Associate Director - Data Strategy, Oncology

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• Thorough understanding of the Oncology market and understanding of the data being leveraged across various channels and third party data.
• Able to partner to enable proactive data strategy and standardizations to power Gen AI data solutions
• Experience with oncology product launches.
• Continually scans the external environment for new valuable data assets and potential data partnerships in the assigned area.
• Conducts data needs assessments in assigned areas using input from key analytics and business stakeholders, identifies gaps in current data strategy versus ideal state & prioritizes identified gaps.
• For assigned areas, builds and executes plans to fill prioritized gaps, including acquisition of new assets from external sources, or identifying partners to create needed assets, or enacting internal initiatives such as gathering new 1st party assets.
• Partners with internal team to ingest/review external data sources for use by the analytic teams
• Conducts assigned data innovation analytics including data quality assessments, fit-for-purpose analyses, and proof-of-concept use case tests.
• Works in close collaboration with the analytics, master data management teams to ensure appropriate implementation and value realization.
• Responsible for forming and maintaining productive working partnerships with assigned data providers.
• Creates an environment of high-performance collaboration by building strong cross-functional teams, Construction Health Advocacy Inventory Management Artificial Intelligence Discounts And Allowances Employee Assistance Programs Ethical Standards And Conduct +0 Controls Engineer Actalent

• BS (or equivalent) in Data Science, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Statistics, Decision Science, Marketing, Engineering, or Public Health is required.
• MBA, MS or PhD degree is a plus.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Strong business acumen with a keen ability to understand how data (HCP, consumer, payer, patient, account, engagement, etc.) can be leveraged to inform critical commercial decisions and actions.
• Proven ability to analyze and assess the commercial value of data assets.
• Strong business acumen necessary to understand business stakeholders (marketing, sales, account management, operations, etc..) needs.
• Proven potential to effectively collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Intellectual curiosity and ability to identify innovative approaches to addressing data needs.
• Excellent presentation, analytics and communication skills, both written and oral, are required to synthesize key issues and communicate/persuade constituencies towards specific actions and initiatives.
• Ability to attain trusted advisor” status with key stakeholders and business clients.
• Ability to operate in dynamic, transforming environment.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

Preferred: Prior hands-on experience working with healthcare data especially in EMR/EHR, Claims Data and various data offering

Required Skills: Account Management, Business Acumen, Business Analysis, Business Decisions, Cross-Team Collaboration, Data Quality Assessments, Data Science, Data Strategies, Demand Management, Innovation, Master Data Management (MDM), Prioritization, Public Health, Requirements Management, Sourcing and Procurement, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Teamwork, Exton, PA*On-Site

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The salary range for this role is $156,900.00 - $247,000.00

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