This position will be part of CDNA's "architecture and strategy" function and will provide strategic architecture and product portfolio strategy opportunity for talented senior architects with product & strategy mindset.

The Opportunity

Are you an innovative architect & strategist with an eye for creative data and analytics solutions? Do you feel excited about enabling data and analytics users by providing self-serve product centric capabilities? Do you believe architecture and strategy are two critical foundational pilers to do analytics at scale? Are you passionate about working with technology professionals and business decision makers of one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, constantly looking for ways to help patients in need? If so, come join us and help us craft our Company's data driven future.

As Director of data and analytics architecture, you will be the primary point of contact for assigned business units for Central Data and analytics capabilities. You will be approached by various business users & technology teams, on a regular basis to understand CDNA's capabilities, strategy, products and services and innovation pipeline. You will form a very close relationship with your divisional counterparts and will work as a natural extension of their teams.

As a thought leader in this space, you will not only discuss, show, and socialize existing CDNA capability map and existing products but you will also help your assigned business unit select right products and technologies and implement them in the best possible way. Further, you will work with divisional counter parts and architecture leaders to help business unit establish their data & analytics architecture, blueprint and go forward strategy. You will also actively ask for and collect feedback from business unit members with respect to overall CDNA capabilities, product portfolio and gaps and will help CDNA establish and sustain product strategy to address this feedback, while taking the ownership of CDNA's commercial business unit specific analytics strategy.

You will become a single voice for assigned business units from CDNA standpoint and will work very closely with enterprise architects, other CDNA architects/leaders as well as divisional architects to bring a level of consistency in terms of how data and analytics strategies, architecture and blueprint are constructed and how an execution plan is created to turn these artefacts into real solutions.

Note: This is a single contributor leadership role. Expectation is that you will be able to work and make decisions on your own with right level of guidance and support. There is also a strong opportunity for you to demonstrate your technology skills as you craft and implement architectural and product strategies

What you'll do

• As part of senior member of data and analytics architecture and strategy function, you will be single point of contact for Data and analytics architecture and strategy for your assigned business unit(s).
• You will become "voice of customer" for assigned business unit for CDNA and you will be "Voice of CDNA" for assigned business unit. This means, you will be responsible for socialization & evangelism of CDNA capabilities and products to customer base, articulating current strategy and architecture & best usage patterns.
• You will demonstrate strong customer focus and will understand assigned business unit's business strategy, architectural landscape, data, and analytics strategy, roadmaps and you will ensure that divisional strategy and enterprise strategies stay in alignment.
• You will work very closely with assigned business unit's architects, divisional data and analytics teams and analytics business users on day-to-day basis. Establishing and sustaining a strong partnership with these stakeholders will be a key part of your job.
• Working hand in hand with our Company's enterprise architecture team, you will socialize, promote, and govern CDNA's capabilities, products, services, and overall strategy. articulation, promotion, and evolution of this strategy will be a core part of your work.
• Working with various business customers, technology customers and field workforce, you will also collect product feedback, capability gaps and identify new white spaces for new capabilities and products.
• You will then work with other architects, product leaders and product managers within CDNA to fill in these gaps to address collected feedback.
• You will also closely work with key technology and service partners to ensure their products, roadmaps and strategies are positioned to help our Company's needs.
• You will work with divisional customers to identify opportunities to implement existing architectural blueprints as well as create new architectural blueprints. You will also help design, articulate and with the help of CDNA delivery team, implement architectural solutions for commercial business unit.
• You will work closely with stakeholders to ensure that architecture designs meet their requirements.
• You will monitor trends in the industry and identify "Industry and domain appropriate" trends that can benefit our Company. You will then work with a cross functional team to perform a POC/POV and will work with enterprise architecture organization to roll out new trend in form of a new capability or product.
• You will also lead the development of data and analytics architecture principals, models, and roadmaps that align with the overall enterprise architecture strategy & assigned business unit's business goals.
• You will continuously Identify opportunities to improve the architecture & strategy for our Company by collaborating very closely with various key actors.
• You will play a critical role in supporting CDNA leadership team in terms of establishing mid-term to long term product, capability, and architecture strategy.
• You will also represent CDNA architecture and strategy functions in various internal and external architecture and strategy forums.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field

Requirements:

• 8 years of experience in software/data engineering and architecture
• This is a leadership role, and you are expected to work independently within high level directions and operational framework.
• Strong product and customer centricity with a laser focus on business value preposition and business value realization is a must.
• Strong business relationship management, relationship building and collaboration skills.
• Ability to see big picture and imagine modern ideas with an attitude towards iterating towards the end goal. Product mindset is a critical skill to be successful in this role.
• Superior architectural skills with a very strategic mindset. This is partly architecture and partly strategy role and will require critical and strategic thinking.
• Expert knowledge of either AWS cloud eco system or Azure Cloud eco system from analytics standpoint
• This is a senior, strategic role and exposure to entire data supply chain and modern data management, analytics, governance and security challenges and opportunities is a must.
• Understanding of self-serve product centric data analytics principles, data mesh, governed data sharing, data fabric and AI/ML on scale is critical.
• Excellent communication and presentation & negotiation skills. Ability and mindset to see joint success and finding the middle ground is a key skill needed.
• Experience in developing enterprise architectures, models, roadmaps, and designs.
• Knowledge of data governance and related technologies (Marketplace, data sharing, MDM, EDM, etc.)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teams across multiple departments.
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing data architecture strategies.
• Demonstrated understanding of the principles of enterprise architecture

Preferred Experience:

• 5 years of experience in leading data and analytics architecture initiatives
• 2 years' experience within pharmaceutical, life science segment with exposure to pharmaceutical commercial, sales and marketing, manufacturing processes, capabilities, systems, technologies, and data assets

Tech Stack:

Expert level knowledge around AWS data analytics eco system, databricks, Collibra, Dataiku, Sagemaker, Matillion, Informatica MDM is needed. Understanding of virtualization technologies such as Starburst Trino, Denodo, Search driven analytics such as ThoughtSpot and visualization capabilities such as QlikView, tableau, PowerBI. Understanding of AI & Machine learning life cycle management and AI/ML model life cycle management good understanding of Data mesh, data as a product and data ownership strategies.

Who we are ...

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for ...

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us-and start making your impact today.

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
25%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Not Applicable

Shift:
1st - Day

Valid Driving License:
Yes

Hazardous Material(s):
N/A

Job Posting End Date:
11/5/2024
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Requisition ID:R317894