • Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, privacy, security, compliance, and risk considerations when working with internal and external data assets.
  • Strong strategic thinking and portfolio management skills, with the ability to translate complex data needs into practical priorities and investment recommendations.
  • Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment without relying solely on formal authority.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a complex, matrixed organization and manage competing priorities while maintaining focus on measurable outcomes.
  • Strong business acumen and the ability to connect data capabilities to customer, marketing, and organizational objectives.
  • A continuous-improvement mindset with the ability to leverage data insights, market trends, and industry best practices to strengthen data strategy and partnerships.

  Benefits

  • Salary range of $185,500–$344,500 per year, with final compensation determined based on relevant skills, experience, and other applicable factors.
  • Performance-based cash incentive opportunity.
  • Potential eligibility for annual equity awards, depending on role level.
  • Remote work opportunity within the United States, subject to applicable location restrictions.
  • Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, life, and disability coverage.
  • 401(k) plan with company contribution and match.
  • Generous paid time off, including vacation, personal days, holidays, and other eligible leaves.
  • Opportunity to work on high-impact data strategy initiatives across customer engagement and integrated marketing.
  • Collaborative, cross-functional environment with exposure to senior business, analytics, technology, and data leadership.
  • Opportunity to influence enterprise data capabilities, governance, partnerships, and measurable business outcomes.