Manager Data Governance

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 KPIs.
• 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

Location – Hyderabad Hybrid

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.
  
  

Minimum 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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