Technical Solutions Delivery, Associate Director - Sumitomo Group

Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., is a global pharmaceutical company based in Japan with operations in the U.S. (Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.), focused on addressing patient needs in oncology, urology, women's health, rare diseases, cell & gene therapies and CNS. With several marketed products and a diverse pipeline of early- to late-stage investigational assets, we aim to accelerate discovery, research, and development to bring novel therapies to patients sooner. For more information on SMPA, visit our website https://www.us.sumitomo-pharma.com

Job Overview

We are currently seeking a dynamic, highly motivated, and experienced individual for the position of Technical Solutions Delivery, Associate Director. The Associate Director is part of the Enterprise Data Solutions team based in the US and serves in a hybrid technical analyst role supporting assigned data and analytics initiatives. This role is accountable for partnering with business and technical stakeholders to intake, analyze, document, and translate business needs into clear functional and technical requirements, while also coordinating delivery of select workstreams supporting the Enterprise Data Strategy.

This is a highly technical position that operates with significant independence and autonomy in a matrixed environment, serving as a key bridge between business stakeholders, engineering teams, and analytics partners. The role supports technical intake, requirements discovery, technical backlog management, delivery coordination for select engineering workstreams, and data/reporting initiatives, and may contribute hands-on to BI dashboard development or enhancements when needed. This position reports to the Director, Enterprise Data Solutions Delivery.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders, data engineers, and analytics teams to intake, analyze, and document business needs, process flows, data requirements, business rules, and functional specifications for assigned data and analytics initiatives.
• Translate business questions and operational needs into clear technical requirements, user stories, source-to-target mappings, data definitions, and acceptance criteria to support design, development, testing, and deployment activities.
• Own and manage the engineering team backlog, including intake, refinement, prioritization support, dependency tracking, and coordination with technical teams to ensure work is appropriately sequenced and ready for execution.
• Coordinate delivery for select workstreams, tracking progress, surfacing risks and blockers, supporting issue resolution, and helping ensure timely execution in alignment with agreed scope and priorities.
• Perform targeted data and system analysis using SQL to support requirements clarification, testing, issue investigation, and confidence in delivered outputs.