Data Director

3 days ago

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Apotex Full time
About Apotex Inc.

Apotex Inc. is a leading global pharmaceutical company that produces high-quality, affordable medicines for patients worldwide. With a strong presence in Canada, the US, Mexico, and India, Apotex employs almost 8,000 people worldwide in manufacturing, R&D, and commercial operations.

The company exports to more than 100 countries and territories, operating in over 45 countries. Apotex's vertical integration comprises multiple divisions and affiliates, including Apotex Inc., Apobiologix, Aveva, Apotex Consumer Products, and Global Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (GAPI).

Job Summary

This team consists of professionals with financial and business backgrounds, responsible for:

  • Defining corporate performance metrics
  • Establishing corporate reporting standards
  • Developing reports and reporting requirements
  • Defining reports usage
  • Defining access rights to reports

The Director, Enterprise Data and Analytics, is a business-minded individual responsible for understanding the data needs across the enterprise, building data capabilities, products, and services, and ensuring these data solutions are consumed by the business, providing business insight, improving business decision-making, while aligning with data regulation and compliance.

The Director is responsible for scaling the data function, building and executing the company data strategy, ensuring business users utilize data and analytics to their full potential, and tracking value from investments in data solutions.

The Data & Analytics Director will build the Data Function dashboard, measuring and continuously improving the function metrics in terms of talent, data quality, users' adoption, infrastructure performance, cost efficiency, vendors' management, culture change, and business outcome.

Key Responsibilities
  • Data Strategy Development
    • Formulate and implement a comprehensive data strategy aligned with the organization's overall business strategy
    • Collaborate with business users to identify use cases where data can deliver business outcomes in the specific context of the company
  • Demand Management
    • Engage, collaborate, and build trusted relationships with all levels of stakeholders
    • Engage with the business and collect demand for data-driven products and services
    • Maintain a direct relationship with users, seek their feedback, and drive continuous improvement
  • Data Governance, Compliance, Security & Risk
    • Establish and enforce data governance policies to ensure data quality, integrity, and security
    • Stay informed about data privacy regulations
    • Identify and mitigate data-related risks
    • Develop and implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans for data assets
    • Implement robust security measures to safeguard sensitive data and ensure compliance with data privacy regulations
    • Collaborate with IT security teams to address potential vulnerabilities and threats
  • Data Quality and Master Data Management
    • Oversee the design and implementation of data management frameworks, including data architecture, data modeling, and data integration
    • Develop and maintain data standards, practices, and procedures
    • Oversee master data management initiatives to ensure a single, accurate, and consistent version of key data entities across the organization
    • Use knowledge and expertise to identify improvements through reducing data redundancy and appropriate data reuse
  • Technical Architecture & Infrastructure
    • Evaluate, implement, and manage data infrastructure and technologies
    • Evaluate and stay current with emerging technologies
    • Define and oversee the organization's data architecture, including database systems, data warehouses, data lakes, and other data storage solutions
    • Evaluate, implement, and manage cloud-based solutions for data storage and processing
    • Plan for the scalability of data infrastructure
    • Monitor performance and implement optimizations to handle increasing data volumes
    • Ensure that the data architecture is scalable, flexible, cost-effective, and aligned with business goals
  • Data Integration and ETL Solutions (Extract, Transform, Load)
    • Implement and manage processes for extracting, transforming, and loading data from various sources into a unified and consistent format
    • Optimize data integration workflows to improve efficiency and reduce latency
  • Visualization, Analytics, and Business Intelligence Tools
    • Oversee the selection and implementation of analytics and business intelligence tools that empower users to derive insights from data
    • Develop and execute a plan to maximize self-service capabilities for internal users and customers
    • Foster the creation of a data-driven culture, related competencies, and data literacy across the enterprise
  • Vendor Management
    • Manage relationships with third-party vendors providing data-related technologies and services
    • Negotiate contracts, evaluate service levels, and ensure the organization receives value from its technology investments
  • Team Leadership & Culture
    • Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing data team
    • Build a team to deliver data analytics to both transform internal processes and create new business offerings
Requirements
  • University degree in computer science, data science, analytics, or AI (e.g., Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Supply Chain, Artificial Intelligence)
  • 10+ years of experience in team leadership roles building and leading effective and high-performing technical, software, and engineering teams, delivering corporate-grade technical solutions
  • Practical experience implementing data products and services. Understanding of data compliance and regulation requirements in a corporate context
  • Strong understanding and hands-on experience of the data lifecycle from capture and storage to analytics, reporting, and archiving
  • Proven track record influencing a diverse set of stakeholders to drive business outcomes out of investments in technology
  • Capability to liaise with all levels across the enterprise on projects and ad-hoc requests

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