Associate Director, Commercial Data Product Owner- Medical Affairs

Bristol Myers Squibb; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 168,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb seeks an Associate Director, Commercial Data Product Owner, to drive data products in medical affairs and commercialization domains from roadmap to deployment. The role collaborates with Analytics, IT, and business teams to ensure data governance, quality, and catalog accuracy across sensitive medical data including KOL engagement and HCP privacy.

The incumbent leads design and governance frameworks, builds catalog entries, and guides end‑to‑end delivery while ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, data, life sciences, business, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data products, data governance, MDM, analytics enablement, or commercial data within pharmaceutical or life sciences organizations.
• Experience with data governance principles, data catalog platforms, and metadata management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead delivery and execution through strong stakeholder engagement and cross‑functional collaboration (Commercial, Analytics, IT, Compliance, vendors).
• Experience with Medical Affairs data domains (e.g., medical inquiry management, KOL/MSL engagement, publications, evidence generation) and the compliance considerations that distinguish them from commercial data, such as promotional/non‑promotional separation and HCP privacy

Responsibilities

• Translate the strategic roadmap into delivery plans, backlogs, and release schedules; track scope, dependencies, and timelines with Analytics, Medical and IT.
• Facilitate planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives and support end-to-end delivery from requirements through deployment.
• Maintain product documentation, release notes, and versioning; ensure modeling artifacts and catalog entries are part of the definition of done.
• Engage CASA, Analytics, Brand, Sales, Medical Affairs and Market Access stakeholders to capture requirements and translate workflows into user stories and technical specs.
• Support implementation and enforcement of data governance frameworks, ownership structures, and stewardship roles across commercial data domains.
• Track compliance metrics, identify gaps, and contribute to data quality rules, lineage documentation, and issue management workflows.
• Develop enablement plans including training, user guides, and dashboards; track usage metrics and synthesize feedback to drive refinements.
• Support vendor management, SLA monitoring, budget tracking, and research of new technology and tooling options.

Skills

Data governance

MDM

Stakeholder management

Commercial data

Medical Affairs data

Data modeling

Catalog management

Databricks

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Databricks

Job description

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Summary

The Associate Director, Commercial Data Product Owner, supports the execution and operationalization of commercialization data products within the medical affairs data domains. This delivery- and coordination-focused role manages data domains data governance and facilitates collaboration between technical and business teams, and ensures data products are built, deployed, and adopted effectively.

The Associate Director will contribute to key offerings (e.g., Sales/Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs, Patient Customer 360, Payer 360, Incentive Comp) supporting data governance, modeling, domain design, catalog management, and data quality, including Medical Affairs data domains such as medical inquiry management, scientific/KOL engagement, MSL field activity, and publications and evidence generation.

Responsibilities

Roadmap Execution & Product Delivery

• Translate the strategic roadmap into delivery plans, backlogs, and release schedules; track scope, dependencies, and timelines with Analytics, Medical and IT.
• Facilitate planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives and support end-to-end delivery from requirements through deployment.
• Maintain product documentation, release notes, and versioning; ensure modeling artifacts and catalog entries are part of the definition of done.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage CASA, Analytics, Brand, Sales, Medical Affairs (including MSLs, Medical Information, and HEOR/RWE), and Market Access stakeholders to capture requirements and translate business workflows into user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications.
• Facilitate regular stakeholder touchpoints and collaborate with domain owners to validate data definitions, glossary terms, and domain boundaries.

Data Governance

• Support implementation and enforcement of data governance frameworks, ownership structures, and stewardship roles across commercial data domains.
• Track compliance metrics, identify gaps, and contribute to data quality rules, lineage documentation, and issue management workflows in alignment with BMS policies.
• Apply heightened governance to Medical Affairs data, including safeguarding HCP interaction and scientific engagement data, maintaining separation between promotional and non-promotional data.

Data Modeling & Domain Design

• Support design and implementation of logical and physical data models.
• Contribute to commercial domain definitions and maintain version-controlled model documentation following governance review processes.

Data Catalog Management

• Support build-out and adoption of the enterprise data catalog ensuring datasets are catalogued with accurate metadata, lineage, and ownership.
• Monitor catalog completeness, close gaps, and enable automated metadata capture through pipeline and governance workflow integration.
• Partner with teams to asses and source new external data sources that may be relevant to Medical Affairs and Commercialization teams.

Data Quality & Operational Excellence

• Monitor data quality dashboards; elevate completeness, latency, and accuracy issues to appropriate teams.
• Track operational KPIs (e.g., refresh SLAs, uptime) and support incident triage, root‑cause analysis, and resolution.

Adoption, Vendor & Budget Support

• Develop enablement plans including training, user guides, and dashboards; track usage metrics and synthesize feedback to drive refinements.
• Support vendor management, SLA monitoring, budget tracking, and research of new technology and tooling options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Data, Life Sciences, Business, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data products, data governance, MDM, analytics enablement, or commercial data within pharmaceutical or life sciences organizations.
• Experience with data governance principles, data catalog platforms, and metadata management
• Demonstrated ability to lead delivery and execution through strong stakeholder engagement and cross‑functional collaboration (Commercial, Analytics, IT, Compliance, vendors).
• Experience with Medical Affairs data domains (e.g., medical inquiry management, KOL/MSL engagement, publications, evidence generation) and the compliance considerations that distinguish them from commercial data, such as promotional/non‑promotional separation and HCP privacy

Key Competencies Desired

• Working knowledge of modern data platforms and lakehouse architectures (e.g., Databricks) and how curated data products are delivered and consumed.
• Strong understanding of operational data governance, including ownership, definitions, classification, approved usage, and privacy/retention controls.
• Experience implementing and monitoring data quality controls and coordinating issue resolution across data pipelines and vendors.
• Familiarity with metadata and data cataloging to support discoverability, certification, and governed self‑service access.
• Exposure to third‑party commercial data and operationalization of licensing, redistribution, and retention constraints.
• Understanding of the regulatory and compliance landscape governing Medical Affairs data (e.g., PhRMA Code, off‑label inquiry handling, HCP transparency/Sunshine Act reporting) and how it shapes data access, classification, and usage controls.

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Compensation Overview

Princeton - NJ - US: $167,540 - $203,013

The starting pay range(s) listed above is for full‑time employees (FTE). You may also be eligible for additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities. We determine starting pay thoughtfully – carefully considering the nature of the role, required skills, work location, schedule and the knowledge and experience you bring. Final compensation is guided by pay equity principles and applicable employment laws. Compensation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis and may be adjusted over time to reflect evolving market factors, and individual, team or Company performance.

Benefits

Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, you may be eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefit plans – including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability).

U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO), which provides paid time off without a set accrual limit, subject to manager approval, along with 11 paid company holidays each year.

Non‑exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico receive 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires (subject to manager approval), 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.

Depending on eligibility, employees may also have access to additional time‑off benefits, including paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs. Eligible employees also enjoy an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

U.S.-based job seekers can explore full benefit offerings at https://careers.bms.com/benefits

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site‑by‑design, field‑based and remote‑by‑design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways‑of‑working.

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