Project Lead Data Manager

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) it all starts with animals! As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People. At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, youll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights. Making animals lives better makes life better join our team today! Position Description: This is a pivotal role in developing a centralized framework and tools to enable Elancos clinical trial oversight. The incumbent will be responsible for partnering with clinical development and operations teams to define key metrics, develop response protocols, and implement standardized processes that ensure data integrity and trial safety. The role is further responsible for strategically driving the implementation and execution of global clinical data management objectives through systems and processes used during data capture, management, reporting, storage and archival. This leadership position is expected to be highly influential in partnering with product development teams, Site monitoring groups, field trial managers (FTMs), internal sites, and third parties to develop tools that result in on-target delivery of final databases and Final Study Reports (FSRs) This position will closely collaborate with global R&D functions including clinical development, clinical operations, internal study sites, biostatistics, regulatory affairs, and quality assurance to ensure data integrity, data quality, validation, and compliance. This position will also provide leadership and management of DM activities for clinical projects and internal and external sites. Key Leadership Responsibilities Drive Strategic Execution: Operationalize and lead the implementation tools and processes as defined by management, ensuring alignment with broader R&D goals. Proactive Problem Solving: Anticipate challenges and proactively architect solutions to maintain project momentum. Global Influence: Work effectively and flexibly within and across Elanco R&D teams and external collaborators to drive overall Elanco R&D deliverables. Culture of Excellence: Create and maintain a positive, high-performance work environment aligned with company objectives and a "Play to Win" mentality. Innovation Champion: Provide and accept challenges to deliver innovative technical solutions and foster an innovative culture within the team. Strategic Alignment: Identify and utilize advanced methods to deliver individual and team objectives in a high-quality, timely, and cost-effective manner. Agility & Adaptability: Demonstrate and model high levels of adaptability, flexibility, and learning agility in a fast-paced global environment. Policy Advocacy: Educate, represent, and advocate for DM/ policies and procedures with internal and external stakeholders at a senior level. Mentorship & Coaching: Serve as a primary mentor and coach for DM colleagues, significantly contributing to their professional growth and development and knowledge of the animal drug development field. Key Technical Responsibilities Oversee the timely delivery and quality for all deliverables supporting internal and external FTM and monitoring team activities, including FLAT (field level audit trail) logs, data cleaning logs, dashboards, visualization, monitoring reports, site invoicing reports, vendor reconciliation, AE/Conmed coding, and additional deliveries as defined. Lead and drive process improvements for related internal processes to enhance operational efficiency and consistency. Translate metric outcomes into actionable response plans to mitigate risks before they impact trial timelines or quality. Collaborate with the Data Governance team to create and maintain standard forms and templates for all upcoming field study builds. Ensure all centralized monitoring activities comply with global regulatory standards and internal QC/Testing protocols. Build and maintain strong partnerships with Clinical Operations, Quality, and IT teams to align monitoring strategies with broader business goals. Drive the adoption of automated data entry and quality control tools (including ElancoGPT personas) to eliminate manual errors and generate significant cost savings. Align team outputs with the Elanco 2030 DM Vision, proactively identifying opportunities for process modernization and team readiness. Minimum Qualification (education, experience and/or training .