Oncology Data Strategy Lead

MSD; Rahway (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

MSD in Rahway, NJ is seeking an Associate Director – Data Strategy, Oncology, to lead the sourcing and creation of commercial data assets that inform key business decisions. You will partner with cross-functional teams across analytics, marketing, and operations to shape data strategy for Oncology alliances and product launches.

This role emphasizes strong leadership, communication, and a growth mindset, with responsibility for building scalable data solutions and fostering trusted advisor

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Actively maintains an understanding of the HH commercial data landscape, including assigned 1st, 2nd and 3rd party data assets, spanning HCP, consumer, payer, patient, account, etc.
• 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

Skills

Data Strategy

Oncology

Stakeholder Management

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Data Governance

Communication Skills

Growth Mindset

Presentation Skills

Trusted Advisor

Analytical Thinking

Team Leadership

Education

BS in Data Science

MBA/MS/PhD a plus

Job description

MSD in Rahway, NJ is seeking an Associate Director – Data Strategy, Oncology, to lead the sourcing and creation of commercial data assets that inform key business decisions. You will partner with cross-functional teams across analytics, marketing, and operations to shape data strategy for Oncology alliances and product launches.

This role emphasizes strong leadership, communication, and a growth mindset, with responsibility for building scalable data solutions and fostering trusted advisor