Manager, Data Management and Operations

Company: Daiichi Sankyo
Location: Basking Ridge
Posted on: February 15, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Title: Manager, Data Management and Operations Job Requisition ID: 1001 Posting Start Date: 2/13/26 At Daiichi Sankyo, we are united by a single purpose, to improve lives around the world through innovative medicines. With a legacy of innovation since 1899, a presence in more than 30 countries, and more than 19,000 employees, we are advancing breakthrough therapies in oncology, cardiovascular disease, rare diseases, and immune disorders. Guided by our 2030 vision to "be an innovative global healthcare company contributing to the sustainable development of society", we are shaping a healthier, more hopeful future for patients, their families, and society. Job Summary This role serves as the primary liaison between DSI IT and business end users, leveraging strong knowledge of commercial and sales operations – as well as other core functions – to understand business needs and support day to day production activities. It is responsible for ensuring reliable production support across critical commercial data domains (Sales, Omnichannel, Patient, Marketing, Medical Affairs). This includes managing incidents and inquiries, driving root cause analysis, and restoring services quickly to minimize disruption and protect business outcomes. The position requires the ability to approach problems creatively and guide technical teams toward effective resolutions for complex data issues. The role works collaboratively with Commercial Data Governance, Compliance, Integration, Infrastructure, and other cross functional partners to support projects and deployments, ensuring solutions align with business requirements, compliance expectations, and technical standards. It oversees and enforces change management and release processes so that all system and process updates are properly designed, tested, documented, and deployed in accordance with DSI IT policies – minimizing regressions and maintaining full traceability. Additionally, the role manages cloud enterprise platforms – such as Informatica IICS, Veeva Network, SAS, and Power BI – to ensure their availability, correct configuration, operational stability, and ability to scale securely in line with business needs. It also manages statements of work and vendor contracts, ensuring adherence to service level agreements, delivery expectations, and overall partner accountability. It also demands strong vendor management capabilities and clear, timely communication of issues and resolutions to business stakeholders. Responsibilities Manage and support ongoing operations and change management using vendors and/or internal resources. Responsible for SOW and contractual agreements with ongoing support partners. Collaborates closely with development / integration teams on new projects and enhancements. Participates in weekly / monthly status meetings to review monitoring and reporting on operational health and issues, ensuring continuous improvement via automation and process enhancements. Accountable for all aspects of operational process, and other activities essential to the ongoing operations, transparency, documentation, and QA. This includes requirement gathering, design, development, and implementation of analytic, database, integration, and master data management solutions. Collaborates with cross-functional teams (project stakeholders, integration, architecture, infrastructure teams, etc.) on development and deployment of analytic dashboards, databases, and applications. Manages the review and analysis of business requirements, provides UAT support and guidance / recommendations on scheduling and prioritization for all new processes and workflows. Accountable for supporting the 3-year technology roadmap for analytics dashboards, databases and applications, providing expertise based on business needs and evolving trends in the industry. Ensures that all system / process changes are properly tested in accordance with DSI IT standards, and that operations guides / runbooks are periodically reviewed and updated. Ensures adequate process monitoring and reporting is in place, and that the support team is proactively and diligently following up on data and technical issues. This role works closely across Regional / Global DSI IT teams and is responsible for the ongoing production support of Commercial IT systems and applications. The individual in this role owns the support and technical design / development, testing / debugging, deployment, and manages the ongoing production operations of analytic dashboards, databases, applications, and integrations. Must have experience leading / overseeing cloud-based enterprise technology platforms that support Integration, Master Data Management, and analytical platforms (i.e., Informatica IICS, Veeva Network, SAS). The individual will supervise onshore and offshore teams on the review, prioritization and resolution of data and technical issues. Must be able to look at problems in unique ways and guide technical teams on effective solutions for resolving data & technical issues. This role acts as a liaison between DSI IT and end-users, requires a strong understanding of commercial / sales operations and other key functions to better understand their needs and support ongoing production operations. Must be able to effectively manage vendors and effectively communicate issues and resolutions to business stakeholders. Qualifications Education Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related discipline. required Experience Qualifications 1 or More Years of pharmaceutical background required 4 or More Years of experience with cloud-based Data Integration tools (MS Azure, Informatica IICS or equivalent) required 4 or More Years of experience with enterprise scheduling / orchestration tools (Tidal Enterprise Scheduler or equivalent) required 4 or More Years of experience with enterprise Managed File Transfer tool (Cleo Harmony or equivalent) required 4 or More Years of experience working with MS SQL Server DB, Azure SQL DB and SQL DB Managed Instance required 1 or More Years Pharmaceutical Customer Master experience supporting Commercial Operations and Compliance needs preferred 1 or More Years Has a comprehensive understanding of data warehousing, ETL / ELT, dimensional modeling, normalization, indexing and partitioning required 1 or More Years Managing third-party vendors that support databases, advance analytical systems, data warehousing and manage data management systems. preferred 1 or More Years Ability to understand and analyze the complex system and provide quick solutions to resolve issues and meet new requirements required 1 or More Years Must be a self-starter with demonstrated ability to learn new technologies to succeed in the role. preferred Travel Requirements Ability to travel up to 10% of the time. Business meetings or conferences as needed Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Salary Range: USD$124,960.00 - USD$187,440.00 Download Our Benefits Summary PDF Professionals

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