Associate Director, Patient & Channel Data Leader (Hybrid)

MSD; Rahway (NJ); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Long-term incentive

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

MSD in Rahway, NJ seeks an Associate Director, Patient and Channel Data Management to lead the curation, governance, quality, and operationalization of patient and channel data assets powering commercial decision making.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to build data infrastructure, establish quality metrics, manage vendors, and support launch readiness with data-driven insights across therapeutic areas.

Qualifications

• BA/BS with 10+ years of experience in commercial data management, analytics, or operations within pharma/biotech.
• Deep expertise in patient/specialty pharmaceutical data ecosystems including channel/trade data and data governance controls.
• Proficiency with data management and analytics tools (SQL, Redshift, Databricks) and external data vendors.

Responsibilities

• Serve as subject matter expert and strategic owner for channel and patient support services data assets; develop data frameworks, SOPs, data dictionaries, and data maps.
• Establish and monitor data quality metrics; drive root cause analysis and data reconciliation across datasets.
• Support integration of specialty data into commercial reporting, forecasting, and analytics platforms; ensure alignment with data governance principles.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Communication

Education

BA/BS with 10+ years

MBA/MS with 7+ years

Tools

SQL

Redshift

Databricks

BI tools

Job description

MSD in Rahway, NJ seeks an Associate Director, Patient and Channel Data Management to lead the curation, governance, quality, and operationalization of patient and channel data assets powering commercial decision making.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to build data infrastructure, establish quality metrics, manage vendors, and support launch readiness with data-driven insights across therapeutic areas.