Associate Director, Data Product Owner – HBS Bank

Typical Accountabilities

• Working with key stakeholders inAZ global BioCentre,BioBanks,Data Officeand ITtherolesupports the implementation of a strategy for the associated data products.

• Embrace AI technologies and champion innovative digital tools to enhance quality, speed, and productivity

• Own the Data Product & associated systemsroadmap and prioritiseactivitiesalignedwithstrategic goals and initiatives.

• Liaise across the enterprise and with other data product owners,ensuring the right R&D data products are alignedand used across AZ

• Ensure coordination between HBS data platforms, solution architecture, information architecture and data governance so that the final Data product meet business, technical and Regulatory requirements.

• Understand and clearly articulate the business value of the HBS data products and how they are used by multiple systems and functions across AZ (within and beyond Biosamples).

• Own, priortise and manage the Data Product’s backlog to ensure all consuming systems and products are able toleverage data as needed. This will also include the timely reversal of technical debt.

• Identify and manage partnerships required to ensure innovative capabilities at the intersection of data science, technology and healthcare.

• Act as a Champion foran agile, iterative development process driven by design thinking, frequent end-user input, and constant insight generation from data.

• Manage dependencies in and across releases to complete release phases and milestones.

• Promote and govern the use of the Data Product across the organisation, ensuring that duplicate data flows are not set up and end users have appropriate training. 

Essential

• Proven 5-10 year experience of Human Biobanking processes, technologies and data

• Degree(s) in business and/or sciences, or equivalent. 5 years of proven experience in the pharmaceutical/medical/healthcare industry, consulting, technology, development and/or commercial planning, and global coordination roles 

• Familiaritywith the key principles andprocesses of Data Management(Governance,Architecture, Modelling, Reference and Master Data, Integration, Storage, and Business Intelligence).

• Abilityto take business requirements and translate these into technical requirements

• Ability to rapidly grasp concepts and to manage complexity by simplifying it for others and providing clear directions to delivery teams.

• Leadership skills, including the ability to solve problems that involve many decision-makers, and develop multiple options/recommendations  

• Networking skills, ability to interact widely and effectively both within the company (on both an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary basis) and externally 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to build strong relationships

• Demonstrate strong, communication and relationship-building skills with experience in collaborating and sharing knowledge between teams

Desirable

• Knowledge of Drug Development Processes and the diverse sources of information that support, inform and assist in healthcare/clinical research.

• Familiarity with the latest research and thinking and understanding of dynamics affecting the pharmaceutical industry and needs for transformation.

• Agile product owner training and certification.

• Solid Project and/or Product management skills, including managing product backlogs, vendors, budgets, timelines and risks.

• Experience leading a development team and working in a global environment.

• Experience bringing innovation to bear on solving complex and multi-dimensional issues from an operational, technical, financial and human perspective.