Position Title:  Senior Manager Life Sciences Data Governance

Senior Manager Life Sciences Data Governance - Neuchatel, Switzerland

Be a part of a revolutionary change.

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business, and building our future on smoke-free products.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

 It’s so rare in R&D that everything aligns to create the ideal conditions for outstanding work. Right now, at PMI, that’s exactly what’s happening. R&D is the driving force for our bold new vision: to replace cigarettes with a revolutionary portfolio of alternative products.

Join us and you’ll have the resources, support and technology you need to break new ground and see ideas come to life. You’ll be surrounded by some of the brightest scientists in their fields, with fast access to subject experts and commercial decision-makers.

If you’re creative, courageous and ready to take risks, you can make a huge impact and propel your career in an endless number of directions. Ultimately, by delivering our smoke-free and beyond nicotine future

Your ‘day to day’

As a Manager Life Sciences Data Governance, you will be responsible for defining the data strategy to support Life Sciences strategy, in partnership with IT. You maintain a comprehensive overview of Life Sciences data assets and play an integral role in defining how this data supports and enhances strategic objectives.

More specifically, you'll

• Develop and uphold a Life Sciences data library (catalogue) and architectural framework
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to define a Life Sciences data strategy that supports business objectives and elevates Life Sciences data as an asset for PMI, ensuring traceability and integrity
• Lead and maintain Life Sciences’ data governance model across data objects in alignment with global data governance practices and policies. Represent Life Sciences in multi-functional data governance operational bodies.
• Identify and drive initiatives that harmonize and link relevant data objects, promoting data-driven and automatable practices and processes. In collaboration with IT, define metrics to assess data linkage maturity, monitor progress & drive optimizations.                                        
• Support Life Sciences data integrity by establishing relevant and consistent FAIR principles and ensuring their implementation through data owners across Life Sciences data objects. Adhere to PMI and Life Sciences data governance framework.
• In collaboration with Data owners, define processes and strategies for data extraction, processing, use and disposal in order to generate new knowledge, insights across data assets
• Map and co-lead business-critical data projects, with quality and integrity. Prioritize projects that support business intelligence and analytics use cases.
• Develop and manage data governance protocols collaborating with data owners, technical users, and non-technical users.
• Raise awareness and engage the organization on the strategy and emerging business trends, in collaboration with Life Sciences IT (e.g. Generative Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning)
• Identify capability gaps in delivering the data strategy and partner with stakeholders and teams to raise these gaps.

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Information Systems or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 years’ experience in a similarly scoped data management role. Experience in working with clinical & post-market research data. Deep familiarity with data architecture and information system design principles. Understanding of data governance and ownership principles and frameworks.
• Data governance, stakeholder management, relationships management, excellent documentation and communication skills, ability to  engage with different levels of seniority across Business, IT and Analytics, exceptional drive to create and improve, curiosity, open and hands-on collaborator. Consistent accuracy and attention to detail.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

What we offer

Our success depends on the people who come to work every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress.

Join PMI and you too can:

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: a smoke-free future.

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