Full Job Description
Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here's how the Director, Global Commercial Content Ecosystem role will make an impact:
1. Enterprise Content Operations Strategy & Vision
- Define and own the enterprise strategy and vision for the upstream content ecosystem (MLR, DAM, CAT, and integrations).
- Ensure platforms collectively enable:
- Modular content reuse and scalability.
- Accelerated speed-to-market.
- Regulatory compliance and audit readiness.
- Seamless, user-centric experiences.
- Establish DAM as the single source of truth and ensure ecosystem-wide alignment with end users.
- Partner with senior leadership to align platform strategy with broader digital, marketing, and business objectives.
2. Roadmap Ownership & Value Realization
- Own commercial roadmap for continuous improvement.
- Balance strategic transformation with operational priorities.
- Define and track enterprise KPIs, including:
- Adoption and engagement.
- Cycle time reduction (e.g., MLR review timelines).
- Content reuse and efficiency gains.
- Reduction in manual processes and duplication.
- Identify and prioritize innovation opportunities to meet commercial needs (e.g., AI-enabled workflows, automation, intelligent metadata).
3. Governance, Compliance & Operating Model
- Establish and enforce enterprise governance frameworks across platforms, including:
- Role-based capabilities and permissions.
- Workflow standardization and controls.
- Metadata and taxonomy discipline.
- Ensure platforms embed compliance by design, minimizing reliance on manual processes.
- Partner with Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance stakeholders to ensure alignment with evolving requirements.
4. Platform Adoption & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain accountability for end-to-end platform performance across the ecosystem from business perspective.
- Monitor:
- System adoption and utilization.
- Workflow efficiency and bottlenecks.
- Metadata quality and integrity.
- Lead a structured continuous improvement program, driving:
- Platform enhancements.
- Process optimization.
- Integration maturity.
- Translate insights into actionable improvements that deliver measurable business value.
5. Vendor and IT Partnership
- Serve as the primary business stakeholder representing content operations requirements and priorities.
- Partner with IT to ensure:
- Scalable, secure, and stable platform architecture.
- Effective translation of business requirements.
- Timely delivery of releases and enhancements.
- Drive accountability across internal and external partners for performance and outcomes.
6. Team Leadership & Organizational Enablement
- Lead and develop a team of business process owners and/or operational specialists.
- Provide strategic direction and prioritization, while delegating executional responsibilities.
- Build organizational capability in:
- Platform utilization.
- Content operations best practices.
- Change management and adoption.
- Champion a product mindset across the team and broader organization.
7. Metadata & Ecosystem Alignment
- Ensure alignment of platforms with enterprise metadata and taxonomy frameworks.
- Oversee the integrity and flow of content and metadata across systems.
- Enable robust reporting and analytics through structured, governed data.
- Partner with IT team to evolve the content data model and integration strategy.
The minimum qualifications for this role are:
- Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree (equivalent) preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of pharmaceutical or biotech marketing experience, including global or regional leadership roles.
- However, a combination of experience and/or education will be taken into consideration.
- 10+ years of experience in content operations, business process, or digital content ecosystems.
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams and enterprise platforms.
- Deep experience with DAM, MLR, and/or content lifecycle platforms (e.g., Veeva, Aprimo).
- Strong experience in regulated environments (pharma preferred).
- Proven ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
- Experience driving cross-functional alignment in complex, global organizations.
- Strong partnership with IT platform owners.
- Strategic leadership with strong business and digital acumen.
- Enterprise product mindset and value-driven decision making.
- Executive stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- Strong understanding of content lifecycle, governance, and compliance.
- Data-driven and analytical approach to performance management.
- Ability to lead through complexity and drive organizational change.
- Travel internationally (approx. 20%).
- Proficiency in speaking, comprehending, reading and writing English is required.
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. The salary range for this position is $112,000.00 - $236,000.00 USD.
At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.
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