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NovartisPharmaceuticals

Manager Data Governance

India , Hyderabad (Office)
Full-time

Summary

Job Description Summary
-Explore, develop, implement and evaluate Digital innovation solutions that address customer needs. Co-create with key stakeholders to build partnerships and collaborations.
-Leads the delivery of multiple projects across a variety of creative and marketing channels, including print and digital media. Develop and coordinate project plans across the design, development and production stages of a project to support the successful delivery within set KPI's.
-Works in collaboration with brand teams, technical teams and all functions to maximize value.
-Provides consultancy, advice and assistance on strategy for commercialization of products, and influence marketing/Marketing Sales Operation team through delivery of proven analytics based projects.
-Provide analytics support to Novartis internal customers

About the Role

Key Accountabilities:

Strategic Leadership & Governance

  • Define and implement enterprise-wide data governance frameworks, quality rules, and validation logic.
  • Champion the Shift-Left Strategy by engaging source teams and market data owners early to embed governance and quality practices upstream, reducing rework and accelerating insights.

Operational Excellence

  • Strong understanding of metadata & stewardship, DQ, MDM platforms
  • Hands on with tools such as Collibra, Ataccama (DQ profiling & automation), or Reltio is a plus.
  • Collaborate with data stewards and enterprise data owners to uphold metadata, lineage, and compliance standards.

Innovation & Automation

  • Initiate and deliver automation projects to optimize data lifecycle processes and reduce manual overhead.
  • Foster innovation to address operational gaps and improve efficiency.

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence

  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, promoting data-driven decision-making and co-creation of data products that deliver commercial impact.
  • Build strong partnerships across markets, source systems, and governance teams to ensure alignment and adoption.

Essential Requirements:

  • Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree computer science, Information Systems, or related field.
  • Experience: 6+ years in data governance, data quality, or data management roles. Strong understanding of metadata & stewardship, DQ, MDM platforms. Strong understanding of any data assessment framework and data management maturity models.
  • Skills: Strategic thinking and ability to influence senior stakeholders. Excellent communication and collaboration skills across global teams. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Maturity & Benchmarking

  • Support data maturity assessments to evaluate data management maturity, identify gaps, and track progress against benchmarks.
  • Develop and execute improvement plans to strengthen data capabilities across domains.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Successful implementation of governance and quality frameworks across BSI.
  • Improvement in data maturity scores and reduction in data-related rework.
  • Adoption of automation initiatives and measurable efficiency gains.
  • Positive stakeholder feedback and increased trust in data for decision-making

Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting, and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together.  https://www.novartis.com/about/roadmap/people-and-culture

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team's representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Values and Behaviors: Demonstrates and upholds Novartis values and behaviors in all aspects of work and collaboration.

Location: Hyderabad NKC. Hybrid | 3 days a week in office is mandatory.

Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients' lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

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