About This Role
The Associate Director, Data Management within US Decision Sciences / Data & Analytics provides strategic and executional leadership across commercial data domains, ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality, analytics-ready data to support insights, reporting, and field execution at scale.
The Associate Director owns complex, cross-domain data initiatives, sets standards and best practices for data management, and serves as a primary thought partner to Analytics, Reporting, Field Operations, IT, and senior stakeholders. The role goes beyond execution to shape the data management roadmap for 1-2 brands, proactively address systemic data challenges, and drive continuous improvement across platforms, vendors, and processes.
What You’ll Do
Own strategy and execution for multiple commercial data domains, ensuring reliable, analytics-ready data delivery.
Lead complex, cross-functional data initiatives that span analytics, reporting, field execution, and technology teams.
Set data management standards, controls, and best practices to improve consistency, quality, and reuse.
Oversee end-to-end data pipelines across sources, platforms, and vendors, ensuring scalability and sustainability.
Translate ambiguous business and analytics needs into clear data solutions and execution plans.
Partner closely with Analytics and Reporting leaders to shape data approaches aligned to evolving business priorities.
Act as a senior escalation point for data quality, availability, and vendor-related issues; drive root-cause resolution.
Guide IT and platform teams on data design decisions, tradeoffs, and sequencing.
Evaluate vendor performance and influence roadmap decisions related to data onboarding, refresh cadence, and enhancements.
Ensure robust documentation of data definitions, lineage, assumptions, and limitations across domains.
Identify systemic data gaps and proactively propose pragmatic, forward-looking solutions.
Mentor and provide informal leadership to managers and senior managers within Data Management.
Who You Are
A seasoned data leader who combines strategic thinking with strong execution discipline. Comfortable operating in ambiguity and making informed tradeoffs under constraints. A trusted partner to senior analytics, business, and IT stakeholders. A proactive problem solver who anticipates issues before they impact the business. Influential without authority, able to align diverse teams around shared outcomes.
Required Skills
Bachelor’s degree required (Data Sciences, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field). Master’s degree preferred (MS, MBA, or equivalent).
Minimum of 10 years of experience in data management, analytics enablement, or related roles within biotech/pharma, healthcare, or consulting.
Experience in people leadership (supervising direct reports).
Deep experience with commercial data ecosystems (e.g., CRM, claims, Rx, specialty pharmacy, market and field data).
Proven ownership of large-scale, multi-source data pipelines and analytics-ready data assets.
Strong command of data quality frameworks, reconciliation methodologies, and governance practices.
Experience defining data standards, operating models, and repeatable processes.
Advanced working knowledge of SQL-based transformations and modern data platforms (e.g., Databricks, cloud data warehouses).
Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with IT, analytics, reporting, and external vendors at a senior level.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to operate independently and take initiative.
Additional Information
Base salary offered is determined through an analytical approach utilizing a combination of factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills & experience, job location, and internal equity.
Regular employees are eligible to receive both short term and long-term incentives, including cash bonus and equity incentive opportunities, designed to reward recent achievements and recognize your future potential based on individual, business unit and company performance.
In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a full and highly competitive range of benefits designed to support our employees’ and their families physical, financial, emotional, and social well-being; including, but not limited to:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurances
- Fitness & Wellness programs including a fitness reimbursement
- Short- and Long-Term Disability insurance
- A minimum of 15 days of paid vacation and an additional end-of-year shutdown time off (Dec 26-Dec 31)
- Up to 12 company paid holidays + 3 paid days off for Personal Significance
- 80 hours of sick time per calendar year
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave benefit
- 401(k) program participation with company matched contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $10,000 per calendar year
- Employee Resource Groups participation
Why Biogen?
We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.
At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired. Read on to learn more about our DE&I efforts.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
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Biogen Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Office
225 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA, United States, 02142
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