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Senior Manager, Data Governance

Employer
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
Location
Northbrook, Illinois
Start date
May 12, 2022

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com .

This position is based in Northbrook, Illinois. Remote work from certain states may be permitted in accordance with Astellas' Responsible Flexibility Guidelines. Candidates interested in remote work are encouraged to apply.

Purpose and Scope:

Business Information Reporting & Analytics is a leader in aligning functions across M&D organizations in areas that impact quality management; process management; non-drug initiative management, including IT components, to support business strategy; business information reporting and analytics; resource management; and learning and development.

As Sr. Manager, DQI, this role will be responsible for proactively facilitating collaborative partnerships with functional stakeholders to coordinate, monitor and report project/study plans within the Planisware system environment to enable alignment and support team deliverables and consistency of planning principles within the Medical & Development portfolio.

The Sr. Manager, DQI possesses a deep understanding of drug development and extensive knowledge of scheduling and resourcing forecasting software (e.g. MS Project, Planisware). The Sr. Manager, DQI typically works within a cross-functional team environment and is responsible for translating project/study strategy into a working project plan to enable effective project execution and reporting. The Sr. Manager, DQI is expected to apply technical and team knowledge along with scheduling knowledge to ensure consistency of project plans to support decision-making and stable operational performance.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

  • Acts as a Lead Data Steward within M&D. Manages, executes and continuously improves data stewardship processes, issue resolution & escalation activities within a function-specific focus area; Monitors data quality issues with impact beyond M&D & raises for review by Sr Managers.

  • Ensures data is accurately translated into systems and represented consistently across systems leveraging input from system SMEs and Functional Governance Leads, Data Governance Analysts and other functional representatives as necessary.

  • Establishes processes to review, track and resolve identified data quality exceptions within the source systems within the defined time frame to ensure consistent review and resolution.

  • Maintains, monitors and reviews data dictionary entries. Escalates data quality exceptions, data dictionary entries or process improvement suggestions to the Core Team, as necessary.

  • Works with system owners to ensure all fields used in reporting are captured

  • Leads Master Data Management initiatives as they are defined

  • Leads cross-functional teams to discuss, review and optimize implementation of timelines and cost forecasts for project/study plans into the scheduling and resourcing software (e.g. Planisware and/or IMPACT), including creating, monitoring and closing project and study plans.

  • Ensures that key timeline and cost data are accurately reflected in scheduling and resourcing software (e.g. Planisware and/or IMPACT) with the correct dependencies identified.

  • Independently identifies data quality issues within project/study plans in the scheduling and resourcing software and when appropriate raises for resolution with the cross-functional project/study team.

  • Ensures that information updates are given to project/study teams and analysis and interpretation of planning and forecasting data is done regularly. Position is self-directed and work is reviewed for overall quality and relative to deadlines and results.

Quantitative Dimensions:

  • Responsible to coordinate, monitor and ensure data integrity for project/study plans.

  • The role is part of a group that would support evaluation and analytics of a portfolio including approximately 200 projects, 600 clinical studies, fiscal year expenses of > $1 billion oku Yen and approximately 1800 headcount each year. This effort will ultimately help the organization to achieve increased data quality, reduce data redundancy, and streamlined system engagement by the user community and data scientists across the organization.

Organizational Context:

  • The position reports to the Head of Data Quality & Integrity.

  • The position may have internal direct reports and may oversee work performed by outsourced resources.

  • The position will work closely with internal systems management and technical support groups to facilitate implementation of data model improvements and implementation of changes in the system responding to any gaps or improvements needed in process or systems/tools.

  • The position will work closely with Business Insights Reporting & Analytics groups to support reporting requirements and respond to any gaps or improvements needed in the data model or systems/tools.

  • Will work cross-functionally with other Astellas groups to ensure integrity of data across Functions.

Qualifications:

Required

  • Education BA/BS in related science or business field

  • Minimum 7 years in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology or related industry.

  • Experience in use of Data Governance tools (ie Collibra), Master Data Managment tools (ie Reltio)

  • Experience in use of enterprise-wide pharmaceutical project management software solutions, including MS Project and/or Planisware.

  • Knowledge of project management tools, such as CTMS, SAP, etc.

  • Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills in English, with an ability to interact at all levels of personnel.

  • Experience working with internal and/or external stakeholders.

  • Extensive knowledge of business processes and procedures in clinical drug development, including portfolio, planning, clinical trial management, cost, staffing, resource management and/or time tracking areas.

  • May require up to 10% international travel.

Preferred

  • PMP Certification

Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

  • Generous Paid Time Off options, including Vacation and Sick time, plus national holidays including year-end shut down

  • 401(k) match and annual company contribution

  • Company paid life insurance

  • Annual Corporate Bonus and Quarterly Sales Incentive for eligible positions

  • Long Term Incentive Plan for eligible positions

  • Referral bonus program

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Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans

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