Program & Integration Lead (ONSITE)

ROLE:                          Program & Integration Lead (Data & Analytics Transformation)

Location:                        Onsite - Ridgefield, CT

Duration:`                      12months

Status:                                c2c

Rate Range:                    your best rate (DO NOT ASK FOR RATE)   

Domain:                           Pharma

Visa:                                      H1B  

LOCAL CANDIDATES PREFERRED*** 

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, SAFe, or similar certification.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Power BI, and Azure DevOps.
• Experience in global data transformation, platform consolidation, or data product programs.
• Exposure to AI and advanced analytics initiatives. 

 Governance & Organization

• Serve as the primary liaison between the US Workstream and the Global PMO team.
• Ensure adherence to global governance, templates, reporting standards, and quality gate requirements
• Maintain US Workstream documentation in Confluence following program governance standards.
• Support preparation of meeting materials, action logs, decision logs, and working documents.
• Help drive transparency and stakeholder communication across the US Workstream

Jira & Planning Management

• Own and maintain the US Workstream Jira structure, including initiatives, epics, stories, tasks, milestones, and dependencies.
• Ensure Jira hygiene and data quality to enable accurate program reporting.
• Support sprint planning, roadmap maintenance, milestone tracking, and dependency management.
• Drive timely updates from workstream leads and challenge outdated or incomplete information.
• Monitor progress against milestones, deliverables, risks, and issues.

Risk, Issue & Dependency Management

• Maintain the US RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies).
• Coordinate cross-project and cross-team dependency management 

Qualifications

Program & Transformation Leadership

• 8+ years of experience in Program Management, Delivery Management, PMO, or Transformation Leadership roles.
• Proven track record in managing large-scale, cross-functional transformation initiatives.
• Experience coordinating stakeholders across multiple countries, regions, and time zones.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills

Technical & Integration Expertise

• Strong background in Enterprise Data Warehousing and Data Analytics environments.
• Experience with:
• Data warehouse modernization and migration programs
• Data integration, ETL/ELT processes, and data pipelines
• Cloud-based data platforms such as Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, or similar
• Data modeling, data governance, and master data management
• Reporting and analytics solutions
• System integration and dependency management
• Ability to engage effectively with architects, data engineers, and technical delivery teams.

Pharmaceutical Industry Experience

• 3+ years of experience in the Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, or Healthcare sector.
• Strong understanding of commercial pharmaceutical data domains, such as Sales, Commercial, Customer, and HCP data.

Leadership Competencies

• Strong influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix organization.
• Excellent facilitation, negotiation, and conflict-resolution capabilities.
• Highly structured, proactive, and outcome-oriented approach.