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**Job Function: **
Regulatory Affairs Group
**Job Sub Function: **
Regulatory Affairs
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
São Paulo, Brazil
Job Description:
We are searching for the best talent for our Manager, Data Hub Product Operations & Business Analysis to be located in São Paulo, Brazil.
Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.
Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):
United States- Requisition Number: R-081765
Brazil - Requisition Number: R-083947
Poland - Requisition Number: R-083937
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.
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Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
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**Purpose: **The Manager, Data Product Operations & Business Analysis is a business-facing, strategy-driven role responsible for shaping and operationalizing demand for the Data Hub. This role translates GRA data priorities and stakeholder needs into clearly defined, prioritized, and execution-ready data product initiatives that drive regulatory and business outcomes.
Operating across business, data, and technology teams, this role sits within the Data Hub product team, partnering closely with the Business Product Leader, Data Stewards and product capability owners to align demand with product strategy and delivery. The Manager leads intake, strengthens requirements quality, and governs the backlog to ensure work is aligned to business value, regulatory priorities, and delivery feasibility.
The role operates across a broader intake and data ecosystem, partnering with unified intake teams (process, data, and technology) and leading engagement with data stakeholders—including Data Council, Data Hub, and reporting and analytics teams—to ensure data-related demand is effectively shaped, prioritized, and routed.
This role provides visibility into demand trends and backlog health, surfacing decisions and risks to the Data Council to support effective governance and prioritization.
This role is well-suited for individuals with Regulatory Affairs experience who are interested in applying their domain expertise to data, analytics and AI enablement, and digital product capabilities.
You will be responsible for:
Demand Shaping & Business Analysis
- Owning and improving the Data Hub intake model to ensure requests are structured, complete, and aligned with business needs
- Partnering with Technology Business Analysts to define intake standards and translate needs into requirements and user stories
- Triaging and refining requests with stakeholders by clarifying scope, objectives, and success criteria, and identifying opportunities to leverage data, automation, or AI-driven approaches
- Leading engagement with data teams for data-related requests by ensuring proper categorization, alignment, and shaping into Data Hub or analytics use cases
- Owning the Data Hub backlog and pipeline, including intake, and delivery readiness
Governance & Data Council Enablement
- Providing updates on backlog status, demand trends, and delivery readiness
- Surfacing decisions, risks, and escalations that require governance input
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Driving alignment across business, data, and technology teams, including Data Hub product capability owners and intake partners
- Serving as a key connector across the intake ecosystem (process, data, and technology) to ensure seamless handoffs
- Building strong relationships across GRA, including Data Stewards, Data Science, Data Hub, reporting and analytics teams, and JJT partners
- Communicating priorities, decisions, and updates in a clear and structured manner
Strategic Operations & Continuous Improvement
- Optimizing intake, prioritization, and backlog management processes (e.g., turnaround time and throughput)
- Tracking demand and backlog metrics to inform prioritization and continuous improvement
- Identifying opportunities to use data, automation, and AI to improve efficiency, delivery, and Unified RIM Platform (Veeva) integration
Qualifications / Requirements:
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Life Sciences, Data, Engineering, or related field with a minimum of 8 years experience in Regulatory Affairs or related domain in pharmaceutical or related industry required. Master's degree with 6 years of experience or PhD with 4 years of experience preferred.
- Experience in data product management, business analysis, or strategic operations
- Experience managing backlogs and translating business needs into structured requirements
- Ability to work in a matrixed environment and influence without direct authority
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Curiosity and a proactive mindset to improve processes and ways of working
Preferred
- Experience in Regulatory Affairs, or related function in a pharmaceutical or regulated environment and demonstrated interest in applying domain expertise to data, analytics, or digital product development
- Familiarity with data governance and data management practices
- Experience working with Agile teams and backlog tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence)
- Comfort working with data, including using SQL or AI-enabled tools to explore data, generate queries, and support analysis for requirements development and validation
- Experience with analytics and collaboration tools (e.g., Power BI, Power Automate, Generative AI tools)
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**Required Skills: **
Preferred Skills:
Analytical Reasoning, Business Writing, Coaching, Compliance Risk, Fact-Based Decision Making, Industry Analysis, Legal Support, Process Improvements, Product Licensing, Public Policies, Regulatory Affairs Management, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Development, Regulatory Environment, Risk Assessments, Strategic Thinking, Technical Credibility