DescriptionData Operations and Stewardship Partner
About Astellas: At Astellas we can offer an inspiring place to work and a chance to make your mark in doing good for others. Our expertise, science and technology make us a pharma company. Our open and progressive culture is what makes us Astellas. It’s a culture of doing good for others and contributing to a sustainable society. Delivering meaningful differences for patients is our driving force. We all have a significant opportunity to make that difference, working locally in the areas we know best, whilst drawing inspiration from the different insights and expertise we have access to globally and from our innovative, external partners. Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division. Our ethos is underpinned by the Astellas Way, comprising five core values: patient focus; ownership; results; openness and integrity. We are proud to offer an inclusive and respectful working environment that fosters collaboration and ownership. Our aspiration is to bring the best brains together, to provide them with world-leading tools and resources and a unique structure that fosters real agility and entrepreneurial spirit. The Opportunity: As a Data Operations and Stewardship Partner, you will work collaboratively with partners such as rest of Data Strategy and Commercial Capabilities, global/regional/local commercial teams, Medical Affairs, Digital X / Information Systems, Ethics and Compliance, Privacy and Legal teams as well as third party vendors, in Agile ways of working. In this role you will play a critical part in the Data Strategy team and will be responsible for owning and maintaining data management and data lifecycle processes across centrally provided data capabilities, to enable data being trusted, easy-to understand and at a high-quality, to help local and central commercial teams unlock data opportunities. This is a hands-on, operational role.Hybrid Working: At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life, so we offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues in person at the office alongside the flexibility to work from home; optimising the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver. Key Activities for this role:

Support Data Product Owners in owning and operating data management and data lifecycle processes: Ideate, experiment, design, implement tooling and then maintain operations in an Agile manner.  Support ingestion, data cleansing, data transformation, data profiling, data quality, to reference data management, make sure these processes are performing well with clear roles and responsibilities and clear documentation to make sure data stays complete, consistent, trusted, easy-to-understand, and ready to be consumed by other teams such as reporting and analytics teams. Understand business gains and pain, support tool selection and implementation, perform business operations for data governance, data quality, data cataloguing, lineage, metadata management. Continuously look for ways to improve and innovate methodologies / processes / tools / operating model. 

Essential Knowledge & Experience: Relevant data experience in the pharmaceutical industry in the commercial data domain with data lifecycle management, data management, data quality experience.  Extensive experience and knowledge of data governance, data security, compliance regulations, and industry best practices. Proficiency with SQL, SAS and/or R and expertise in utilizing data lineage and metadata management tools. Experience of developing business cases, articulating customer gains/pains/journey definition and experience of Agile methodology and design thinking. Excellent organizational, planning and project management skills and ability to effectively manage cross-functional moderate/complex projects in a multi-cultural context. Preferred Knowledge & Experience: Agile Experience  Experience with visualization tools like Qlik View/Qlik Sense and/or Tableau Experience in KPI and diagnostic metrics development AI/Gen AI experience and Data Science experience Education/Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other quantitative discipline Additional Information: This is a permanent, full-time position. Position is based in the United Kingdom. This position follows our hybrid working model. Role requires a blend of home and a minimum of 1 day per quarter in our Addlestone office. Flexibility may be required in line with business needs. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.