You built your career in the business side of pharma, and somewhere along the way you fell for data. You’ve seen launches steered by messy, local, inconsistent numbers, and you know the fix isn’t more technology. It’s business meaning.

If that sounds like you, this could be the most interesting move you make this decade.

You will build the brain of a global pharma business

This company is building one trusted data foundation for its entire Human Pharma business, a €22.7 billion operation spanning regions, therapeutic areas, medical and manufacturing. Think of it as the company’s brain. The more it knows, and the better that knowledge is organised, the smarter every dashboard and AI tool built on top of it becomes. You’ll lead it.

And here’s the part that makes this role different: it isn’t a data operations job. Platforms, pipelines and ingestion all sit with strong IT partners. You’re free to focus on what technology can’t do on its own. That means giving data real business context, so that when anyone searches for an HCP, they get exactly that, in every market and on every platform. Your commercial know-how isn’t a nice-to-have here. It’s the job.

What you will achieve:

• You’ll set one standard for how data products are built across all of Human Pharma.
• You’ll halve the time it takes to publish a data product, from around 12 months to six.
• You’ll bring scattered country and brand data together into one global foundation.
• You’ll make sure the data to steer upcoming launches is ready by the end of 2027.

You’ll lead a team of around 30, plus externals, made up of data domain owners, data modellers, data product owners and data quality specialists. That team will grow to 40 to 50 as Medical, Operations and federated domain owners join. You’ll work as an equal with senior leaders across Europe and the US, their largest market.

Why you will love it here:

With more than 80 pipeline projects building towards a wave of new launches, your work has a direct line to medicines reaching patients.

You’ll also report to a leader with a clear vision who values outcomes over activity. He’ll give you room to try new things rather than repeat what’s been done before. And you’ll be adding the experience of making a major pharma business AI-ready to your CV, which will matter for years to come.

What you will bring:

You know how pharma really works, from engagement models and customer interactions to launches and product development. You’ve led data, analytics or data product teams for at least the last few years, perhaps after starting out in commercial, marketing or general management. You’ve led global teams at real scale, not just a single use case, and you’ve spent time in a corporate or global role. You can get a room full of senior stakeholders to agree on priorities. Above all, you get your energy from delivering results, not from starting projects.

Ready to build something that lasts?

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