Assistant Director, Data – Supply Chain Analytics

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create and spearhead a decision-grade supply chain analytics capability for Ionis.

• Oversee the Supply Chain Data Visibility Platform through its design, construction, validation, implementation, adoption, and continuous evolution.

• Direct the Commercial Supply Chain KPI framework, which includes definitions, formulas, business rules, thresholds, data ownership, source-to-report traceability, and governance.

• Convert supply chain and manufacturing priorities into an analytics roadmap, prioritizing use cases, business requirements, data products, dashboards, and self-service functionalities.

• Deliver data-driven decision support for S&OP, supply reviews, CMO business reviews, manufacturing strategies, and network decisions, including scenario and what-if analyses.

• Enhance visibility into customer service, inventory health, safety-stock performance, forecast performance, schedule adherence, supplier and CMO performance, capacity, material constraints, release status, and emerging supply risks.

• Manage business requirements, user training, change management, prioritization, and validation for supply chain data products on the Ioniverse/Databricks platform.

• Collaborate with IT and external delivery teams on data ingestion, modeling, KPI logic, testing, production support, and continuous improvement.

• Set data quality and reconciliation standards along with service expectations for essential data products.

• Define and uphold the supply chain systems strategy and roadmap across SAP S/4HANA, SAP IBP, Ioniverse/Databricks, partner systems, and future capabilities.

• Assess and sequence intricate system and process changes across products, sites, partners, and systems.

• Lead data governance in clinical and commercial manufacturing, including ownership, stewardship, master data change control, documentation, issue resolution, and cross-functional approvals.

• Foster alignment among business and technical stakeholders and influence decisions across various functions and organizational levels.

• Establish sustainable operating processes, documentation, and knowledge transfer.

• Manage business readiness, user training, change management, and measure adoption for new data products and capabilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations, business analytics, information systems, data science, or a related field with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree with at least 6 years of relevant experience; or equivalent education and experience.

• Advanced understanding of supply chain planning and operations, including demand and supply planning, inventory management, customer fulfillment, manufacturing, supplier/CMO performance, and S&OP.

• Proven experience in translating business processes and complex data into governed KPIs, analytical products, dashboards, and decision support tools.

• Experience in leading cross-functional analytics, data, systems, or digital transformation initiatives from requirements gathering and design through validation, deployment, and adoption.

• Strong grasp of data governance, master data, data quality, reconciliation, lineage, and ownership/stewardship practices.

• Ability to independently structure complex challenges, determine methods and approaches, exercise sound judgment, and deliver practical solutions with minimal guidance.

• Proven ability to influence diverse business and technical stakeholders while clearly explaining complex concepts, and leading through collaboration without direct authority.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, stakeholder management, and structured problem-solving abilities.

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences manufacturing, or other regulated supply chain environments is preferred.

• Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA, SAP IBP, Databricks, or similar enterprise planning, ERP, data platforms, and analytics technologies is preferred.

• Experience collaborating with external manufacturers, suppliers, logistics providers, and technical delivery partners.

🏝️ Benefits

• Excellent benefits package.

• Highly competitive benefits.