Associate Director, Data Partnerships - Oncology
Novartis
August 24, 2026
Remote
United States
IT
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement the oncology data partnership strategy, identifying critical data needs across US Commercial oncology brands, functions, and priority use cases.
- Establish, manage, and strengthen oncology data partnerships with external data providers, platforms, and vendors.
- Apply expertise in oncology data sources, vendor capabilities, data limitations, and fit-for-purpose use cases to guide decisions.
- Monitor adherence to data quality, security, privacy, and compliance standards for external oncology data sources.
- Collaborate with data vendors and internal stakeholders (analytics, field enablement/access, cross-functional oncology teams) to resolve data quality issues.
- Implement oversight mechanisms for partnerships, including data standards, data-sharing agreements, governance, and internal policies.
- Apply data stewardship practices across platforms/vendors/solutions throughout the partnership lifecycle.
- Track partnership performance and spend; deliver metrics/governance reporting and identify operational improvements.
- Advise stakeholders on oncology business needs, recommend data sets, and support extraction of actionable insights (including appropriate use of rare disease data).
Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
- 6+ years of experience establishing/managing data partnerships focused on oncology/healthcare data, data governance/management, or related roles.
- Strong experience with/for a data vendor/provider/platform/analytics organization.
- Deep understanding of oncology data assets (sourcing, coverage, refresh cadence, linkage, quality, and business use cases).
- Expert knowledge of partnership frameworks and best practices.
- Familiarity with healthcare data privacy, security, quality, and compliance requirements.
- Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, influencing, and change management.
- Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and risk management for external partnerships.
- Experience with IQVIA, Komodo, MMIT, Symphony, Definitive Healthcare, Veeva, Flatiron, or similar (highly desirable).
Additional:
- Ability to translate oncology business needs into data solutions.
- Role requires ~20% travel (as defined by hiring manager).
- Implement the oncology data partnership strategy, identifying critical data needs across US Commercial oncology brands, functions, and priority use cases.
- Establish, manage, and strengthen oncology data partnerships with external data providers, platforms, and vendors.
- Apply expertise in oncology data sources, vendor capabilities, data limitations, and fit-for-purpose use cases to guide decisions.
- Monitor adherence to data quality, security, privacy, and compliance standards for external oncology data sources.
- Collaborate with data vendors and internal stakeholders (analytics, field enablement/access, cross-functional oncology teams) to resolve data quality issues.
- Implement oversight mechanisms for partnerships, including data standards, data-sharing agreements, governance, and internal policies.
- Apply data stewardship practices across platforms/vendors/solutions throughout the partnership lifecycle.
- Track partnership performance and spend; deliver metrics/governance reporting and identify operational improvements.
- Advise stakeholders on oncology business needs, recommend data sets, and support extraction of actionable insights (including appropriate use of rare disease data).
Essential Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Management, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
- 6+ years of experience establishing/managing data partnerships focused on oncology/healthcare data, data governance/management, or related roles.
- Strong experience with/for a data vendor/provider/platform/analytics organization.
- Deep understanding of oncology data assets (sourcing, coverage, refresh cadence, linkage, quality, and business use cases).
- Expert knowledge of partnership frameworks and best practices.
- Familiarity with healthcare data privacy, security, quality, and compliance requirements.
- Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, influencing, and change management.
- Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and risk management for external partnerships.
- Experience with IQVIA, Komodo, MMIT, Symphony, Definitive Healthcare, Veeva, Flatiron, or similar (highly desirable).
Additional:
- Ability to translate oncology business needs into data solutions.
- Role requires ~20% travel (as defined by hiring manager).