Regional Director, Data Strategy & Operations

MSD

Rahway (NJ)

Hybrid

USD 173,000 - 273,000

Full time

9 days ago
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Job summary

MSD seeks a Director, Functional Area Geography Lead to provide strategic and operational oversight for regional geography activities. You will guide regional plans, manage staff performance, and ensure compliance with local and global requirements while promoting standardized and digital data-management practices.

Responsibilities include driving regional strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and risk-based decision-making.

Qualifications

  • Ten years of data management or related experience.
  • Experience in clinical data management, regulatory and quality oversight.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage budgets.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic and operational oversight for regional geography activities.
  • Lead cross-functional collaborations to achieve geographic objectives.
  • Communicate risks, trade-offs, and decisions to executives; drive innovation and data-management practices.
  • Define operating model and multi-year optimization strategy for the geography.
  • Support capability expansion aligned with best practices and deploy tech principles across GDMS.

Skills

Strategic leadership
Data governance
Cross-functional collaboration
Analytical forecasting
Stakeholder management
Regulatory compliance
English communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Life Science/Data/IT
Advanced Degree (Masters/Doctorate) in Life Science/Data/IT/PM/Business

Tools

Dashboards
Capacity models
Process & Quality frameworks
Vendor strategy

Job description

MSD seeks a Director, Functional Area Geography Lead to provide strategic and operational oversight for regional geography activities. You will guide regional plans, manage staff performance, and ensure compliance with local and global requirements while promoting standardized and digital data-management practices.

Responsibilities include driving regional strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and risk-based decision-making.

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