Job Description

365 days a year, our global manufacturing and supply network works to ensure our patients have the treatments they need to live longer, healthier lives.

Your key responsibilities:
Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Novartis Technical Operations (NTO) Global Operations Center (GOC) Data Governance team is setup to develop and maintain the right metadata, master data, data quality parameters, data lineage, KPI reports and workflows to ensure that data is governed, consistent, reliable and easily accessible for decision-making while ensuring data is maintained across NTO as per Pharmaceutical regulatory and compliance requirement.
• The Associate Manager - Data Steward has accountability for day-to-day management of data. They are the Subject Matter Experts who understand and communicate the meaning and use of information. Responsible to work with the NTO Data Stewards to implement data governance standards, policies and responsible to manage metadata and data lineage.
• Execute data stewardship tasks, using common methods & tools. Assist Data Steward in defining business rule for the data and documenting metadata for various data elements
• Provides inputs for Data Standards and Policies as per insights gained from the data. Work closely with the NTO Data Stewards, Data Champions, DQ Managers to ensure execution of data stewardship tasks as per aligned stewardship agreement and standards
• Liaise with the Functional Decision Owners, Data Champions, Data Maintainers, to discuss and resolve Data Governance and Quality issues. Continuously monitor progress of data quality KPIs and ensure adherence
• Ensure continuous and effective communication with relevant team members, stakeholders and colleagues in relation to stewardship activities
• Review and approve data exceptions for the data created by Data Maintenance team. Collaborate effectively with data community, to facilitate shared learning between Business Users and Stewards and to promote active Data Governance through the Data Governance team

Minimum requirements

What you'll bring to the role:

• Overall 6+ years of experience working as a data steward for key business functions such as supply chain, procurement, finance, HR etc.
• Hands-on experience in working in Data Governance, Master data and data management domain
• Good knowledge of GxP environment
• Ability to work with Data Stewards and Data Quality teams in creating meaningful insights, which include data quality KPI's, policies and standards
• Familiar with process set-up, Data quality KPIs and operational issues / management
• Strong capabilities in reporting & operations management.
• Bachelor / Master's degree from reputed University in Pharma, Computers or IT or equivalent

Why Novartis?
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we're proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people's lives.

We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.

We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what's possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world's toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!

Imagine what you could do here at Novartis!

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Functional Area

Technical Operations

Division

Novartis Technical Operations

Business Unit

NTO STRATEGY & OPERATIONS

Employment Type

Regular

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

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

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

No