Associate Director, Data Partnerships – Oncology

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Associate Director managing Novartis oncology data partnerships, vendors, governance, and spend. Translating external healthcare data into actionable insights for US Commercial oncology.

Responsibilities:

  • Implement the organization’s oncology data partnership strategy
  • Identify critical data needs across US Commercial oncology brands, functions, and priority use cases
  • Establish, manage, and strengthen strategic partnerships with external oncology data providers, platforms, and vendors
  • Guide partnership decisions and business recommendations using knowledge of oncology data sources, vendor capabilities, limitations, and use cases
  • Monitor data quality, security, privacy, and compliance standards for external oncology data sources, platforms, and vendors
  • Collaborate with data vendors, business stakeholders, analytics teams, field enablement, access, and cross-functional oncology teams to address data quality issues and communicate changes
  • Oversee external oncology data partnerships, including data standards, data-sharing agreements, governance expectations, and internal policies
  • Implement data stewardship practices across platforms, vendors, and technology solutions
  • Track oncology data partnerships and spend
  • Provide performance metrics and governance reporting to senior leadership
  • Identify opportunities for operational efficiencies, improved governance, and enhanced collaboration
  • Understand oncology business needs, recommend relevant data sets, and guide teams in extracting actionable insights
  • Provide ongoing data advisory support on recurring deliverables, data interpretation, availability, limitations, and appropriate use of rare disease data

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field
  • Minimum 6+ years of experience establishing and managing data partnerships, with a strong focus on oncology, healthcare data, data governance, data management, or related roles
  • Prior experience working with or for a data vendor, data provider, healthcare data platform, or analytics organization is strongly preferred
  • Deep understanding of oncology data assets, including data sourcing, data coverage, refresh cadence, linkage, quality considerations, and fit-for-purpose business use cases
  • Expert understanding of data partnership principles, frameworks, and best practices
  • Familiarity with regulatory requirements and industry standards related to healthcare data privacy, security, quality, compliance, and appropriate use of oncology data
  • Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, influencing, and change management skills in a complex organizational environment
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to assess vendor data quality, identify data gaps, manage risks associated with external data partnerships, and ensure shared-data integrity, security, and quality
  • Experience working with IQVIA, Komodo, MMIT, Symphony, Definitive Healthcare, Veeva, Flatiron, or similar healthcare and oncology data sources is highly desirable
  • Ability to translate oncology business needs into data solutions and guide teams in selecting and leveraging appropriate data sets

Benefits:

  • Performance-based cash incentive
  • Eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards, depending on role level
  • Health benefits
  • Life benefits
  • Disability benefits
  • 401(k) with company contribution and match
  • Vacation
  • Personal days
  • Holidays
  • Other leaves
  • Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities